president vladimir putin approves a new russian government take a look at. western powers continued to defend the chemical weapons watchdog report on an alleged chemical attack despite the agency's former inspector calling it contradictory. the findings in the final report. were. with. the russian health ministry the country could be at risk from the new. national thomas certainly glad to have you with us russia has a new government comes in the wake of last week's resignation of the old one as it made way for constitutional changes the new cabinet was approved by a president on tuesday. producer which was congratulations on your appointment to the government and i believe this will be a very serious challenge in your lives but at the same time it will be a very interesting journey and wish you all success the whole country is behind you the previous government created a proper foundation for further development and growth we should use this foundation and embrace our potential to achieve national goals russia's president vladimir putin met with the prime mi

vladimir putin may very well be a leader who likes to make an entrance it should be noted i suppose. we are continuing to wait to see the next dignitary or dignitaries or arrive at the chance which for these historic talks really as far as it will be is concerned do we know who is not here michelle at this point. well actually i'm seeing less than you are right now but we did see knees it wasn't invited no but that's a very key point axia to need says a very important neighbor of libya libya is a very rich country it used to be a destination country for migrants from tunisia traveling in the region last year i kept hearing how important into relations are between libya and tunisia tunisia was not invited neither was greece which also has significant stakes in the mediterranean which on conflict which what libya has promised to russian president and won so some very important voices won't be at the table but as hans pointed out . there clearly was a concern here not to let this get too complex and to find agreement on the nuts and bolts of what could lead towards a political process a

angle americal on her way to a quick meeting with vladimir putin the list of international crises is long juran syria ukraine libya germany wants to mediate proposing a peace conference in berlin to end the civil war in libya get all neat and missile it's about non interference about sovereignty and that's why the parties currently engaged in a military confrontation in libya we presented by miss to survive and mr have to should naturally be tightly involved not to to influence the tiny science. different groups have been fighting for power in libya since 2011 russia supports general khalifa haftar are against the un recognized government in tripoli but putin says he will encourage the german initiative but it would. this conflict not only undermine stability in the region it also has negative effects on europe. i mean illegal migration smuggling illegal commerce and the proliferation of weapons and drugs the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany is another problem washington wants to stop the project with sanctions against companies who work on it berlin and moscow int

putin in a moscow the 2 leaders have several significant points of dispute can they find common ground on the middle east and made it rising tensions in the region. and taiwan reelected president and delivers a blow to beijing to sign on to balance to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring to ireland and to eat control. the air. on how an arm free glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday now iran says that the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew in a sensitive military site $176.00 people were killed in that crash tucker on had promised tonight claims made by the united states and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an iranian missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denials a bronze military admitted its guilt with armed forces at the highest level

loss of german chancellor angela merkel meets with russian president vladimir putin in moscow the true leaders have several significant points of just fuse box can they find common ground on the middle east and the rising tensions in the region. i'm sorry great welcome to the program the commander of iran's revolutionary god is excepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake and it's blaming human error after the plane flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash to run had previously denied claims from the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted its guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. you know. when

and lots of perceived benefits by vladimir putin. and so that's why more than two years ago senator marco rubio and i introduced the bipartisan deter act, and there are other senators, both democrats and republicans, that are on that bill. the deter act is very straightforward. it would enact into law a very straightforward proposition. it says to russia and also to other countries but the main attack seems to be coming from russia, it says to putin and russia if we catch you again interfering in our elections, there will be immediate and very harsh penalties for you to pay, that this will happen virtually automatically. so vladimir putin will know upfront if our intelligence agencies catch them again, which they're likely to do, then he will finally pay a price for interfering in our elections and trying to undermine our democratic processes. and these are not sanctions against a couple of putin's pals. these are not sanctions against a couple oligarchs. these would be sanctions against major sectors of the russian economy, state-ow

we can fight russia over there are the russians to russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said russia if you're listening they were listening and it's the russian story. while the cameras are focused on the senate floor want you to about i'm filming a sketch artist and said captured the atmosphere in the chain bob some of the pictures to show members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs to cling on even sleeping sentences also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while desks while we spoke to john the sound political commentator chadwick moore he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment abort with this whole anti russian narrative. the democratic party has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russia gate so completely flat and even their strongest support everything they thought of the president as a plot even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absol

for instance vladimir putin talked about the potential humanitarian repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if a war on the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about the fact how the hostilities in that country should cease in fact glad i'm a putin has expressed hope the. this could happen as early as tomorrow because this was what he agreed on this is what he discussed and agreed on with the turkish president pressing. turkey obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasn't the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream 2 gas pipeline it's a gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with the russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between germany europe and the united states because washington sees that washington doesn't want this doesn't want to see this pipeline it doesn't

changing of the guards for president vladimir putin approves a new russian government we take a look at the fresh cabinet line up. of the u.n. security council the west continues to defend the chemical weapons watchdogs report on syria's during the incident and 20 gates he has despite the watchdog zone former inspector calling gets contradictory. the findings in the heart of proportion were contradictory to what we're. working with to. the story. the russian health ministry has warned that the country could be at risk from the new coronavirus spreading through china. and very welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me karen. that russia has a brand new government comes in the wake of last week's resignation of the old wang as it made way for a recently proposed constitutional changes the new cabinet was approved by president putin on tuesday evening. congratulations on your appointment to the government and i believe this will be a very serious challenge in your lives but at the same time it will be a very interesting journey and wish you all success the whole country

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german chancellor angela merkel will be arriving in moscow later on saturday for me to vladimir putin they are expected to discuss the iran crisis and also the north stream to gas pipeline linking russia to germany peter all of a has got more on this visit it's not a difficult time that angle or merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th official visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president vladimir putin are taking energy out of the current situation in the middle east and the standoff between iran and the united states and getting energy from russia into germany via the nord stream to gas pipeline chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's constants important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have their concern at the situation in the region with the

welcome back angela merkel has been holding talks with vladimir putin in moscow and is the german chancellor's 1st visit to the russian capital in 5 years and one of the key topics discussed of course was the iran crisis. russia and germany support further implementation of a joint plan for deal with iran the iranians have the right to realign the support of european countries that promised to create a special mechanism independent of the dollar for trade with iran. as the site of speaking of the crashed airliner iran announced today it was a big error and it's good news that those responsible have been named i think know everything possible must be done to find a solution together with the countries whose citizens group on board that plane to clarify toll the situation in iran was indeed in the spotlight during the meeting between angela merkel and vladimir putin even though this meeting mine the 1st one in the kremlin between the 2 when the past 5 years had been prearranged back in december so way before the tragic events in iran but these events they have brought into the spotlight the real

putin to bridge greater diplomacy to the translators have several significant points of dispute can they align their views on the middle east. i'm tired read welcome to the program the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew s. it flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash tehran had previously denied claims from. u.s. and canada that was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an iranian missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted his guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. you know. when i became certain that this incident had happened i really wished death for myself. i wished i had died an

german chancellor angela merkel it's really russian president vladimir putin in moscow the 2 leaders have several significant points of just fuse but can they find common ground on the middle east amid rising tensions in the region. welcome to the program the commander of iran's revolutionary god is accepted full responsibility for the downing of a passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash tehran had previously denied claims from the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted it's guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. when i became 'd certain that this incident had happened i re

putin then returned to the presidency in 2012. >> vladimir putin said never mind the jig is up, we're going to be changing seats again. medvedev was unsmarly ushered out of the president's office then and putin ran again for the presidency. so, you can see why people believe that putin will do almost anything to hold on to power. >> so, could anything or anyone inside russia threaten vladimir putin's hold on power? analysts say if anything can, it could be the faltering russian economy or the fact that many young russians don't feel like they have much of a future there. experts say putin could be doing what chinese president xi jinping did not long ago. he could be setting himself up to be leader for life. and he likely is -- and also the state department is watching the situation and warned russia against malign behavior. >> so, the prime minister dmitry medvedev is against doing putin's bidding. >> putin was angry with him for not using a un veto to block air strikes against libya. putin shoved medvedev out of office the following year. >> dramatic developments unfolding in russia

putin calls for reforms that could keep them in power well beyond the end of his term look at all of the details from moscow. to it's good to have you with us the trade dispute between china and the u.s. could now be a big step closer to resolution that is both sides are signing what they're calling ses one of the trade agreement now as part of that deal beijing says it will buy more from the u.s. including energy and agricultural products and both sides are holding off on imposing further tariffs on one another and many other hot button issues remain on resolved but trump says he will visit china in the not too distant future. china's leo who is in washington to sign a cease fire in a trade war that has slowed global growth i.m.f. managing director chris telling a georgia reminded the trades are this was only a truce not a permanent peace deal leaves in place tire of some 360000000000 dollars worth of chinese goods it doesn't address technology transfers china's huge subsidies for state owned firms and cyber theft. these terrorists will stay in place until there's a phase 2 if the p

this is day to be your news live from berlin russia government resigns president vladimir putin will form a new cabinet after his prime minister steps down to some analysts say it is another power move by coup attempt as he seeks to secure his political future we'll get the details from moscow also coming up who will challenge donald trump for the u.s. presidency in november the top 6 candidates in the democratic primary face off in their final debate before the iowa caucuses foreign policy global trade and health care were among the top issues. will it erupt or won't it we need the people saying that volcano in the philippines they fear they'll return to scenes of complete devastation. and storming the shop today marks 30 years since citizens of former east germany forced their way to the headquarters of the secret police of preventing the destruction of millions of files in the final months of the communist dictatorship. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us russian prime minister dmitri medvedev and his government has resigned to make way for constitutional reforms t

putin and vladimir putin pops up in the middle of this incredible week in syria and i'm wondering what do you think is going on there or what role or strength he could be pulling behind the scenes? >> oh, this was wonderful for vladimir putin that this occurred because quite frankly, al-assad had been relying on the force soleimani and the iranian government to back him and allow him to remain in power, russia was merely a side player in that in many ways although they were contributing forces and at the end of the day now that the kuds force and soleimani are out they may still be there within influence but quite frankly, putin showed up to say here is my ring, please start kissing it because if you want to stay in power you'll do it thanks to us not the iranians. neil: so real quickly, commander when you have iran supreme leader saying such military options referring to the attack on the american compound in iraq are not enough, what is he hinting at? >> i think he's hinting at that low level aggression that they are going to continue to wage against the united states and our allies

plan german chancellor angela merkel meets with russian president vladimir putin in moscow to the 2 leaders have several significant points of dispute is can i find common ground on the middle east and rising tensions in the region. i'm tired raid welcome to the program the commander of iran's revolutionary god has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew near a sensitive military side 176 people were killed in the crash tehran had previously denied claims from the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an arena and missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted its guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site i'm. you know. when i became 'd certain that

putin's state of the nation address in which he proposed changes to the country's constitution that would allow him to extend his grip on power after his term in office is supposed to end in the year 2024 russian prime minister dmitri medvedev decision to step down can you miss a surprise medvedev said the president's proposals to mend the country's constitution would significantly change russia's balance of power he due to fully made the announcement public. because we as the government of the russian federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary decisions to change the russian political system. in the circumstances i believe it would be right for the incumbent government of the russian federation to resign. the news came just hours after president putin's state of the nation address. in that speech putin suggested changing the constitution to grant parliament more powers in effect weakening the powers of the presidency analysts believe putin could use the shake up to create a new job for himself when his current presidential term

russians and many others are trying to decide what to make of president vladimir putin's unexpected sha ke—up of the constitution. there's a new prime minister, he's a little—known tax chief, and more powerfor the state council, chaired by mr putin. gareth barlow reports. vladimir putin surprised almost everyone when he announced his proposed reforms to the russian constitution, a transfer of power from presidency to parliament, limiting future presidents to two terms, giving the lower house more power to appoint key figures, and increasing the status of the state council, which he controls. translation: you can't help but agree with those who say the constitution was adopted over a quarter of a century ago, during a serious domestic political crisis. the state of affairs has changed drastically. president putin didn't just propose new powers. he replaced key people. the prime minister and former president, dmitry medvedev, is out. a little—known technocrat is in. in one of his final acts, the pm said the government would resign to aid the changes. translation: we, the government

also coming up russia's government resigns the surprise move comes as president vladimir putin calls for reforms that could keep him in the pall well beyond the end of his 2 weeks. i'm told me a lot of people thanks for joining me the u.s. house of representatives has voted to submit to articles of impeachment against president donald trump to the senate sets the stage for only the 3rd impeachment trial of a u.s. president in history opening statements in the trial are expected next tuesday but with the republicans firmly in control of the senate it's unlikely that trump will be removed from office. a ritual with historic significance lawmakers will comprise session from the house of representatives to the senate to deliver the articles of impeachment house has. read 7 eat a resolution of point on the right values for the peach but. don't jar from the president of the united states. just a few minutes earlier house speaker nancy pelosi signed the 2 articles one for abuse of power and one for obstruction of the house she stressed the significance of the occasion this is as serious as

from the defense bill passed by congress just last month on the russian president vladimir putin has held talks with his syrian counterpart bashar assad in damascus amid the rising tensions in the middle east also to come as we enter the new year the hangover of political correctness continues it seems notably over the new gangster film the gentle but we put the issue to the back. we can tell you some of the most foul and disgusting racist language this was in movie gangsters and guess what the lead gangsters don't speak in politically correct balanced ways. hello welcome you're watching international our top story this hour president trump has backed down on a threat to destroy iran's cultural sites the u.s. leader calls global alarm with a series of tweets on saturday in which he said kirani landmarks could be targeted if the country seeks revenge for the assassination of its top general customs for the money but on tuesday trump said that washington will it by international law. we are according to various laws are supposed to be very careful with their cultural. heritage and you

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while those of parliament. explains more about the landmark moves. this led to boom and powers the office of president the media accuses of it seizing more power more control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over at the parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a for any aside he is what he actually proposed together and seen that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower. the president for example increa

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those of parliament as the if explains more about the landmark moves. try explaining this limp wooden and power as the office of president the media accuses of of seizing more power more control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers' surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he aside he is what he actually proposed to guarantee that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the

putin the leaders of germany and russia agreed to do everything possible to preserve the iran nuclear deal. russia and germany support further implementation of a joint plan for deal with iran which iranians have the right to realign the support of european countries that we promised to create a special mechanism independent of the dollar for trade with iran. as the site of speaking of the crashed airliner iran announced today it was a big error and it's good news that those responsible have been named i think know everything possible must be done to find a solution together with the countries whose citizens group on board that plane to clarify told the situation in iran was indeed in the spotlight during the meeting between angela merkel and vladimir putin even though this meeting mine the 1st one in the kremlin between the 2 with the past 5 years had been prearranged back in december so way before the tragic events in iraq but these events they have brought into the spotlight the reality of a major conflict in the middle east as how it has been showcased so vividly by iran and the u

vladimir putin as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign. i'm grateful to everyone i've worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. were to remain between. you mr medvedev colleagues i would like to thank you for everything that you have done i would also

hello again i'm glad merkel has been holding talks with vladimir putin in moscow it is the german chancellor's 1st visit to the russian capital in 5 years and one of the key topics discussed was of course the iran crisis. almost a 1000000000 euros russia around germany support a further implementation of a joint plan for deal with iran the iranians have the right to realign the support of european countries that promised to create a special mechanism independent of the dollar for trade with iran. as the site of iran's in aus to date was a big error and it's good news that those responsible have been named i think now everything possible must be done to find a solution together with the countries whose citizens were on board that plane to clarify it all. the situation in iran was indeed in the spotlight during the meeting between angela merkel and vladimir putin even though this meeting mine the 1st one in the kremlin between the 2 when the past 5 years had been prearranged back in december so way before the tragic events in iran but these events they have brought into the spotlight the reality

you mr putin colleagues you know the address of the russian president vladimir putin as president in the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation. these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions and as with it they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the present of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign just on the premier or do we know what happens him here of course the 1st of all you have to understand admission of it is quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the country's

what is vladimir putin up to talk about that i'm joined now by d.w. russia analyst constantine fund and he joins us tonight because scott constantine it's good to see you again is so when you look at the actions of the russian president right now what is he doing is he putting a new foundation down for 10 more years of putin power. well 1st of all you mentioned that people expected a political crisis but that combi any political process in a place where there is no politics where politics is conducted by one minute so yes there is no crisis and mr putin has chosen this unknown technocrats for one simple reason as he approaches 2024. when that he's supposed to step down as president i'm told is what he's going to do next and how he's that what he needs he needs a deflection of attention from growing economic and social problems in the country to give it just one thing get a real disposable income is officially have been fully full 5 years in a row so putin is decided to get rid of this over centralized system in which he is responsible for everything a

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those of parliament next our senior correspondent. breaks down a bit more the landmark moves that have happened in the last 24 hours. tried splay in this land putin and power as the office of president the media accuses of of seizing more power who control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shakeup and that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he aside he is what he actually proposed to guarantee that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a cen

you mr putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president vladimir putin as president in the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation. these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions and as with it they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign just on the premier do we know what happens him not here of course the 1st of all you have to understand admission of it is quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the coun

german chancellor arrives in moscow on saturday to meet with vladimir putin angela merkel's visit was originally planned over the ukraine conflict and the crisis in libya but now it's being overshadowed by the military escalation between america and iran as well as washington's efforts to stop russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany to speak to all of his details. it's that difficult times that angular merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president vladimir putin are taking energy out of the current situation in the middle east and the standoff between iran and the united states and getting energy from russia into germany via the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's constant it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of

also coming up russia's government result on a surprise move comes as president vladimir putin calls for reforms that could keep him in power well beyond the end of his term will get the details from moscow. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us in the united states the stage is now set for the impeachment trial of a u.s. president for only the 3rd time in american history the house of representatives today voted to send 2 articles of impeachment. against president drum to the senate the vote was largely along party lines trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of congress's authority to investigate that abuse the house has also approved a team of 7 prosecutors or managers for the trial the trial is expected to start next week. let's go over to washington my colleague public is standing by good evening to you. quite a day in washington what happens next for brian quite a day indeed well now the next stage in this many degrees is quite ceremonial now of the 7 managers or for looking at it and in a different way they're essentially if this was a court of law would b

efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said he russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. and with the cameras focused on the senate floor due to a ban on filming it was left to sketch artists to capture the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs doodling and even sleeping senators also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while sat at their desks we spoke to journalist and political commentator chadrick moore and he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment a bored with the anti moscow narrative. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russian joke completely flat and even their strongest support everything that of the president of latter even their strongest supporters that people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will not even they've grown bored with this narrative and when t

stunning moves tonight by russia's president vladimir putin. why did his entire government just quit? the power play now raising fears worldwide. back to work: meghan markle visiting a women's shelter, prince harry making a royal announcement. tonight, the looming deadline set by the queen and their possible plans for a new life in canada. and how did two guys in a food truck end up running a top place to eat in america? >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good eveningo we're going to begin with breaking news tonight, because the votes have been taken, the players are named, and the stage is set for the historic impeachment trial of president trump. late today, house speaker nancy pelosi signed those articles of impeachment followed moments later by the newly appointed house managers walking the documents to the senate. but even as the house takes its last formal steps on the eve of the senate trial, there are new questions tonight about what happens next. new evidence has em

thanks to vladimir putin when the president said russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras a focus on the senate floor due to upon on filming sketch artists instead capture the atmosphere. some of the pictures showed members having a bit of trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs to cling on even taking a nap such as also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while sat at that desks we spoke to john the sound political commentator chadwick moore who says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are bored with the hold on to russian art. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax rushing so completely flat and even their strongest support everything they've heard of the president is even their strongest supporters that people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will not even they've grown bored with this narrative and when they start ripping up russ

announced its resignation so all these days while russia's president vladimir putin appointed me to be the new prime minister and all these days the country was in interests of patient as to who will be will it be a completely new government will something all the faces will some familiar faces stay there as well world now we can see and it will surely be interesting to follow up on how the new government fares especially when it comes to you know on the key focuses on the key challenges that it's facing right now and that is bringing our party for instance bringing up the russian citizens bringing up the average wealth of a russian citizen and so on and so forth absolutely it will be interesting indeed a goshdarn of thank you for those details. the u.n. security council has debated the investigation by the world's chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma back in 2018 russia has questions the published findings triggering a backlash from western countries during the session a former o.p.c. w. specialist said the fact finding team had serious misgivings a ch

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those of parliament explains more about the landmark moves. in this empowers the office of president the media accuses about seizing more power control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament added soon expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia. 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers' surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friendly aside he is what he actually proposed together and seen that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for example increase the pre

but i'm sure it was equally unforgettable for vladimir putin. i mean, there he is, the president of russia standing next to the president of the united states and hearing his own kremlin propaganda talking points coming from the president of the united states. now, if that's not a propaganda coup, i don't know what is. it's the most extraordinary thing. the most extraordinary thing. the president of the united states standing next to the president of russia, our adversary, saying he doesn't believe his own intelligence agencies. he doesn't believe them. he's promoting this cooky crazy server theory cooked up by the kremlin. right next to the guy that cooked it up. it's a breathtaking success of russian intelligence. i don't know if there's ever been a greater success of russian intelligence. whatever profile russia did of our president, boy did they have him spot on. flattery and propaganda. that's all they needed. as to ukraine, well, they needed to deliver a political investigation to get help from the united states. i mean, this is just the m

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers or boosting those of parliament a senior correspondent explains more about the landmark new. try explaining these lead putin and powers the office of president the media accuses of of seizing more power more control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he aside he is what he actually proposed to guarantee that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the p

he has made a religious man out of vladimir putin. [laughter] but i don't think -- i don't think we really want vladimir putin, our adversary, to be thanking god for the president of the united states because they don't wish us well. they don't wish us well. they are a wounded animal. they are a declining power. but like any wounded animal, they are a dangerous animal. their world view is completely antithetical to ours. we don't want them thanking god for our president and what he is pushing out. we don't want them thanking god for withholding money from our ally. although we can understand why they may. to me, that is what stuck out from that presentation. now, we've walked through in the first part of this presentation the corrupt object of the president's scheme. getting ukraine to announce these two political investigations that would benefit his re-election. looking at how baseless and fabricated the allegations behind them were made plain his corrupt motive. but in addition to this overwhelming evidence, there's at least ten ot

putin has talked about what sort of consequences a war in the middle east could have not just for the countries involved not just for the middle east itself but also globally you're to look at a stroke when you do i hope very much that we will avoid large scale military conflicts in the middle east if it comes to that it would be a disaster not only for the region much but the whole world is for them to use for instance vladimir putin talked about the potential humanitarian repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if the war on the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about the fact how the hostilities in that country should cease and because this was what he agreed. and this is what he discussed and agreed on with the turkish president again turkey obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasn't the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream to gas pipeline gas pipeline currently u

we can fight russia over there in the russians through russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said hey russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras were focused on the senate floor due to a ban on filming sketch artists instead caps of the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs doodling even sleeping senators also face the 12 hour no phone policy while sat at desks and we spoke with journalist and political commentator chad what more he told us even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment getting tired of the anti russian narrative. the democrat party has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russia gate so completely flat and even their strongest support everything they thought of the president as a plot even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely

what is vladimir putin up to talk about and i'm joined now by d.w. russia analyst constantine fund and he joins us tonight be a scott constantine it's good to see you again is so when you look at the actions of the russian president right now what is he doing is he will putting a new foundation down for 10 more years of putin power. well 1st of all you mentioned that people expected a political crisis but that combi any political process in the place where there is no politics where politics is conducted by one minute so yes there is no crisis and mr putin has chosen this unknown technocrats for one simple reason as he approaches 2024. when that he supposed to step down as president of poland as what is going to do next and how he did it what he needs he needs a deflection of attention from growing economic and social problems in the country to give you just one thing that a real disposable income is officially have been pulling for 5 years in a row so putin is decided to get rid of this over centralized system in which he's responsible for everythin

putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those of parliament as the if explains more about the landmark moves. powers the office of president the media accuses of it seizing more power control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament adders own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real that. demick russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shakeup and that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he has side he is what he actually proposed to guarantee that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for example increase the

we can fight russia over there are the russians through russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said hey russia if you're listening. they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras will focus on the senate floor due to a bottle filming sketch artists instead capture the atmosphere and chamber some of the pictures showed members having a bit of trouble staying involved in the process stretching the legs doodling and even dozing off some of his also faced a 12 no phone policy while sat at that desk we spoke to john stump political commentator chuck what more he says that even the strongest supporters of thompson ph meant well a bit bored with the whole anti russian narrative. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax rushing so completely flat and even their strongest support everything they've heard of the president is even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolu

president vladimir putin approves a new russian government too we take a look at the cabinet line up. western powers continued to defend the chemical weapons watchdog report on alleged chemical attack in syria despite the agency's own former inspector calling it contradictory. the findings in the final bit. contradictory or a complete turnaround. that it understood. and the russian health ministry once said that the country could be at risk from the new coronavirus spreading it through china. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international and sean thomas certainly glad to have with us our russia has a new government it comes in the wake of last week's resignation of the old one as it made way for constitutional changes the new cabinet was approved by president putin on tuesday. producer were to us congratulations on your appointment to the government and i believe this will be a very serious challenge in your lives but at the same time it will be a very interesting journey i wish you all success the whole country is behind you the previous government cr

here is a portion of the program where she talks about russian president vladimir putin. >> there's no question that vladimir putin personally in his objectives as leader of russia are antithetical to our interests, that there's nothing that one can say about his objectives that online in any meaningful way now with hours and the interference in our election is just the most glaring example. there were occasions over the years when we were able to work with the russians like, iran nuclear deal and getting a large cross of chemical weapons removed from syria, but you engage with vladimir putin without trusting him is my judgment and that's what so worrying about how i think president trump has engaged with him. he's privileged-- privileged i put's word over that of our own expert intelligence, but the flip side of that, ironically, is that phone calls with vladimir putin were not screaming matches. they were quite civil line involved in respectful even if they were adversarial. then, i of course had a number of experiences engaging with vladimir putin personally and directly when he was

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