Will welcome to new york watching r. T. International community airing the top story a whistleblower has cast doubt on the way the International Chemical weapons watchdog handled last years alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma a leaked internal email from an unnamed employee at the o. P. C. W. Claims the organization cherry picked and misrepresented facts in its official reports the release by wiki leaks coincides with the o. P. C. W. s 5 Day Conference which is now underway in the hague. On the agenda of this annual meeting is just routine administrative stuff but this thing this in this whistleblower email is certainly the big elephant in that room because it was compiled by one of the co all of those over the o. P. C. W. s report on the 28 team the chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and while his words i should say sum up better than anything hes feelings when he saw what the report that he was working on turned out to be as hes accusing the o. P. C. W. Of manipulating facts after reading the modified report i was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts an unintended bias has been introduced into the report undermining its credibility crucial facts have morphed into something quite different what was originally drafted now this is not the 1st time this report is drawing criticism some have been pointing out that it took the o. P. C. W. Investigators some 10 days to get on the site of this chemical attack saying that while this is plenty of tying for people on the ground to tamper with evidence it didnt take that long for the u. S. And the u. K. And france to pin all the blame onto the Assad Government and to launch air strikes against the syrian Army Facilities and while this o. P. C. W. Report which by the way took a whole year to finish was not tasked with assigning blame one of its findings did circumstantially pointed fingers at the saga for instance that they have concluded the final version of the report concluded stated that the canisters carrying that deadly chlorine gas they fell from above and the opposition the rebels they simply had no means of doing so they have no air force and that was sort of a redemption for the action taken by the u. S. And its allies but according to the email according to this email this whistleblower the initial version of the report did not paint. This picture at all the redacted report states that the gas was likely released from the cylinders the original report purposely emphasised the fact that there was insufficient evidence to affirm this so now with all this criticism coming from both the outside and now the inside of the o. P. C. W. This whistle blower hes calling on the body to make public the version of the report that he saw and that he worked on im requesting that the fact finding report be released in its entirety as i fear that this redacted version no longer reflects the work of the team well if youre interested in reading this whistleblowers email in full you can go on our website called and find all the necessary information and links there and now meanwhile we have reached out to the o. P. C. W 2 and just just to see if they have anything to say regarding this scandal regarding this leak so far they are to come back to us during the meeting this monday with russia question the o. P. C. Dubey a report into alleged chemical weapons use saying it could stall its reality the russian delegate also called for a reform of the special mission in syria stressing its conclusions can no longer be taken at face value the p. C. W. s director general reiterated the watchdogs confidence in the duma reports of the sizing it subjective nature while not mentioning the leaked emailed directly he did appear to allude to it in his speech. These in the nature. Or inquiry for individuals in a team to express subject its. What some of these. Secrets and certain public discussion. I would like a direct. Partial and professional conclusion reached by the side of the mission you know i cant help but just smile when i hear this. Because what hes not saying is that the whistleblowers information is incorrect what he is not saying is that the report wasnt changed the redacted report was changed from its original so sure the o. P. C. Dont use a big one for you bureaucracy bureaucracies protect themselves hes trying to protect the organization right now rather than address the facts of the situation and the facts of the situation indicate that the report was changed it was changed for political reasons remember that your p. C. W. Is only good as as its information and if its going to be political in the summer the dissemination of its. Information in the construct of its analysis. Its going to damage only itself. The house of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is being posted a favor with during his 15 week sentence in the u. K. Prison thats according to 60 doctors who say that with the blower could die they have signed an open letter to the british home secretary outlining their concerns. Songs require urgent expert medical assessment of both this physical and psychological state of health such urgent assessments and treatment not to take place we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr sanchez could die in prison the medical situation is the boy urgent no time to. Reports from people who saw julian he said weeks such as this father. Barrister. And the former u. K. And they all agree that julians physical and mental condition. To be in seriously. So his medical doctor. Extremely concerned that nothing was being. Done by now or many consider him a political prisoner was. Brazen doctors from numerous countries such as the us australia and italy have made their assessments based on eyewitness accounts following his october Court Appearance back then it was reported that a son couldnt recall his date of birth and when asked whether he could understand what was happening the australian replied that he couldnt think straight there were killings that its a has also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment all multiple occasions songes currently being held in Londons Belmarsh prison where hes serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions and 2012 separately hes also fighting a u. S. Extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings we heard from dr marko chess again one of those a paling to the British Government who believe the sun just situation is worsening rapidly. Lot. Of problems but personally im not holding my breath it gets called. If and when it will be forthcoming in the law that is christian wage muniz been treated to date because. The state. Is innocent until. Guilty. To bring 1st for the shame. That even craddocks Say Something like that. If theres one thing amazon doesnt like its losing a business battle the internet giants formally launched a legal challenge against the u. S. Defense department all to rival microsoft so off the phone to clinch a very lucrative data contract the decision surprised analysts who thought i wasnt had it in the bag but the rouseabout more than money taylor breaks down. Amazon and White Christmas oft 2 giants that have changed the way we experience the world. Yes warm and fuzzy ads to appeal to our pockets over the Holiday Season but it turns out the real money that both ofter is the pentagons given the u. S. Military spent over 600000000000. 00 annually its unsurprising theres a battle for the big contracts so head to head and microsoft have been vying for the pentagon prize of 10000000000. 00 over the next 10 years the contract in question is for the judge by project and ambitious event that would allow the pentagon to stall Sensitive Data on a single large cloud it would also allow the military to take full advantage of Artificial Intelligence tools tools which have drawn concern from ethical watch dogs for their lethal potential in guiding missiles and drones amazon thought it had its foot in the door not only is it the lead in the walls of Cloud Computing its also made 600000000. 00 from its dealings with the cia since 2013 so you can understand a short quote and microsoft was crowned and amazon is not happy its so unhappy in fact that its filed a lawsuit saying that it was passed over the recommendation of a certain donald trump we believe is critical for our country that the government and its elected leaders administer procurements objectively and in a minute is free from political influence numerous aspects of the joint enterprise defense infrastructure evaluation process contain clear deficiencies there is an unmistakable by. And is important in these matters be examined and rectified its true trump and bezos have rarely exchanged a kind word the president argues that amazon is swindling the u. S. Postal service out of money and doesnt pay enough tax hes also not a fan of the bears also and Washington Post whose Printing Press is pretty hot from all its anti trump coverage so we probably wasnt hard to guess who trump was not going to throw his support behind were getting tremendous. Really complaints from other companies and from Great Companies some of the greatest companies in the world are complaining about it having to do with amazon and the department of defense and i will be asking them to look at it very closely to see whats going on because i have had very few things where theres been such complaining amazon thinks that it is evidence of one to influence something both microsoft and the pentagon deny the acquisition process was conducted in accordance with the political laws and regulations in law for his retreated fairly and evaluated consistently with the solicitation stated evaluation criteria we have confidence in the qualified staff of the department of defense and we believe the facts will show theyve been a details process in determining the need to the will fight to a best method by microsoft but while these Companies Fight it out for the pentagons affections others have been more reticent last year outrage was sparked after it emerged google was cooperating with the department of defense on a project that helped the army identify drone targets over 3000. 00 employees signed a petition calling for the trial of more ality over money and ultimately resulting in the Search Engine not renewing the contract we believe that google should not be in the business of war building this technology to assist the u. S. Government in military surveillance and potentially lethal outcomes is. Not acceptable so while some battle with their conscience and mothers refuse to accept lost fortunes for microsoft its been a Golden Autumn with its war chest filled by a milestone contract shaz jumped 3 percent and to top it all off bill gates has recently returned to his favorite position the wilds of richest man rumor has it even helped jeff bezos clear his desk for and back from the Anti War Coalition says the pentagons always considered to be a solid Business Partner as defense and profits tend to go hand in glove but amazons lawsuit represents indicates the cutthroat competition between the mega monopoly corporations that are competing with each other to become an appendage of the pentagon Big TechnologyCompanies Know that in order to really prosper and thrive in the American Economy you have to affix yourself to Pentagon Spending because the lions share the majority of discretionary budgeting each year in this massive federal budget actually goes for death and destruction for the u. S. Military machine so this is not simply a matter of war the Defense Department in the contracts this is it this is business in america war is very profitable and war contracting very very profitable. Stepping in early to remove downs of bias Bloomberg News has announced it wont be doing any investigative reporting on it so no Michael Bloomberg or any other Us Democratic hopeful thats off the billionaire founder of the outlet officially through his name in the hat for the 2020 president ial race the current editor in chief that the focus of its news will be on the day to day workings of those currently in power in washington. We will continue our tradition of not investigating mike and his family and foundation and we will extend the same policy to his rivals in the democratic primaries we cannot treat mikes democratic competitors differently from him bloomberg was elected new york mayor back in 2002 as a republican but now enters the race for the white house as a democrat and a statement on his Campaign Website he highlighted his main goal was to defeat donald trump who he called an existential threat to america but in both news has an audience of 62000000 people across all platforms we spoke to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist andante show host chris hedges who sees this as a dangerous fusion of media and politics. Well 1st of all the announcement by Bloomberg News that they want to investigate bloomberg or any of the other candidates running in the democratic primary is an announcement that they are going to do any journalism and this i think gets to the rockies or the american that little system where you have all the darks such as bloomberg. Or candidates like Hillary Clinton in 2016 are essentially funded by all the darks dominate the Political Landscape and that kind of fusion between political power and Media Information is extremely corrosive we idea that they wont investigate bloomberg doesnt mean they wont cover bloomberg it means they will cover bloomberg uncritically and essentially they will act as a propagandist for bloomberg the announcement that we wont investigate. Essential means we wont ask any questions but it wont stop them from presenting the narrative as disseminated by the candidate whether its democratic or republican and i its the role of journalists to expose the mendacity of those in power and everyone in power spins information to their own advantage so essentially what theyre what theyve announced is that were going to turn our media platform into a giant Advertising Agency on behalf of these candidates. Around the world some other headlines this hour the deaths of 9 people in an attack by rebel forces in the democratic republic of congo has led to a violent protest in the Central African nation residence in the town of be nice dorm a u. N. Peacekeeping base and set fire to the town hall demonstrators say its in response to the u. N. Doing nothing to protect them from. You thats all doctors are to tally in port on sunday after rescuing more than 200 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea they were picks up following 3 rescue operations last week the Italian Foreign ministry has those they will be settled in italy france germany and malta in line with the deal which by those countries in september. Chile is entering its 3rd week of toyland protests over low Living Standards and inequality today to more than 20 people have lost their lives and around 2000 have been injured in the rest of europe we can riots in the Capital Police used tear gas and water cannon those demonstrators do stones and torch buildings. American academia seems to have inclusiveness issues with conservative lecturers increasingly being shut out by student protesters last wednesday more than a 1000 university of california students tried to block a conservative pundit from speaking on campus in berkeley. Ah. Ah ah ah ah ah ah. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah rows of young protesters from the human chain to block the audience when and when the birthday down to racist slogans and how bonnets criticizing donald trump immigration policy based on right here then gone to the entrance from the demonstrators up to 7 mosques protesters who have reportedly a rested on the event and the event eventually went ahead kevin more pain looks now at the bigger picture. Universities are supposed to be a place for learning getting a useful degree and exploring certain ideas however lately theyve become a home to some rather intense political activism as well as excluding certain ideas take the university of california berkeley as an example during the 1960 s. The campus was home to the Free Speech Movement and upsurge demanding the right to discuss and debate off campus issues however lately it has become far less receptive to certain divergent ideas or. A columnist with right wing conservative views that are too extreme for some ann coulter opposes womens suffrage and called for militarily converting the middle east to christianity now Arthur Laffer is different from ann coulter Arthur Laffer served in the Reagan White House hes not a pundit rather an economist he just wrote a book about trumps america 1st Economic Vision well being on the University Students did not like that he was given a platform. The university had to issue an apology it seems like the rules of free expression. Russian and open discourse dont apply to rightwing speakers and approach from voices conservatives often complain about a perceived a liberal bias in academia damia and the constant curling of accusations of naziism at right wing scholars Samuel Abrams a professor at Sarah Lawrence college actually called for regulating political balance this will do ideological distribution among College Administrators should give off students and their families pose the ideological imbalance coupled with their Agenda Setting power threatens the free and open exchange of ideas which is precisely what we need to protect in Higher Education in these politically polarized times now this idea of hiring professors based on their political views and mandating that it be 5050. 00 among the left and right didnt go over too well in fact many called for him to be fired just for suggesting this is what new York City College students think about the atmosphere on the campuses any ideas that counteracts this Progressive Movement or this socalled leftist movement often get met with a lot of backlash conservative professors or people with conservative viewpoints doesnt get shut out of the conversation would be comparative to me going into a class that was something against what i believed in and making the same insight i like dont you think that they should be allowed to do that they when they hear whatever they want to hear its not allowing them to experience new and different and challenging ideas that might open their eyes i do think that it is important to have different values to share on campuses not just progressive values or ideas or the ones that cater to as you we cant just allow ourselves to be put in an echo chamber of liberal ideas or an echo chamber of conservative ideas we have to be unbiased we have to look at you know different viewpoints and make our own decisions on and if we only hear one side thats all well ever hear in the last several decades ideas described as liberal and progressive have pretty much become the dominant view in americas institutions of Higher Learning and despite rhetoric about diversity and freedom of expression these folks are pretty determined to keep it that way and dont mind silencing those who might disagree a little up and artsy new york. Scholar michael said some wild claims that he was forced to leave his job as the New York University liberal professor off the air and his conservative views he says activist students are increasingly turning aggressive against lecturers they dont agree with i would call them in liberal 1st of all theyre not liberals theyre liberal leftists who are attempting to shut down any speech that they dont approve of even if they dont know what it is because in many cases they dont even know what the speaker say or have to say they dont even understand different viewpoints lot of on listening to them they are complete political thoughts of think that their viewpoints are the only ones worthy of. A hearing and therefore they have turned the university into nothing but a semi violent echo chamber so yeah there is a new wave of activism but i wouldnt call it grassroots by any means its its an astro turf movement and its synthetic its being whipped up by members of the democratic and other. Leftist groups and it is completely. Frenzied it is no it is not rational at all. Fishing for red prawns which are a delicacy in italian cuisine has become a whole lot more dangerous for fishermen in sicily its got nothing to do with they sometimes try to see these but rather because they face being attacked by the libyan coast guard with some even ending up in jail italian authorities of one fisherman to stay clear all 4 to buy libya since 2005. My life has been filled with tragedies each time i go out to sea when i say goodbye to my wife she says i dont know if youre coming back families remain in fear because for us fisherman the mediterranean is in a continuous war. Ive had some bad experiences with them on those on the 22nd of march 996. 00 a libyan patrol boat seize my boat off to 4 or 5 hours of shooting it all happened in International Waters after 6 months they released us from prison for good behavior. The. Mother of all i was afraid it happened off the coast of tripoli while we were below deck they kept shooting we hid in the machine room in the freezer cells and they continued shooting and didnt want to stop. Right here going to the e. U. Does not help us there are shootings and many other risks if they should us we might die. The slow is that it this is our job i was born a fisherman weve been fishermen over 3 generations i want to die fishermen of order what you. Might. As germanys most important source of Renewable Energy wind power is suffering something of an economic blow back the once thriving industry had been at the core of the countrys attempt to drastically reduce Carbon Emissions by the year 2030 and eventually account for all electricity generated but financing and support is fading as evangelise obsessed reporters. On wavering commitment to protect the environment has earned her the nickname as the climate chancellor as part of her latest Green Initiative her government approved a 60000000000 euro package of Climate Policies its aim to generate a 100 percent of its Electricity Supply using Renewable Energy by 2050 its induced we as industrialized countries are also on the front line we need to do something to minimize our harm and that is to stop Climate Change and one versus the rise in temperature and if you push for climate protection it will cost you money but this moneys worth spending if we ignore it but i think it was costing us more money thats the truth is the lynchpin of germanys green shift is wind energy ringback. Considering that you would wonder if the industry is booming well its none earlier this summer zeman last 2000000000. 00 euros and thats a cut 2700. 00 jobs which half of those were here in germany and are calling a nother giant in the industry how to cut twice as much as eamon did and its blaming all that on the government the Current Energy and Climate Policy not only jeopardizes the innovations in jobs created in our industry over the years but also climate protection and the Energy Transition as a whole after the federal government presented its climate protection package it became clear that the problems are even greater other companies have been hit even harder by the Energy Crisis nordics was in the red and was bought out by a spanish firm said the on have to file for bankruptcy you are probably wondering why is the green shift facing so many problems well even though many germans do agree with wind energy a lot of them are not keen on the idea of having. A wind farm in their back yard. In an effort to appease protesters berlin announced new regulations forcing firms to seek permission from local authorities if they want to build within a one kilometer of a residential area during approval however can take up to 2 hears the prospect of protracting the legal battles and delays is scaring off investors the fact that the federal government is threatening to sink to this over one of the most important aspects of our economy because of some public criticism over the initiatives shows the current political weakness studies show that if it wants to achieve its Carbon Neutrality by 2050 germany must increase its wind Power Production 6 fold but so far this year wind energy witnessed a significant drop off as investors become increasingly wary about investing into the wind business the dream of turning germany into a green state seems to be fading evangelise obsess for r. T. Thank you for using r. T. 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