As Homeland Security lady has said something that sounded like evidence of like testimony by an official that the russians did in fact interfere with the election so what happened was in d. C. You have misquoted the wrong public official that the spine and she stood up for herself and said thats not what i said so eighteen months and counting the russia trump Investigation Continues to be presented as a serious matter even though theres absolutely no evidence for it and in in my world when theres no evidence for something means it didnt happen. The United States and south korea are experiencing a growing disconnect in their policies over reproach mentor with the north and south korea has announced its plans to improve ties with north korea by reducing military tensions and by arranging reunions for korean families who have been divided since the korean war this announcement followed the visit of a north korean delegation including kim jong uns sister to punk chang for the opening of the Olympic Games this visit also saw an invitation from kim for the south korean president moon and jai enid to visit pyongyang the u. S. On the other hand is still committed to a policy of maximum pressure on north korea. Earlier we discussed this issue with can he win rights attorney and cofounder of lawyers for peace and demilitarization in korea he thinks that it is time for the u. S. To support the south in its peace efforts with its neighbors. We have to find Common Ground to move forward and not be stuck in this old cold war rhetoric will that cause a problem between the us and seoul yes potentially because the us has been wanting to dictate the policy the us still since the korean war ended in one nine hundred fifty three have wartime authority to declare a war or stop a war and negotiate that way over the South Koreans and so it really becomes a question of sovereignty peace and whos going to suffer if war breaks out on the peninsula and its very clear that the people who are going to suffer most are going to be the people on both sides of the border in korea and i think that we have the best opportunity yet with this progressive lawyer whos now the president of south korea stepping up and i think were we as americans we in the International Community have to step in and support him so that the u. S. Doesnt use its economic leverage for example to put a squeeze on plans that could lead to peace. U. S. President donald trump has unveiled his new budget plan and its expected to add another one trillion dollars to the federal deficit the proposal calls for a large increase in defense spending while slashing money allocated to other programs now trying to proposes earmarking one hundred sixty five billion for the military with only around one hundred thirty billion set aside for domestic matters possibly signaling a priority shift towards National Security for example much talked about border wall which mexico will get five billion more than a program to fight the nations Opioid Crisis at the same time nasa budget may get almost twenty billion dollars in funding that is five hundred million more than last year we spoke to former cia officer Philip Giraldi who thinks the u. S. President as misplaced priorities. The United States spends more than the next eight countries in the world on on the military and it spends far more than any other country by far more than russia or china or any other country so its a bit of a mystery why mr trump believes that. The military is. Weak. It seems to me that he is getting bad advice from his generals most particularly general mattis at the Defense Department and i think that is causing the problem hes been convinced by by the generals that this money is needed by the military to keep america safe that is an opinion that i think its faults and i think that donald trump and probably not be convinced on this unless there is a an economic crash like there was in two thousand and eight which will mean that there wont be any money to give to the military. Really for months after its a liberation from Islamic State people from the syrian city of raka are slowly returning to what is left of their homes mud many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and locals say that they have been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. With similar thirty and we were forced to leave one hundred because of isolation when we return we found everything which used to rubble look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city i mean when living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. Scorebook this is the lies in rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money theres no Running Water so we have to buy it in. The us coalition of course the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. I found a man on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didnt go off we thought the mind didnt work and work towards it exploded my friend was killed i survived me Human Rights Watch has called for International Support in clearing the rubble and demanding rocka he says almost five hundred civilians were injured in the three months after the liberation and many were killed in its report here in addition also highlighted the growing risk of more civilians being killed as people returned to the devastated city now deemed counter to resume Program Director at Human Rights Watch spoke to us on the groups. Just describe to you what i saw in iraq residents are very desperate to go and check on their home homes and because of the high risk and because a few working off are too nice for many young men you can go up to a couple of nights in the city and who are about fifty dollars you can hire people to go clear your house. You know but also. Run and so war this is a time when you know theyre not trained to do this its very dangerous and many other countries. They need to provide more support what sort of support. To be more meant more funding and an increase in number of the miners and greatly increase in the treating the. Local residents the mining while there have been some of the money i direct. To the mining going to say shes funded by the International Coalition or through training this is not sufficient compared to the need and local residents are desperate for more support for the efforts. In iraq civilians are struggling to rebuild their homes with the countrys second largest city almost completely razed to the ground mosul was liberated by the u. S. Led coalition and iraqi forces back in july after months of fierce fighting and airstrikes some forty thousand homes needed to be rebuilt there or repaired according to the United Nations the government says it needs some eighty eight billion dollars in reconstruction funds for areas devastated by war that it aims to raise at a conference that just come under way in kuwait however the u. S. Which is expected to attend says it has no plans to contribute funds. But you know the u. S. Government made and now its time to be patient im not aware of any announcements that we will be making and i can tell you overall. Over the past few years we have spent the United States government has one point seven billion dollars in humanitarian aid in iraq alone. Under Peace Movement spokesman thinks that it is vital to regain stability in iraq the ability is very important for iraq. When you look at two periods the invasion of iraq by United States and Great Britain u. K. In two thousand and three in the occupation. If you will to lot of sectarian. Conflicts in the country. Also due to the fact that lots of people. Lost their jobs. Didnt have any income so if theres no stability provided to the iraq its likely that this will happen again because its very very important economic welfare is a condition to have stability in the future. U. S. George soros is pledging half a Million Dollars to an anti briggs a Campaign Group and despite soros being accused of meddling in british politics the billionaire says hes proud to back cos im a proud supporter of best for britain a group that wants britain to remain a member of the European Union i consider bricks at a tragic mistake. Soros initially invested four hundred thousand pounds in a campaign called the best for britain in the hope of drumming up support for a second referendum on the u. K. s status in the e. U. Now a wave of criticism followed but the investor responded by donating one hundred thousand pounds more we heard from a u. K. Independence party i mean who believes that those actions constitute meddling. Why is this money its a fear in my country in my democracy if he wants to be a possible democracy he should pay taxes in our country and stand for election in our country not of which is true and we all know its a rich mans play thing these people will do whatever it takes to try and prevent our democracy and we must not let them the fact is the british media is overwhelmingly. Remain and they will give him hundreds of thousands of pounds millions of pounds with the free publicity. And sociology professor from Kansas University in the u. K. Says he overheard sorrows and his associates bragging about their meddling in politics in numerous countries we spoke to that man frank furedi jr course of the conversation they were going on about how much influence theyve been able to exercise over events in the arab spring in cairo they were very proud of the role they played in tunisia during the. Event of what the great how much impact they were able to make on some of the demonstrators and i kind of regarded the conversation as you know a bit of boosting you know when people get around it will be are you sure these and while there is a little hype over those accusations or an investigation the channel is still in the science of many alleging we have influenced elections. Now for example a u. K. Based Public Relations firm called eighty nine up which backs the best for Britain Campaign alongside george soros released a report on russias media allegedly influencing brechts it. In a p. R. Firm claims for example we ran an exaggerated story or not just one but different exaggerated stories on refugee flow into europe thats despite the humanitarian crisis being high on the agenda of almost every european country but also mentions that arties reach on social media was about a quarter of the size as all the u. K. s brags of campaigns combined potentially influencing over one hundred million socalled impressions its unclear though whether thats a backhanded compliment to r. T. Social Media Department scared the founder of ukip believes this is a clear case of hypocrisy its perfectly clear the from previous to that if the russia was tweeting it made no difference whatsoever but it is very hypocritical of this new group which backs. Campaign which is for the democratic will of the british people to Start Talking about the russians and from soon democracy. The labor party in the u. K. Is facing claims of discrimination the party says that straight white men will not be allowed to attend the conference for equality which will be held next month for women the disabled and members of the l g b t community earlier r t u k asked a social activist and a fund raising director to give their take. Its quite ironic that a conference thats focusing on discriminated groups. Has now the focus has now become about people who are. Who are in a dominant position is that a lot of what has your males not only. You know what it is for males have got the lowest also the most under performing. Compulsory education under the least represented in Higher Education but not only that its more that they need for that what these people are facing and hear what the solutions to the problems are going to be so that they can help contribute themselves theres obviously a feeling amongst those with the lived experience that they need a space where they can discuss things that pertain to them and their demographic and then share with the world about how to make the world a better place the reason that discriminated groups are recognised as needing a space is because there is an imbalance theres an imbalance in politics if you look its not representative the representative for your group should be voted for by your group white males should not be included in the. Voting present but its about the discussions and all the things that are going to go on around the conference i think its really important everybody to be included in and for everybody to be able to for. Russian athletes have won a bronze medal in mixed doubles curling the Winter Olympics in south korea it is the first medal for russia in the sport earlier russians won a silver in team of figure skating with kelleher taking gold and the u. S. Brand fifteen year old. Who is debuting at the olympics to first place in the free skate section to ensure an overall second place finish but it fell athlete not actually competing was far from complimentary. On her twitter account twenty six year old american figure skater actually wagner accused the russian teen of killing time in her program and condemned her tactics in which she reserved her jumps for the second half of the routine and those remarks have sparked a furious reaction online i personally disagree that this wasnt the program it matches the belly a relatively well maybe youre just jealous you cant compete with that stamina and those jumping passes your face looks a big green with envy its just your envy you cant jump like that in the second half and even in the first we got reaction from russian coaches on the wagners comments who told us it is points that wins prizes. Ashley wagner has done a lot but they are skating she is an outstanding athlete the rules for the competitions have changed and its like accounting they simply need two points its not about beauty in order to win you need to do what alina is a good of a day to day but the social as well as the competitive side theres also the social aspect to the olympics with most nations hosting their own hospitality houses russia isnt officially represented at the games rather olympic athletes from russia because of a disputed doping investigation but there is still a corner of chang that feels very much. Russian as arties may be trying to has been finding out. As usual there are all kinds of National Houses at the olympics and young chang the likes of the hall and house near the coast the countries like austria and switzerland naturally settled a bit higher in the mountains and since team russia doesnt officially exist here the Traditional Russian house doesnt either or isnt that immature or sca. To make sure russian fans have a home in korea it took a few tricks after all the i. O. C. Must be respected the place is called the sports house obviously you find wife blue and red in the design but never specifically and the recognizable pattern like heres white and black in between what could appear to be flag stripes no official russian symbols the mentors because i havent become official right other than that pure i ration fun and spirit. Among the attractions here are these hockey jersey from every year at the olympics that russia has long goals but on this one from nine hundred ninety two like here in korea you wont find the letters russia or the u. S. S. R. I will ask the guests if they know why why did russia compete under a neutral flag at the olympics twenty six years ago and see the money was on own voice you see believe it was increased. And i dont know sorry. I dont know just i got some clues for you countries take turns with that will hey. Im going to respect you the i. O. C. The senate was installed you know i know you i think its. Funny i meant i getting thank panton as in the same reason. That. Will tell me a little bit sunday night i think its. The third world russia looks just establishes a country so being unique left russia was just established as a country thats when the soviet union. Had its break up so neutral flags werent always down to the i. O. C. Sanctions. Have a drink go our tea young chang. Watching our team. Thats in American Interest to not see any russians die in terrorist attacks as it is in russian interest to prevent any terrorist attacks in the United States or elsewhere in the world so i dont think theres any dispute on that in congress and i think maybe some of the posturing is frankly political as opposed to substantive. This is boom bust broadcasting around the world from the right here in washington d. C. Im partial thing on tap for today in the broadcast President Trump has given us the Board Details on his infrastructure plan well take a closer look and as the markets melt down gold goes up well talk with peter schiff about what to expect now lets get to some of the headlines. The trumpets administration has unveiled the long awaited infrastructure plan this morning the white house proposal includes two hundred billion dollars in direct federal spending but officials claim that the two hundred billion dollars will stimulate at least one point five trillion dollars in new investment the difference would be covered by state and local Government Spending the outline does not include a financing plan leaving that decision to congress the outline notably emphasizes Rural Infrastructure and claims a