country by bypassing sanctions applied to other. 3 pm here in the russian capital wherever you are in the wild thanks for tuning in to international. and let s start with this story the u.n. security council has debated a probe by the global chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma back in 2018 russia has questioned the published findings triggering a backlash from western countries during a session of former specialist said the fact finding team had serious misgivings that a chemical attack even occurred there also to make clear new. findings for information notices. you know so. is. has. this fixed. resulted in a complex turnaround situation. we re joined here. you let us be in no down there was this chemical weapons attack in june we have in 2 huge 15 witnesses in the duma hospital that. witnesses and undisputable proof that the chemical attack in dumont was falsified and it states caterpillar categorically objects to russia s blatant attempt t
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Lying to the fbi. He is now cooperating with Robert Muellers investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. And gop senators remain focused on tax reform. Joining me now to discuss this weeks top political stories are Hoover Institution fellow lon chen and kqed katie orr. Welcome to you both. Katie, lets begin with you. You attended this weeks hearing in sacramento on Sexual Harassment within the state capitol. Currently what are some of the biggest issues about Sexual Harassment complaints and investigations are handled. Well, i think one of the biggest things people have to deal with is we dont really know how theyre handled. Especially this hearing specifically dealt with the assembly, and it was very unclear what happens when someone comes in and makes a complaint, if that complaint is tracked, who decides which complaints get moved up to a level of investigation. Also what happens to people when theyre investigated. Oftentimes the rules committee is deciding the punishm
Lying to the fbi. He is now cooperating with Robert Muellers investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. And gop senators remain focused on tax reform. Joining me now to discuss this weeks top political stories are Hoover Institution fellow lon chen and kqed katie orr. Welcome to you both. Katie, lets begin with you. You attended this weeks hearing in sacramento on Sexual Harassment within the state capitol. Currently what are some of the biggest issues about Sexual Harassment complaints and investigations are handled. Well, i think one of the biggest things people have to deal with is we dont really know how theyre handled. Especially this hearing specifically dealt with the assembly, and it was very unclear what happens when someone comes in and makes a complaint, if that complaint is tracked, who decides which complaints get moved up to a level of investigation. Also what happens to people when theyre investigated. Oftentimes the rules committee is deciding the punishm