Project unacceptable we look at who benefits from the gas pipeline and why the u. S. Doesnt like it. If youre watching R T International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. The u. S. House will vote on impeaching donald trump on wednesday the president himself accuses the democratic leadership of pressuring Party Members to vote a certain way and also warns that the whole process could backfire all sides have been doubling down on head of the vote. We have impeachment the constitution precisely to protect ourselves from a president becoming a tyrant in a desperate sadly the democrats impeachment inquiry has been flawed and partisan from day one its clear that this president acted in a way that not only violates the public trust each up or dies to our National Security clear and present danger right now in this room is the pattern of attack an abuse of rules and of an decisions to get at this president what is President Trump afraid of the truth the facts the American People understand whats happening here is a hoax the whole impeachment thing is a hoax the pressure is especially high on those representatives that come from pro trump states and could disappoint their own voters. And breaks down the impeachment case a vote on impeachment is set to take place the house of representatives has drawn up the charges and democrats are calling for donald trump to be removed how democrats are focused on fighting for the people we must hold this president accounts abou the constitution and nation dependent democrats seen watching these proceedings as a huge victory they say donald trump has betrayed the whole country but the whole country doesnt agree the country is split and americans dont seem to care for partisan squabbles and many have become more critical of the democrats in recent months even within the house of representatives 18 democrats are bucking the party line and say they will vote against him to ensure that they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesnt look good for the democrats but we are so close there are now like i would tell you getting here knowing how. If i did and i dont either that or youre making. All these factors combined to make some democrats very nervous and donald trump seems to be emphasizing the fears on the other side of the aisle any democrat that votes for the sham will be voting to sacrifice the House Majority their dignity and their career. Another fear hanging over the democrats is that they wont be able to actually remove donald trump from office after all republicans have a pretty solid majority in the senate so whats the plan well call up even more witnesses during the impeachment trial in the senate how on such a weighty matter. Could we avoid hearing this could we go forward without hearing it i havent seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldnt testify with these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide. And his supporters want that information hidden but who knows if these tactics will actually pay off remember the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings the democrats called witness after witness after witness and the republicans seem to have been the big winners then these Sexual Assault allegations and heated rhetoric didnt win the democrats any points as the 2020 alexion edged nearer democrats stand to possibly lose pretty big from this whole impeachment fiasco after all the trump is actually driven from office the red state in the rust belt base of Trump Supporters wont be pleased animosity between the 2 sides could reach a critical juncture and if they fail they could face ridicule for dragging the country through a pointless procedure wasting money and wasting time so what exactly are the democrats trying to accomplish by impeaching donald trump to quote an old american saying after wonder are the democrats perhaps cutting off their nose in order to spite their face up and r. T. New york. 2020 us president ial candidate from the Libertarian Party told us its clear what the democrats are really up to with their impeachment drive. Anybody with common sense can see it you know there is no basis for impeachment and we know that there is a Senate Majority the only thing that the democrats are proving is that they were sore losers during the election and we see time and time again a lot of people are gearing away from the Democratic Party not just by the way theyre acting in that theyre wasting the tax paying dollars. Putting on fiascoes still cannot get over that donald trump is the president the United States i mean i was against him in the elections in 2016 and im running against him again in 2020 but you have to put all that aside and there are facts and there is you know the fake news and thats what were seeing today. A British Primary School has found itself in the firing line after parents were angered by changes to the wording of traditional Christmas Carols whitehall Primary School in the southeast of england has rejected several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the change is a myth the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively. If he was just a baby boy named jesus there wouldnt be a celebration in the 1st place hes a well known and savior and king of all kings thats the whole point its also a tradition is taking away the traditions of the country i believe my children have been discriminated against and they have been denied the freedom to fully express their Faith Christian belief and tradition of being 2nd feist and silenced in the name of inclusion and Political Correctness the words lord jesus are about the central message of christmas which is that god is with us in jesus to put it very simply thats what christmas is about the school in question says it promotes British Values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs theres a find in the move by saying that some students do not attend last year service because of their religious beliefs and the school want to include all pupils during the festive period we discuss the issue were 10 deep from Christian Concern and social commentator low outs are. Ok mr christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate Christian Christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet it was god as well and came down and its an incredible thing to think that god became a human being but thats what actually happened and thats what were celebrating here and they wanted to remove it reference as well as jesus being king and jesus being a savior if we dont have those things what are we celebrating i think its a massive distortion lets be quite clear jesus wasnt god he was odd agreed from a theological perspective not agree he was a mighty messenger prophet there is very little theological evidence the public space and the educational space is one which is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it so if we want to have Standing Advisory Councils of religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism or people who want to come in there with so have more free range of views they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from a nativity where is mary jesus a baby jesus. You know the question is that it is not it is right its on in a stable which isnt true and i think that sucks the parents of the think still composition i think they could come a watch if they wanted to theyre really so upset about people saying jesus or that they have to not even be in the same presence theres something to talk about that why are they so upset about people saying jesus is lord i cant even go watch and observe it so i think i want to discuss that with them but ultimately i want to respect their rights if they want to opt out of it they cannot sound of it another person should be made for that and the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful activities and under the education act collective worship is wholly or broadly of a christian tradition but it doesnt have to be particular the question is not whether they did all those out thats not a commercial to opt out no none of that the question you know you just dont see the cost of the presenters whether you should check your wording if its not what people should opt out if one agrees that theyre not out of what motives libraries and i dont have one so please is not a question that might see whether she used the word traditional carols to remove to keep a leaf of christianity and turn it into something thats nonchristian after all thats the question islam is best is the completion of gods revelation we are not here to supersede christians we have to live alongside people and one another and in a modern Secular Society in the educational space we need to have a plural system where everybody is welcome this is the same old tired arguments that some so. How do you know migrants i mean when you have a situation that was a christianity or not you say should be is not welcome youre saying belief and saying is this going so much as i places youll discuss it although i would say all of what hes doing and followers will say thats of christianity youre the one thats being intolerant here because youre saying they shouldnt sing the word london this is a law thats the its all an attitude here. I agree with the parents is u. K. Political Communications SpecialistDamien Wilson and his op ed on our website he argues that the joy is being snapped out of christmas here thanks to a. Among other things efforts to be more inclusive get the full take on that r. T. E. Dot com. Also their time magazines person of the year is the subject every new documentary goes right back to the 1st protest by the teenage environmental activists credit whos apparently alone outside the Swedish Parliament apart from the presence of a film crew to our website to see if the rise was perhaps planned from the start. And following the u. K. Labor partys election failure to last. Gives us his postmortem he is among those who think Jeremy Corbyn was the victim of a Media Smear Campaign and he argues that the labor party needs to get even more radical if it wants to recover the full analysis at dot com. And what may prove to be a major setback for Transatlantic Relations the us senate has approved a sanctions bill targeting companies and vald in the north stream to pipeline project a measure aimed at disrupting russias efforts to increase the supply of gas to europe is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump later this week germany the country where the pipeline has slammed washington sanctions. We believe that is unacceptable as it is an attempt to influence the sovereign decisions of europe we are holding negotiations with the United States well just a little earlier the german top diplomat reiterated berlins stance that these sanctions are unacceptable warts trained to is almost fully complete and i can tell you that this u. S. Sanctions bill is believed to open up this 30 day window for the European Companies to abandon their work on the pipeline now i can tell you that the german newspaper built revealed internal documents from germanys Energy Ministry where it says that berlin believes that this pipeline could be completed within this border area and then this could actually lead to a situation when the sanctions prove to be completely pointless but of course we understand that nothing is pointless when it can be aimed at the audience back home the audience that will vote at some point heres the deal from the american standpoint if the russian natural gas is delivered to western europe through all pipelines through countries like Poland Ukraine its all fun its Russias Energy giant gas problems diversifying the ways its fuel gets to western European Countries through new pipelines like north stream more north stream to thats a disaster that gets europe hoped on putins gas needle so lets just listen to how a u. S. Congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if completed. Would make europe even more dependent on Russian Energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would follow on Russian Military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 National Defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream 2 there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for the supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair competition to keep used to moscow does not like such actions. Peris these sanctions are a direct violation of International Rule an example of unfair competition and an attempt to spread artificial us dont want us to your markets imposition of more expensive and uncompetitive products we are working on the assumption that stream to project will be completed in moscows message has been very simple you dont really care about europe what you want to do is sell your liquefied natural gas to cross which makes it more expensive in many cases but i just want to make sure that you listen to one american official because it cant just look at how they put it with the u. S. In another year of record setting natural Gas Production im pleased that the department of energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of u. S. Freedom to be exported to the world if the gas is russian that is bad news gas if it is something thats extracted in america thats. Freedom germanys committee in chief on the economy and energy costs ernst told us berlin is ready to respond to any sanctions imposed by washington. If the u. S. Keeps trying to obstruct the north stream project i suggest responding with punitive terror of some german imports of american gas things cannot continue like this if we impose punitive tariffs on us gas sales will fall on the us will have to reflect on his actions the us is unhappy that we are not vinai gas they want to boost their own trade and thats why they are imposing sanctions on Companies Involved in building the pipeline in the firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes it an acceptable for germany and secondly it is much more expensive than rushing gas by the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe the demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why north stream 2 is so important the americans have tried to interrupt our oil and gas trade with russia from the outset and yet we have managed to cooperate for many years without interruption so both sides need this and we plan to continue whether the us likes it or not. Still to come a new report include sketches drawn by a kuantan about inmate allegedly revealing the torture techniques used against him in a secret cia prison that story and more after the break. All of us will hoops it is being able to learn from the babies so its a behavior that appears even in deaf and blind babies even if youve never heard or seen. If youre tickled by your parents. And then we learn how to use this in a more complex way im one of the things that we used to have to join in would love to contagiously to love and somebody else loves even if you dont know why theyre laughing. Welcome back a series of chilling sketches produced by an inmate at Guantanamo Bay has been published in a new report called how america tortures the pictures so these socalled enhanced interrogation techniques. Were subjected to between 20022005 he was captured at a jihadi safe house and pakistan in 2002 and was then sent to a socalled black site in thailand and his drawings relate to alleged torture that happened there he was then transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he still being held without charge he was the 1st person to be subjected to the brutal Interrogation Program which was approved by the administration of george w. Bush and i since been acknowledged by the cia heres a quick overview of what happened. As soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take it curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made the screen unconsciously. They kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen. The. Long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. It felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guards. My colleagues in the oneill spoke to lawyer he told us the u. S. Has transparency issues when it comes to how guantanamo detainees are treated as he suffered any lasting physical psychological. Torture. Well you know he must you know anybody would but