why write about mary washington? we've all heard the story of george washington, but why write about his mother? >> because she is a misunderstood figure of history. she has been badly treated by american history. there has never been a definitive biography done of george washington's mother, which i thought was remarkable. it's not just because she had to give an answer, it's how she raised him. her husband, augustine, died when george was young. she was in her 30's raising six children. that alone would resonate with a lot of women in america today. the tough times she went through raising her children. to byhe was referred biographers, from her passing to the time of the civil war, she came across as june cleaver. war, realismil began to take hold in american literature with moby dick, tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, and all of that. also, the biographers who mentioned her made her look more like joan crawford, so both got it wrong. there were elements of both of her character and makeup, but both got them wrong. i

it's time to pass a washington law for washington jobs for washington drivers and washington children. let's bring this success home this year. we deserve it. [applause] now, these are not our only tasks this year. we need to make sure more of our children get early learning opportunities. that we address diversity and equity, especially in the commonsensed pass gun safety measures to continue to make investments in k-12 including special education. we protect our kids from tobacco and vaping and provide foster care earlier, more frequently and provide more beds and we , need to save the southern .esident orcas we stand together -- [applause] in these endeavors we stand together with tribal governments who inspire us with their stewardship. the good news is we can do these things. we can because we are the state that embraces the biggest ideas and tries the newest things. our ambitions can sound daunting but we know the path to get there. look what we've done in the state of washington. we have made something that is indisputable. we have made something that is inspiring. we have crea

it is time to pass a washington law, for washington jobs, washington drivers and washington children, and bring this success home. we deserve it. [applause] these aren't our only tasks this year. we also need to make sure more children get early learning opportunities, address diversity and equity, especially in the workplace, pass common-sense gun safety measures, continue to make investments in k-12, including special education, protect our kids from tobacco and vaping, and help foster care children earlier and more frequently and provide them with more beds. and we need to accelerate our efforts to recover salmon and save the southern resident orca. [applause] we stand together with tribal governments who inspire us with their stewardship. the good news is we can do this. we can because we are the state that embraces the biggest ideas and tries new things. our ambitions can sound daunting. but we know the path to get there. look what we have done in the state of washington. we've made something that is indisputable. we've made something that's inspiring. we've created a spark that

it is in immaculate washington in northwest washington, d.c., west of rock creek park and it is stunning. on the front of the property i think it says battery teral. and the ambassador just retired recently, but secretary told me that every time you sign a card, it says home of battery teral. we're very proud of it. this is a battery in rock creek park. some of these were armed with artillery pieces, others were kept unarmed. if the city came under attack, they could fill in the batteries with artillery pieces from central inside the city. this is in rock creek park and if you look at this image here, you can see all the embrace, there is six there, that's a full size civil war battery. this is a sitting in rock creek park and pretty good condition. so this is what the defenses on washington looked like. okay, what about 1864 and 1865, confederate army surges toward washington, d.c. i want to get you this number here. so we started with 48. we're going to 60. by 1864, there are 68 around washington, d.c. okay. supported by 93 batteries, mounting 807 can nonz, 98 borders, 20 miles of eart

that seems to be a growing issue here in washington. muriel: it is true we saw in the district alone and increase over a three-year period of 25 ghost guns in 2015 and now over 100. are guns that can be purchased over the internet in different parts and then assembled. right now our laws nationally don't address them. we all can do our part with our local gun laws, but this we know it is an issue that needs national attention. guns inve band ghost columbia, south carolina. many cities have seen gun violence on an individual level, or a mass scale -- if someone says if a good guy with a gun was there that would not happen. the reality is good guys with guns must pass good gun laws. seven of the council members, six are gun owners. i ran the second-largest lawn or -- i support gun rights but there also come response abilities. it is illogical to suggest that firearms without serial numbers are illegal but firearms with no serial numbers, untraceable by law enforcement, should be legal. we decided we would ban the assembly of ghost guns in

washington, d.c., as you know is the nation's capital. what goes on here affects the entire nation and potentially the world. you as potential president of the united states, how would you work with mayor bowser in making sure that washington, as dr. king talked about, it's the light in darkness, and actually reflects the ideals this country really should value? mr. bloomberg: the first thing i'd do is try to change the name from mayor bowser to governor bowser. seriously. i think washington, d.c. has 700,000 people and it represents this country. i think if you take a look at what mayor bowser has done to this city in terms of improving schools and improving -- reducing crime and working on the homeless problem, which all cities have, a whole bunch of other things, she's as much a model for what a mayor should be as anybody that i have ever met and i don't say that lightly. i have lots of friends who are mayors and a lot of them are really great people but she's one of the top -- you have to put her in the top five or 10 in the whole cou

there is chaos in the city of washington. in that moment, daniel bell, ann's brother, james ash's brother-in-law, daniel bell decides to begin a delegate a delicate negotiation for his wife mary and their children. daniel bell was an enslaved ' blacksmith at the navy yard. there were about 13 enslaved african americans at the navy yard. there were some free blacks working at the navy yard. one of his associates at the navy yard, a free black man named joseph thompson, had won his freedom in court on the provisions of a will. so daniel bell worked side-by-side with joseph thompson and we can be sure they talked about these matters, right? but in the navy yard, one of the foreman was a man named robert armistead. live right here, close to the navy yard. robert armistead was the slaveholder who held mary and the six children. ok? a white man, a foreman in the yard. not particularly wealthy. his principal wealth really was marianne the six children, mary bell. daniel clearly knew two things about robert armistead in the summer of

. -- done when we can't depend on washington. there is so much we have done without washington because we need to serve the people who elected us to office. and we are nonpartisan. when people ask me, what party do you long to, i say the burnsville party. they are the ones who elected me to office. [applause] our next mayor to give remarks is a strong advocate for mayors nationally. he comes from the city of los angeles. town about 1700 miles south of rochester hills. he is a great friend and strong leader nationally on many topics. eric garcetti. much.thank you so president barnett, for the geography lesson and your leadership. thank you to you and our officers and mayor bowser hosting us every single year. a are always here and you do great job posting us. i am proud to be a part of this rather and sisterhood of mayors. when two officers are shot and killed in honolulu, we reach out to mayor caldwell. when we have shootings in dayton and chattanooga, parkland, we reach out. americans know that there are 50 states in the union.

washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by lies about its progress here's what he said the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to learn there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the public was kept in the dark about these realities and instead of being told the truth about the situation said reports about alleged progress to getting the impression that things were getting better and that this probably led to thousands of deaths on both sides of the conflict instead of telling the truth it was just a constant stream of alleged progress reports here some of what we heard would trying to do here we didn't have the in the would move into taking through the fundamental get up and distancing of the front and the stated objectives. in the military and the lack of understanding of the

of course from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in the trial it's not up to the president that he said it and it's trawl want to listen to a particular witness we have that constitutional responsibility of the courts have yielded to us in order to carry out their responsibility republican senators has stuck by trump they include some of his fiercest defenders there on a crusade

but washington knew they were could be valuable to transport troops. they don't maneuver well going across the river. it is a real art form. you have to row them up the river and against the currents to get them into position. they were really meant to float down the river and be pulled down the river and steered with this big sweeper that is in the aft end of the boat. see out here today. they are not real maneuverable when you're going across the river. and it takes a little bit of skill for these guys to be able to do it. >> my name is leon vaughan, and i'm portraying a member of colonel glover's marbleheaders. 14th regiment out of marblehead, massachusetts, cod fisherman that helped george washington get across water. >> how was the crossing today? >> the crossing today was very easy. some years it had snowed, some years it has rained, and it has been cold. but today, perfect weather conditions. >> tell me about your portrayal. why do you do this? >> i do this because it is not in the average american history textbook about the 40% of colonel glove

let's pray and she every time she joins us live from capitol hill washington d.c. she had this business to witness trade democrats saying it's off the table but how hard would the republicans push this. well it seems that the republicans are really one witnesses either they want to get this done as soon as possible before the state of the union address on february 4th although this plan this idea has been floated in the last few days quite seriously actually. in the end or if both sides don't want to that it probably doesn't have much of a chance of happening but can you imagine how damaging that would be for joe biden already in the in the competition for the democratic nomination the current debate right now is how corrupt is joe biden one of. 'd the regulatory of this week saying joe biden has a corruption problem citing his closeness to the fossil fuel industry to the credit card industry to the energy to the medical industry and so on saying that for a long time he's been taking that addictions and doing their bidding this is a huge furor right now in the in t

covers washington and politics for the washington -- the articles of impeachment will be delivered on tuesday. did you look at the 435 house seats up for grab, from the democratic perspective will impeachment be a factor in democrats keeping the majority in congress? bethe biggest factor will that we right now have 42 freshman in the democratic caucus who were in some of the toughest districts anywhere in the country who have proven themselves to understand what is important back home. before we started airing this we talked about something i do at home called supermarket saturday. you can multiply that by all of these freshmen who go home and do things, whether they call it supermarket saturday, they are using their two ears and one mouth proportionately. the people want health care, not impeachment. they stay hyper local focused. isn i advise anybody who running for congress or anybody who will be running for their first reelection -- i always say run your office like you are a mayor and run your campaign like you are running for mayor. everything has to stay hyper local. impeachmen

experts call for an investigation into evidence saudi arabia hacked the phone of washington post posner jeff bezos plus. he personally asked the foreign government to investigate his opponent. bill a democratic prosecutor makes the case for a moving president trump from office this trial. a 2nd city in china has just announced its public transport is to be shut down to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus hong kong is the near the city of han where the outbreak of the corona virus was 1st reported late last month a complete shutdown of public transport is now in place there affecting 11000000 people people have been told not to leave they have been advised against gathering in public to 17 have been have died since the outbreak began there are now confirmed cases in hong kong japan taiwan south korea and the u.s. world health organization is to begin meeting to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency. adrian brown is at hong kong airport where the last flight out of one hand arrived about 2 hours ago as what these people have left behind those who arri

experts call for an investigation into evidence that saudi arabia hacked the phone of the amazon a washington post on a jeff bezos. the international court of justice is about to rule on whether emergency measures are needed to protect me on my ass roy hinge or muslims. he personally asked the foreign government to investigate his opponent. and the lead democratic prosecutor makes the case for a moving president trump from office at his impeachment trial. the world health organization is to begin basing again soon to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency over a new virus that's spreading in china a complete shutdown of public transport is down place in the city of will hand where the corona virus was 1st detected it came into force 6 hours ago all planes trains buses and ferries in and out of the city of 11000000 people are suspended people have been told not to leave and advise against gathering in public 17 people have died since the outbreak began there are now confirmed cases in hong kong japan taiwan south korea and the u.s. i was there as a dream brown is li

we talk about mary ball washington and general george washington. what was at the relationship like between president george washington and mary ball washington. >> guest: a great question. he is chosen as president of the united states, and he has got to go to new york now. new york being the first capital of the united states. has to go there to assemble a government, assume the duties as the first chief executive but before he does leave from mt. vernon he makes one last trip to fredericksburg and he goes knowing his mother is dying of cancer. she knows she is dying of cancer. there or two do contemporaneous accounts of letters that the meeting, the last meeting between the two of them was very, very tender, very, very warm, and she basically acknowledged his -- finally acknowledged what he had done in his life had been great, and she basically gave her blessings to go to new york, to assume the office of president of the united states, and to do what he had to do to pull the country together. so by all conditions his last meeting with her was a

when washington's army had not won a single battle against the british, washington refused to wave the white flag. with courage and confidence in his soldiers, he surprised the hessians at the battle of trenton, giving the american cause a pivotal victory. i often find inspiration from washington's grit in the early years of the revolution. that is why i have a painting of him crossing the delaware hanging in my office. i think it captures a moment in time that tells as many fundamental truths about what it means to be an american. steve shares with washington an ability to overcome adversity. his motto? no white flags. it emphasizes that life's limitations cannot hold someone back from achieving their full potential. he deserves this award for all of the hope he has created in the lives of others. earlier i said the congressional gold medal is like a sports trophy. in fact, it is a lot like the lombardi trophy, the mvp and a super bowl ring all rolled up into one. like a super bowl ring, it is unique. steve's award was specially made and features him in his saints' jersey and trees in

washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by lies about its progress here's what he said the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to lie there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the pentagon has disputed some of what was said in the testimony of the special inspector here's their response the idea that there was some efforts to hide the truth the reality on the ground just doesn't hold water to this idea that they were somehow missed statements i don't think that really joel's now the public was kept in the dark about these realities and instead of being told the truth about the situation said reports about alleged progress to getting the impression that things were getting better and that this probably led to thousands of deaths on both sides of the conflict instead of telling t

going to experts demand an investigation into evidence in saudi arabia hacked into the phone of the washington post and amazon or jeff bezos. i'm richelle carey this is out there life and also coming up. he personally asked a foreign government to investigate his opponent it's a democratic prosecutor and president trump's impeachment trial makes the case for removing him from office. honestly we have all the material they don't have the material and all of us the president as defiant and brags about withholding evidence. china holds flights and trains out of the city at the center of a virus outbreak that killed 17 people and infected more than 570 others. rights experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that saudi arabia's crown prince was involved in hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos relations between the world's richest man and riyadh soured after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi course he was a regular contributor to the washington post which is also own by jeff bezos nicola gage reports. 15 months after the murder of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's co

he's done a lot about washington dc and he's a very famous cartoonist. eb henderson was also better known as a writer, actually. he wrote over 3000 letters to the editor of the "washington post", evening star and others and he also wrote this article here in the crisis about the colored college athletes. this was in the first year of the crisis magazine dated july, 1911. the crisis was started in 1910. he's also known for the first chronicle lane of the african-american athletic process patient in this handbook , which was under the auspices of his athletic league that interscholastic-- interscholastic athletic association published by solving and this was in 1910. it ran from 1910 to 1913. i have all of the contracts that were signed including letters between the american sports publishing company handed him and he was the first letter in 1908 said sure, we will publish your annual and it won't cost you a nickel. that's because they had about 30 pages of ads for sporting equipment in it so was good advertising for them. the last letter in 1914, stated t

make no mistake, washington democrats want to overturn much more than an election. they want to overturn our way of life because they resent america's success. they can't tell you how much their socialist ideas will cost and they don't care how many jobs will be destroyed and they can't even agree that they want to protect our borders. the only thing they agree on is that they hate donald trump. elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, that whole socialist gang in washington they have taken over the democratic party and they will not stop until america bends to their every demand and everything that has made our country great is destroyed. this is the fight of our generation and this is why i am here. i am kelly -- and this is who i am and this is what i believe. as an outsider of washington i know i have to prove it and to earn your trust and your support and through my vote and through my priorities and my actions and that is exactly what i will do. thank you, may god bless georgia and make god bless america. [applause] >> we both take just a couple of questions. anyone

saudi crown prince was involved in hacking the phone of billionaire jeff bezos the amazon boss owns the washington post where journalists jamal khashoggi worked before he was killed by a saudi hit squad. and a psychologist who designed cia torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during the pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i get so today and do it again. whether you're watching from lafayette indiana or jakarta indonesia this is our international incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us prosecutors in brazil have charged a pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hacking of top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damning conversations between top figures in the probe don quarter comments. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a look at you the money we've got this if you

yen stoltenberg ses it was a unilateral by washington. this is a u.s. decision it is not a decision taken by neither do global coalition nor nato but all allies are concerned about iran's destabilizing or 2 beauties in the region iran support 2 different terrorist groups. were joined by r t s peter all of her to fill in what was spoken about there peter what indeed house come out of today's emergency nato gathering where un stoltenberg spoke briefly to the press he said the nato training mission for troops in iraq would be suspended with immediate effect after this meeting is taking place he was also very keen to stress the deescalation was the main word coming out from nato allies. all of them coming together is he said to say that this whole situation needed to calm down. i think the important thing now is to really try to deescalate and to avoid further increase increased tensions in the region. before i started start to speculate on how we will react. not help to deescalate it will actually do the opposite well the statements from stoltenberg 'd as

he would bring thousands of poor people to washington, d.c. to perform tests and demand a sweeping legislation to alleviate poverty in america. his poor people's campaign had gotten off to a slow start. the organizing and fundraising was not going well. it was behind schedule. and he had to somehow revitalize the campaign. so, coming to memphis was not an ideal time for him because it was a detour from the poor people's campaign at a critical moment. so, my book takes as its subtitle the time when he arrivewearrived at the airport 3 in the morning and until he assassinated six:01 p.m. the next day. that is precisely 33 hours and 28 minutes. the title has a triple meaning. first, it refers to his resolve to return to memphis in order to restore or deem his reputation as a nonviolent leader. second, it refers to a promise that he believed the federal government have made to all americans to keep them free of poverty. this was an idea from the declaration of independence as it affirms the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. third

mike is going to open two offices in washington dc. i can't think of another candidate who has done that ever and certainly has not made that commitment to washington. mike has committed to making d.c. statehood a priority for his administration on day one. demonstratede has that he is going to do what it takes in congress to make that more than a platitude, but a real commitment to delivering it. >> [indiscernible] how important is getting out the black vote to being president? >> if you don't folk, then don't complain that the person you don't like get selected. we have the right to pick our own government and an awful lot of americans over the last 245 years have fought and many did not come back. it is something a lot of people in the world would wish they had. there is nothing more important then you voting and your vote does count. there are an awful lot of elections that were so close because people said in the wrong person one because they said it doesn't matter, but it does. >> just up the road at the capitol building, some of

and from china to europe washington is on the brink of a knob of global trade war with the e.u. threatening to slap a so-called digital tax on us tech giants donald trump looks to sanction the blocks and alter trades. bringing no news to. this is international your company this is our. historical day in one of contemplation and dozens of wildly design dignitaries have gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust and bring attention to a rising wave of anti semitism it's time to mark the 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating auschwitz the infamous death camp in nazi occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i don't know exactly when me and my relatives are going to die just because we're jews i'm in a concentration camp before all of us will be shot in a shelter thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all. but i am barack. the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several jobs in birkenau in auschwitz one of the jobs was clearing the ashes from where they bug juice through a tunnel to a small river. i worked there together with an

for us in washington d.c. now president meanwhile is on his way back to washington he's expected very soon flying back from switzerland where he attended the economic forum in davos our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more. he was in davos switzerland to talk trade with world leaders but in his 1st press conference since the senate impeachment trial began donald trump couldn't help lashing out at his democratic adversaries calling them major sleaze bags that his mind set focused on his defense told. reporters he wanted to let members of his administration testify like former national security advisor john bolton secretary of state mike pump a o. and other top officials he even floated the possibility of showing up himself left . the white house. right the front row and stare their corrupt faces i'd love to do it i don't know. you may convince me to do it trump seemed fixated on the trial back home even as the white house hoped trump would use the world economic forum to highlight accomplishments

the washington post where journalistic jamal khashoggi worked before he was killed by a saudi. and a psychologist who designed cia torture techniques in the wake of $911.00 justifies his actions during a pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine threat 70 minutes a time i get super tuesday and do it again. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is an international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's start with some news with that we're just getting in from seattle in the united states at least one person has been killed in a shooting in the city center 5 more are injured including a 9 year old boy who is currently in a serious condition this according to local authorities shots were fired just after 5 pm local time about 2 hours ago outside a branch of mcdonald's at least one male suspect is still at large and a manhunt is ongoing so far the motive of the shooting is unclear our newsroom is keeping track of the situation and if more information becomes available we of course will get it to you. years now prosecutors in b

impeachment manager adam schiff says trump abused his office by withholding aid to ukraine will go to washington. and the video is just a referee is one of the most controversial officials in a football game and now some german referees are saying that which was meant to make decisions easier is doing more harm than good. i'm at home free glad you could join me shutting down a city to stop a virus chinese also readies are closing transport networks in will haunt the city at the heart of the current of ours outbreak that is spreading across asia and beyond now the government has also advised inhabitants not to neves the city flights in trains out of a big shot down 17 people have died from the risk illness and more than 500 cases have been confirmed in china and handful of cases have also been reported in other asian countries as well as in the united states and chinese health authorities have confirmed human to human transmission. well he. joins me here in the studio to talk more about this good to see joel what more do we know about this particular strain of current virus at the moment well sci

washington sends more troops to iraq in response to tuesday's attack on the come. crazy and former riot police released from jail in the prisoner swap between the self-proclaimed. republics reveal information contradicting your official version of the 2014. shootings in one more than 50 people lost their lives marty spoke to one of the officers. should the police act that there was no. citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place illegitimate seizure of power a good the government offices were taken over. this is my names you know mail 30 minutes of news and views. after a night marred by clashes a major beijing rally is underway in hong kong this new year's day there have already been signs of more unrest with riot police firing tear gas at petrol bomb erling demonstrators. was the. let's cross to hong kong on political scientist joseph chang for his take choice of good to see you abroad woman 1st while you were at the rally still going on even on new year's day if the extradition bill they started against was scrapped long ago. people would like to

>> you know what else goes right back to george washington? george washington's view that the president's inherent authority can be exercised without congress insofar as it's necessary to deal with an imminent or presently occurring attack. but it does require their approval of congress. focusing on the constitutionality of the war powers act is completely missing the point. the war powers act is best understood as a procedural

joining us again from washington, d.c., and washington reporter for politico, daniel lippman. let's talk a little bit about senator murkowski. an undecided vote. we're not sure how she's going to vote, do you think the way lamar alexander voted, this is going to stall no matter what, does that free her up to vote no or embolden her to vote yes knowing it's not going to necessarily guarantee witnesses and more documents and really having it hung on her? >> yeah, i think she can also take heart from what adam schiff has offered which is just one week of witness testimony or depositions and the senate can go back to its normal course of business monday night or whenever they're supposed to come back next week. i think if she does vote for witnesses, then -- and justice roberts breaks a tie in favor of witnesses, which would be huge news, then she can tell mitch mcconnell blame chief justice roberts for leading two more witnesses. i was not the tie breaking vote. so i think that's something she can hang her hat on. >> daniel, let's talk about what we just heard from speaker pelosi

[applause] washington, d.c. is more than just the capitol and the white house, but because we host them we hear about all the partisan bickering all the time, from the white house we hear fear mongering and indecisiveness. but let me tell you why i am hopeful about the future of our nation. we can solve our nation's most pressing problems, if we have the right leader in place to turn innovative ideas, or as i intoto say, fresh ideas, reality. and mike bloomberg is the only candidate who will unify our country and defeat donald trump! [applause] and has a blueprint to rebuild america and improve the quality of life for all americans. he is committed to giving every american a fair shot through his housing affordability and all-in economy plan, putting an end to gun violence with common sense gun reform, and mitigating the causes of climate change. years,own mike for many and i know firsthand his long-standing commitment to making cities stronger, more prosperous and more inclusive, and that's why today i'm endors

in a furious response to washington killing the commander iraqi m.p.'s both to boot out american troops only for donald trump to threaten iraq with sanctions never seen before and. on the other side of the world the strain is ferocious wildfires now known to have claimed 25 lives many thousands of others have been moved to safety as i'm guessing the prime minister over his handling of the crisis and for dismissing climate change. hi there live from the r.t. international world news center very good afternoon mullins kevin now in welcome to this latest half. right now into round millions of mourners have been turning out for the funeral of kasim seller money the country's most powerful general was assassinated in the usa right outside baghdad airport in iraq on friday there's been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond iran's supreme leader earlier wept as he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin so mourners carried red flags associated with unjust bloodshed and revenge one of the 1st repercussions for the united states over

as the background let's introduce the panel for today in washington d.c. we have got elizabeth meyers professor of law at the american university in washington also the former editor in chief of inside arabia and beirut regular contributor i mean a professor of journalism at the american university of beirut and on skype from washington d.c. . the director of the institute for gulf affairs welcome to all of you i mean clearly i will start with you a bit of background on these 2 men had the relationship what do they have in common what did they have to offer each other when they met back in 2018. i'm a been sold man has tried very hard to get major leading international figures on corporations including entertainment figures business figures and to come to saudi arabia to invest and so you're a bit he wants to be he wants to lead a major what he calls a reform effort an economic restructuring effort inside saudi arabia and he wants this to be validated by people from all over the world so this was a. possibility for him to get one of the most prominent peop

one of the times being evacuated to a new south wales jessica washington is that. this area has already been he's incredibly hard by this bush 5 season i mean batemans bay in new south wales and it's an incredibly tense situation incredibly dangerous for crews on the ground locals are being advised to be on high alert to leave the area if possible but it's that combination of extreme hate strong winds and low humidity making things incredibly dangerous for this area but the other thing to also bear in mind is that these are small communities and they are all working together on this firefighting effort but some communities have been hit so hard we know of one not too far from here in the community of mogo where the headquarters actually burnt down in a fire just a few days ago so these are the conditions that crews are facing but the communities are coming together they're tight knit communities everyone is working together alongside with the firefighting crews to try and resolve this crisis. libyan warlord after asserts his vice is now against a foreign occupier a

please, sir. >> george washington university. i think that the washington consensus if you will is trying to adopt a package of policy ranging from sanctions and deterrence and diplomacy. no denuclearization in the near future but when it comes to the policy prescription, we are very diverse views and limited short term goal as we discussed today also maximum pressure. i think one of the reasons for that is a different understanding of where he wants to lead his country especially after completing his so-called nuclear deterrence and my question is don't we have enough of a debate on this especially when it comes to the north korean economy? >> this is one of the more impenetrable countries in understanding fully. we don't have a real winner in the way we would have if it were 70 years of diplomatic presence. this is and on what you call up your local contacts and to say what were we talking about in the bureau last week. so i think it is a very difficult one. i think that we try to attract change and there is some reform process

the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi worked before he was killed by a. psychologist on the. cia torture techniques in the wake of 911 just the. trial testimony at guantanamo bay detention. i believe there was a genuine. i guess you do it's again. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow thursday january the 23rd welcome to our international my names you know. federal prosecutors in brazil have charged pyu let's surprise winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hooking up top officials phones to get information. last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe picking up the story for us down quarter. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was a call to give the money to the secular go off i felt like that but no money. but whatever it was that made you know i was going to write usually you know very well read through everything in order to really be a bi

as a foreign minister blames washington's adventurism tensions that led to the downing the us secretary of state is grilled by reporters who demand justification for the killing of iran's top general. meeting between the german chancellor and glutamate putin that's underway here in moscow tangle of merkel's 1st visit to russia for the 5 years. either thanks for joining us here r.t. international. commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard why it had been shot down i wish i was jet i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. he also added an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds in which to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing surrounds chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent my colleague jacqueline vega

is to provide support for an independent media in syria what's washington government here. i mean when i saw that i thought how absurd it is the idea that western media at any point or object of the on syria given their their litany of of war propaganda you mentioned. i also interviewed oil and i'm aware that his father was very angry about how his son was exploited how his how they were put into training in blood and you mentioned some of the b.b.c.'s lies and of course this grant is pertaining to the us media but i think we have to look at all the western media as well the b.b.c. has actually also in april 24th. terrorist that we're going to shelled an elementary school the. minute our schools over 60 kids were injured one child was killed and the b.b.c.'s you are the same went on to write an article saying that locals locals in damascus believed that it was the government that is the shelling this is absolutely false anybody who spent any significant time in damascus knows that until the stand was liberated terrorists were raining down missiles and mortars on and on a ne