Information. And the man has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after stealing and burning and flag from a u. S. Church we debate whether the time fits the crime. 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify your actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the christian sites. Youre watching are to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. Theres been strong reaction from berlin and moscow over the latest u. S. Sanctions targeting nordstrom to the russian gas pipeline to europe thats almost complete it. Were looking very closely at the us crossing a crucial edge of Foreign Policy as it starts imposing sanctions which russia has already become accustomed to against its own allies we can see the intention to make europe by american liquefied gas and thus to slow the development of the continents economy to undermine its capability of competing with the u. S. In the Global Markets washington has decided that even the closest nato allies dont deserve mercy if the u. S. Geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake. The German Government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the u. S. Congress are coming into effect today after donald trump signed them off they thanked german and European Companies and are tantamount to interference in our Domestic Affairs we requested comment from the nordstrom spokesperson who told us completing the project is essential for european supply security adding that work will be finished as soon as possible that the e. U. Also slammed washingtons punitive measures saying it objects to any penalties against European Companies that are conducting illegal business it comes as the main swiss contractor of north stream 2 polls out over washingtons top penalties earlier Saskia Taylor told my colleague and a farmer more on the story. But at the trumpet ministration sanctions have become a Political Tool of choice now often simply an automatic reaction to anything that the president takes issue with in this case is apparently no different because President Trump has officially signed a bill which will require him to impose sanctions on any Foreign Companies and individuals which are involved in the building of nordstrom to no money of course no nordstrom to is a huge 11000000000. 00 pipeline over 1000 kilometers long running from russia to germany and essentially its going to flood the european continent with russian gas at a faster and cheaper rate than anything else currently available on the market but since the very beginning washington has had a bit of a problem with the project the United States commands all our European Partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream 2. And we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and the new by 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 fund the Russian Military aggression. We dont want your Energy Suppliers to be. So many see this bill as a last ditch attempt by the u. S. To stop trying to end its trucks the pipeline was originally due to be completed by mid 2020 but it seems theyre ahead of schedule the only 2 weeks out from it being done in fact there are any around 60 to 70 kilometers left of the pipeline to lay now one of the Many Companies which will be affected by this bill is the swiss. Cheese and theyve been providing vessels for the construction a couple of days ago they in fact received a very aggressive you have to from the republican senator ted cruz which can only be described really as a letter of blackmail he gave them an ultimatum either you stop participating in this project or were going to freeze all your assets in the u. K. In the u. S. And were going to. All of your employees from coming into the u. S. So unfortunately they count out and and have stopped all the operations america has made it clear is concerned it says about Europes Energy Security but of the tubes. Well current pipelines between russia and europe run through several European Countries such as poland but of russia ukraine. This means that of course that they get a very hefty transit fee for allowing these pipelines through. The baltic sea meaning that these countries will be bypassed washington maintains that this is unfair and specifically with regards to ukraine says that its somehow politically motivated whats very important to note here is that just a few hours before the bill was signed into effect russia and ukraine decided that they would likely by the end of 2019 signed a new agreement on russian transit gas a value crane to europe so that completely undermines what washington saying that somehow russia is trying to cut ukraine out of a deal and is that many to suspect that really what washingtons up to is is trying to eliminate fact competition and its dominance in the e. U. And markets especially considering the bill also impose sanctions on another russian pipeline which is tug stream which runs through the black sea to touchy so its quite a patent being established while of the e. U. And u. S. Standpoint on this issue couldnt be more different European Countries call this an economic project that benefits everyone involved russia agrees germany and particular has consistently said that european and that you policy is europes business and its also a us to stop meddling so its probably on surprising that these latest sanctions were not welcomed later in the program well have live reaction to this story so do stay tuned. Americas spy agencies are permitted to gather information on citizens without a warrant in certain situations u. S. Court of appeals has ruled this can happen if not nationals who are being legitimately monitored abroad makes contact with an american and the case was brought by an american citizen arrested in 2011 he pleaded guilty to attempting to give Material Support to a terrorist organization or he question whether it was legal for the n. S. A. To collect information on him without a warrant former intelligence official and whistleblower told us the ruling does not reveal anything new. It does it made no difference at all it was all under executive order or 12. 00 triple 3 section 23. 00 c. And which they used to been signed. Into effect since the reagan years the reagan presidency so theyve been using that and so the as a way and also the use the excuse that they are unable to separate their data as not a right lied to so theyve been lying to the courts are wrong theyve had the capability of sort that stuff out of just they dont want to because it gives them power over everyone the ability to look into our political opponents like they did the president drop. The n. S. A. Is illegal mass phone and internet surveillance of its own citizens was a real back in 2013 by Edward Snowden a former contractor at the agency hes wanted in the u. S. For leaking classified information but was granted asylum by russia. Alphabet soup of Government Agencies was it carrying out all kinds of wild spying and violations of privacy it was all pretty clearly a violation of the Us Constitution or that meant that offers protection from unreasonable search and seizure however at the time the n. S. A. Tried to fight back pretty hard does the n. S. A. Collect any type of data. On millions or hundreds of millions of americans. No sir. It does not. Not wittingly 7 years on u. S. Federal courts have ruled that Edward Snowden the whistleblower who feel this apparatus of surveillance wont be able to make any money from the book that he just published the ruling argues that Edward Snowden violated his contract with the cia and the n. S. A. Because he didnt submit his book for prepublication review who dont want to see books like to skip written especially dont want to see books like this get rid of from it is still pursuing that case quite strongly theyre more focused on the financial censorship side of it this court ruling comes as federal courts have also ruled that it is now acceptable to monitor the communications of americans with a quote foreign interest without any procedure or warrant so while u. S. Courts have ruled that it is now acceptable to continue carrying out practices once considered to be scandalous they have come down pretty hard on the man who revealed. These practices to the public so do americans even remember Edward Snowden we decided to ask new yorkers can you tell us who Edward Snowden is the no name doesnt ring any bells hope it werent snowden i dont know Edward Snowden is. Its. Way to 2nd snowdens not the. Not to brooks that guy adam he is the wiki leaks not like the wiki leaks guy but the guy who was working for the government here and is over in russia now now that he leaked some information he leads. Basically the government spying on us and watching of our things and gave a detailed report as to what the governments doing yes there was a massive outrage back in 2013 when this was 1st revealed but it seems that since then this is all becoming part of the new normal in the United States what was wiretapping of civilians will continue in the United States and american leaders will also continue to boast that they have the freest country in the world were going to do we assume theyre its an admission that the and i say hes incapable of collect the only targeted data off a large fine minds that theyre monitoring so i mean to be that know is not a problem even back in the 99 he could have done that but they decided not to do that they wanted to collect everything but theyre not saying here is that the cia the f. B. I. And the d. E a another Law Enforcement people have access to that data to search for a common crime in the United States and they use it against u. S. Citizens. And in criminal courts without the without telling the crew or anybody else in the Court Lawyers included so theyre fundamentally violating the rights of those of us citizens every year and they do this without any oversight whatsoever or even attempted oversight no we were saying to us in the United States i believe the intelligence these is any good anyway its just the its over look kind of conversations they have its not oversight and all. A man found guilty of committing a hate crime has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after stealing and burning an l g b t flag from a u. S. Church Adolfo Martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was convicted of 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire and hes admitted hes against homosexuality but the length of his sentence has caused debate. Why does the left cheer when the American Flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag wow he got more years than murderous get in the u. K. Unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech bunning an American Flag is freedom of speech i see. He should have been the American Flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated well i think in principle people should have the ride to burn flags fly it is a symbol and people have a right to disagree with homosexuality they have a right to disagree with did i did states or britain i dont think that should be a crime per se but i would say that the flag is a bit different from the American Flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the Jewish Community if you look at the report of what happened he was kicked out of the strip club he grabbed the flag he set it on fire outside of the strip club and started ranting about i was gonna burn down the club i was in there i dont know it sounds like maybe he was wasted i dont think i dont think this is so they just would go around doing even if that werent the case it still is extreme and hate crime laws are silly anyway they should exist no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme courts also protected speech to burn the American Flag well im gay and much of my human rights involve supporting the human rights of l. G. B. Plus people but ive got to say that this sentence is excessive it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. Accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down all the properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the Christian Faith i dont believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i dont think it. Uppers and gay individuals maybe at one point it attempted to but its weve come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology which is becoming increasingly authoritarian increasingly toxic increasingly antichristian so people are going to have gripes about it i mean this is actually proven that people are are millennial this is a study done recently that young people millennia old are less in favor of l g b t now they were a few years ago now the left in the gay lobby would say that that is due to hate speech on the internet and trumps america blah blah blah no i would say the real reason is probably because this movements that is symbolized by the flag has become authoritarian and ridiculous we see it with the insane trans narrative in the bathroom transfer people and women sports we see it with the children with the transylvanian the drag queen stories i mean if you can think of and this is just another example 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america. Still to come the u. S. Democrats have released a guide on how to combat propaganda and bring their top tips and the 2nd half of the program. You know world big partners motleys and conspirators its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. So what weve got to do. Identify the threats that we have its crazy for him to let it be an arms race in his own experience Dramatic Development only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back us democrats have an axe to grind when it comes to propaganda which perhaps is why theyve released a guide on how to spot and fight it top tips include dont watch our t. V. And read George Orwell artist and hawkins style steeper. The Us Democrat Party is concerned about the information people are consuming so theyve created a handy guide to make sure you can distinguish right from wrong weve seen what happens when dissin from ation goes unchecked it threatens our democracy and makes us less safe thats why were making sure you know how to combat bots troll farms think accounts dissin from asian and propaganda its short and sweet and prepares you on how to fight fake news and use social media properly and responsibly so lets take a look actively seeking out Information Online from multiple authoritative sources firstly you should actively look for news dont just absorb but there is one caveat you should try to find only or thought is of sources if you cant decide what those are just use the ones approved by Fact Checkers and dont go near the blacklist speaking off Fact Checkers news god is one plug in the list recommends its got several high ranking officials on its Advisory Board where previous cia director x. The nato secretary general to former Us Government officials and leading media figures and it marks many mainstream outlets as trustworthy despite any scandals they may have been embroiled in while r t is a big no no so change channel right now before its too late. Ask yourself who the author of online content is where they posted the information and what theyre hoping you will do with it next check is the author factuality and objectivity seem to be prioritized in the guidelines something one can argue with until they mention social Media Transparency features as one tool to help find the facts theres a link to facebooks transparency guidelines which separate the real f