thank you we will talk to. the u.s. state of alabama whether a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian violating campaign laws and the influence of last year's election results. syrian forces entered the northern city of beach at the request of civilians and kurds in the area amid fears of a turkish offensive. to expand its riot control arsenal despite a number of serious injuries among the protesters by rubber bullets. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international

and certainly glad to have you with us. right the attorney general of alabama is looking into a decision from a campaign in the run up to last year's state alexion operation involved more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing the republican candidate. the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something that's significant for us to explore and we'll go from. those behind the alabama scheme were meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but as our. comments they in fact created their own. some of the activity pointed to as alleged russian meddling in the united states was actually being carried out by the cyber security form new knowledge that this new knowledge outfit was carrying out activity designed to look like russian meddling in order to hurt roy moore the republican candidate democrat jones who won the race against roy

moore he has come forward and said he supports a federal investigation into these new revelations i'd like to see the federal election commission and the justice department look at these to see if there were any laws being violated and if they would prosecute those responsible linked in's co-founder reid hoffman has come forward and actually apologized to the republican candidate roy moore for the fact that he contributed money to an outfit that apparently worked to discredit roy moore during the election hofmann contributed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to american engagement technologies of which one hundred thousand dollars went to a cyber security firm known as new knowledge and now new knowledge during the election created over a thousand russian language accounts on twitter and then had those accounts follow roy more this created than the impression that roy moore was getting russian support it's no surprise that trump a supporting more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still run through to cut good

question by jews for you know it's pretty alarming when a guy's slips into fluent russian or speaks fluent russian his russian is everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office new knowledge is tied to hamilton sixty eight which is a web site that apparently purports to be tracking the activity of russian bots and trolls on the internet and apparently new knowledge this entity tied with hamilton sixty eight which is widely quoted in u.s. mainstream media the new york times the washington post c.n.n. and other outlets turn to hamilton sixty eight which works with new knowledge in order to report on the activity of russian trolls and bots. the. food the.

food. the. d.n.a. and apparently has not chosen to run with this story the revelations were revealed they came out they became public on december nineteenth but it was only on december twenty seventh that c.n.n. chose to report on this this information and they only did so after there had been some outcry the daily caller and others had written articles about cnn's ignoring of this story and their reporting on it was very short now we've reached out to c.n.n. to see why they haven't jumped on this story and we are waiting for a response and this is a cynical as as politics could possibly get you have the democratic party that is say that is running all these voter registration drives and every vote counts and

they want to get more and more people out to vote and then at the same time they're taking these new and low information voters and trying to trick them into voting against their own self interest this is a huge scandal democrats that are calling for mueller to continue to get to the bottom of this russian collusion and they were employing what appear to be the exact same tactics in alabama so they've got egg on their face and and i don't see this fizzling out this looks like it's going to be way bigger and i suspect this is not the only place they've used this tactic it's just alabama's going after it. the syrian government says its forces have entered the northern city of man beach at the request of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area the kurds are trying to strengthen the city's defenses amid fears of a turkish offensive our middle east correspondent polis there has more. what we see happening is that the conflict in the northern syrian city of monday's continues to

escalate now we are receiving reports from the syrian military that they soldiers have entered the city at the request of the kurdish fighters and civilians who live there and the concern from locals is that they need assistance against a possible upcoming offensive from the turkish side we invited the syrian government which we belong to to send its armed forces to take over these positions and protect man beach and the freeze of turkish threats. in response to the request of the population of man beach the syrian government and its armed forces announce it is sending in troops to man page however right now we are receiving reaction from the turkish side and they say that the claims from the syrian military that they have taken control of the city of members are nothing more than psychological warfare and that the situation at this point in time remains saw some definite now all of this comes as the american president donald trump made the surprise announcement that he was withdrawing american troops from syria of course the

americans have been giving a lot of support in the form of weapons and the like to the y.p. who are the syrian kurdish fighters and what we now hear happening is that what this possible upcoming turkish offensive those on the ground many locals fear and feel that they have been betrayed by the americans. over the past couple of years americans give the best safety and stability for the north of syria this region and of syria entirely are going to be destabilized people shall flee and terrorism will prevail the american withdrawal will destabilize the security we have had for a couple of years in this region. the american withdrawal from unleashed by donald trump was disappointing for all to see too as i said woman because residents are afraid that armies might come to loot just as it happened during the euro we want a safe situation meanwhile the russian front. mr sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the region and

specifically in syria lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria so it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility onto its called lucian partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground we are bracing for potential showdown between the united states and turkey amongst others. all right we spoke to a security and political analyst who believes that the kurdish crisis can only be resolved with a political solution the syrian army is you know can be flexible and inflexible at the same time it can be flexible if there is a situation that can create stability there is an agreement to morrow is a decisive day foreign minister lavrov will meet with his counterpart from from turkey it is important to see if agreement can be reached to control the situation

if the syrian army is capable i think it is capable but with the backing of the russian army and the iranians to actually control the situation and create you know a certain dialogue. that turkey the kurdish problem there is a kurdish problem in the north part of syria and in the north part of it are going to affect the security in turkey and this matter would have to be resolved it can only be resolved politically that is the position of the foreign minister of russia however you know the turks would have to pay a proper price for their miscalculations by delving into syria and creating this chaos and contributing to this chaos. the french interior ministry is planning to boost its a riot control arsenal purchasing more weapons that fire rubber bullets that is despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow vest protesters caused by the non-lethal ammunition and numerous warnings from human rights groups over their use the reports now there. well there are lots of dangers from these l b d forty's or more

commonly known as flash for weapons that they use to launch things such as tear gas grenades sound grenades and even these rubber bullets and those can all do significant damage if they hit people in those protests people with broken bones fractured teeth bruising internal injuries we even saw a number of our crew being injured over the last few weeks by some of the items that are being shot out of those flash balls but the injuries can be even more serious and that for some people they competed life changing around the mike you were going to come or are. you going to do it. why would the french government want to pull states off still all these flash rules they can as i say launch things such as this the rubber bullets well that's largely due to the

protests that we've seen in france over the last few weeks the country has been the gulf by these violent protests for some people describing them as being the poorest riots in half a century. and they've actually been some studies specifically into the injuries caused as a result of rubber bullets with many civil liberties groups just saying that they shouldn't be used now a group of u.s. academics published a study in december of last year saying that fifteen percent of people who were injured by rubber bullets specifically actually ended up with permanent injuries with the majority of people knew. saying so late they said three percent of those

injured specifically by rubber bullets actually went on to lose their lives so the question is why is the french government still deciding to go with using the flash tools which have been proven in some cases to be deadly and still wilting to spend more than two million euros on its vision of protecting the state. common types on terrorists are being challenged by a study in the united states now after nine eleven of the so-called average terrorist was often portrayed as being a muslim typically of middle eastern descent with arabic as the language of choice and they were also commonly thought to have beards but a study by global policy think tank at the rand corporation has found that the reality may be very different they claim that the majority of terrorists recruited in the u.s. are caucasian or from african-american background study also indicates that young

males are more likely to be radicalized by those being recruited had nothing distinctive about them the findings come in contrast to the stereotypes that we are familiar with sociology professor safe dana believes this has led to some dangerous assumptions but tribute inc n e n e n e issue to race basically is intended primarily to result and blanket condemnation and blanket condemnation of the people of the middle east are up some muslims and all the people of the middle east was actually necessary for the for the u.s. policy in the region although it was from day one understood by most social scientists to be based on a false premise but obviously it was setting up political strategy and the political strategy required a blanket condemnation and a mass generalization or the notion of to apply to any person coming from the region or the middle east region north africa and. southeast asia and the study

that uses race as a primary body able to explain or to just default to. find out facts about crime or about terrorism is actually highly misleading let alone actually is about a basis. for some news just in that we're keeping an eye on right now an israeli attack helicopter has bombed a hamas target in gaza this according to the f.t. this was in retaliation it to a rocket fired by palestinian militants which was the first such incident in more than a month the rocket landed in southern israel and no casualties have been reported as of yet this comes after a palestinian man was killed during a weekly protest on the gaza israel border israeli soldiers used tear gas and live fire to force people away from the border fence it was before the a friday of protests since the start of the so-called march of return israel has

repeatedly condemned the riots as a threat to national security and claims its soldiers using lethal force in self defense. british chinese relations are being put to the test over a smart phone giant with that story and much more still to come you're watching international. i've been saying the numbers means they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten colored prime champion each day . eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the old rich eight point six percent market share thirty percent i just want to hear some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building

a two point one billion dollar. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember it was one. for the mid one and only. welcome to the crystal ball edition of crossfire what can we expect in the new year we have a great lineup of guests telling us they think. this is our international now the british defense secretary has voiced concerns about a possible spying threat from chinese tech giant weiwei this comes amid a confrontation between the company and the united states as artie's by boko

reports they seemed like the best of friends one side with cash to flash the other keen to court chinese investment you have a golden era china relations and one of the relations between britain and china very good issues in the past i think we've come to an understanding over. this should be an indispensable partnership. thank you have cemented britain's position as china's best partner in the west with the u.k. playing bragg's it really with brussels trade ties with china seem as important as ever but there's a bone of contention coming between london and beijing or rather a phone of contention we've got to look at what partners such as australia in the us are doing in order to ensure that they have the maximum security of that five g. network and we've got to recognise the fine. act as has been recently exposed the

chinese state does sometimes aren't in the maligned way weiwei is one of china's most important tech companies that the world's second largest mobile phone producer and it makes the laptops and tablets gadgets that rival apple and samsung but crucially weiwei also sells some of the communications hardware that allows mobile phone and wireless networks to operate and when the u.s. currently embroiled in a tip for tat trade war with beijing the chinese tech giant has come into the spotlight washington says it's concerned that using weiwei hardware will give beijing the ability to spy on foreign countries and exert too much control over western infrastructure by the way has raised serious concerns among u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state security services and huawei threaten the security of our networks due to their

close ties to the chinese government and now the u.s. is pursuing well ways chief financial officer who was arrested in vancouver at washington's request to now faces extradition to the u.s. over possible violations of sanctions against iran but the case appears more than a little politicized the u.s. president suggested he might use china's tech princess as a bargaining chip with beijing if i think it's good for the country if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made which is a very important thing was good for national security i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary australia or new zealand have followed the u.s. is lead and banned huawei from providing tech for its five g. rollout citing security risks the u.k. has yet to follow although there are murmurs in that direction what we're witnessing is more kind of secure. he hopes something it can do the can or for real

other work you know sees itself in the vulnerable position more it doesn't have secure access to this particular market over the margin or being talks in the back row between the american state department and the british foreign office trying to pressure raise or put leverage on the british government to come out and support the u.s. sanctions true tires of the harben chairman but i don't think for one second that britain follow america's foreign policy to dictate to the policy that britain needs for true truth the world after broke so there's little hard evidence of weiwei ever having engaged in any spying or handing over of data the company denies any ties to the chinese government beyond paying its taxes for the u.k. following washington's lead and banning way risk souring and up until now fruitful friendship as well as slowing down the rollout of vital new technology for london

it'll be a tough choice between wall way and the us way. thousand eight hundred was a tough year for crypto currency big coin experts called it the year it's bubble burst and predicted its complete demise and least ninety times. thank you. thank you you. thank

. because it was the first mass decentralized the digital currency created more comfortable conditions for trade and transactions and gained a wide popularity but quite enthusiastic and boss i told us what he expects from the cryptocurrency after its rocky ride this year. if you look at the big coin you know price bubble as you would say yeah you could say that that maybe is has happened but the user adoption merchant adoption advances in the technology of the box in itself had twenty eighteen is actually been a really good year for big corn maybe again not so much for the price but if you're looking at the technological aspect of the blace an underlining because great year

. i think that was more like mainstream media's portrayal of big going is like you know the get rich quick aspect of it during that boron of twenty team but i think that's kind of segue to into the mainstream more so moving into the interest in the technology like how to block chain work where does the price come from other than speculation the actual technological advancements so i guess for that i could think that mainstream media. i don't think it's much more of a risk a day it was when they incorporated the internet into their business model what i think is it provides incredibility it may overpower any kind of security falls there's a lot of things that happened behind the scenes in banks i think that you know a lot of end users and customers that banks would benefit from banks using open ledgers and getting that you know trust listening specked try when it comes to

banking. just don't put more in than you're willing to lose and you won't have to worry too much about trading with emotional money. with the new year just around the corner russia's ambassador to the u.s. is hoping for a turnaround in relations between the two countries on a totally on time off send in the following new year's message to the u.s. ambassador's family and the investment staff here in moscow. did john and mary kay. to colleagues of the u.s. embassy in moscow. who would like to wish you all the best for the coming new year . with sincerely glad for those of you who are spending the new year holiday in russia in bright and snow covered moscow but also get the idea in the russian tradition we would like to wish you and your family prosperity health and high

spirits. so we look forward to working with you. to ensure the relations between russia and the united states in twenty nineteen better than they have been this year and to build more friendship between russians and americans who wish you success and good fortune on this world because of the benefits of our countries happy new year. i that is the for me i'll be back of headlines in about thirty five minutes stay with us.

welcome to unique edition of crosstalk we answer questions from you the viewers some of the sentiment very interesting question. when our mind when the content of our mind ees changed there are fees seek to ration the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can we wire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body respond to. my son doing drugs my nephews were still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs

it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. then the war on drugs. i think there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for inconceivable. for being minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by day as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. welcome to a very special episode of redacted. camp and i'm joined for i think the

first time we're all four of us have been at the desk i'm joined by john of o'donnell now a mcgill. yeah feels a little crowded as very crowded and very crowded with a little placemats. but this is a bizarre bizarre because we went down to miami always out of miami nebraska actually miami florida. gets no love with no less or less or no but we went down to miami we did another redacted stand up comedy special and we ended up with some amazing footage that we burned you know we have it here for you right now and i don't well that's real quick real quick twenty a day was a big year we did a lot we got a lot done redacted what do you think twenty and ten you have to see it go over. here and sell the show this is it had a good run it was going to say like you know i'm a big fan big fan of renee and i can't remember anything that we covered but i know

that it was important and i think that there's still a lot of problems going on in america so we'll probably be good for twenty nineteen and still surprise you have a voice by the end. well not all of our social media accounts but a few of only are still we're still trucking along and. it's meant a literal. yeah i realize and i'm. the idea that we're still allowed to be aired anywhere oh that's a good. deal about that right now you know i mean listen i'm prepared you know let's get to our first clip right here with my man john of o'donnell down in miami so when i first heard miami i was like oh and then i was like. why the. high forever big. bird. isn't miami's all about over the top material is a cook i. feel like the bottle service is

cuban same way jan is. and i am a sober via in so surely. the. few pairs are paid. how you strip possibly going to work out in my favor and i shouldn't be a hair i should not be a car i should be up in burlington vermont or soon. running naked through the wads how it up the moon like the dirty hippie hot. dogs can of course i'm like to be air you guys are awesome miami so i will say this there is a.