Are holding stations in russia have now closed ending a week of voting on proposed changes to that countrys constitution there were more than 140. 00 amendments on the ballot including changes to the minimum wage adjustments to pensions and redefining eligibility for the president so for more on todays vote well turn to our to use software taylor she is live in moscow for us so saskia what are the preliminary results showing now. Polling stations across. Territory not spawns 11 time zones have now officially closed wrapping up changes to the constitution and it has been pretty unconventional to say the least it was due to take place in april but was postponed due to codify rest and then for safety reasons they actually extended it into this week long the marist good. Process that stretched all the way from the 25th of june to the fust of july and it still people dont those mastan that clubs and go and stand in socially distance lines for polling stations from home will float online now results all beginning to trickle in cod primary for russias far east region and they seem to suggest that with around 30 percent of the votes having been counted 74 percent of people food to in favor of the constitutional amendments and around 25 percent voted against and thats really in line with what independent post is predicting last week but again there are still millions of votes still needing to be counted over 100000 polling stations so well probably only get a concrete official result on thursday morning but either way its clear that this pepper site has really got people a politically engaged and thats been reflected in the turnout around 65 percent which is something that we would usually see for president ial elections and not a popular vote like this so it is pretty high so soft what were some of the most talked about amendments there. Wont there is definitely a white consensus here in russia that reform is necessary in the current constitution actually dates all the way back to 1993 russia has undergone incredible changes since that so people recognize that the constitution is a document that needs to be malleable that needs to be some give and take as it adapts to new and challenging a chip in its realities but it wasnt an easy decision for the majority of people and in large part that was due to the school or nothing 13 scheme to russians why do you support all of the amendments will do you not support them at all there are 147 amendments something astonishing number 2 what you do if you really support 145 of them but you really dislike 2 of them thats quite a. Decision to make now one of the amendments that proved to be most polarizing concerns of president putin to curry the system here in russia is that a russian president cant run. In a row he can then take a step back and then return to the post the amended amendment proposes a change that would allow the president to run for 2 terms full stop much as the american system is so but what the control to see staal to it was that the so called zeroing out of route to make putins previous times meaning that his slate would get wiped clean and if he wanted to he could run for 2 more terms on the opposite side to fit the very wide package of amendments held incredibly white appealed so im talking about things like adjusting pensions in line with inflation the financially supporting no income families as well as ensuring that the minimum wage never have a fools below the cost of living and these were popular precisely because they have such a tangible impact on the day to day lives of the average russian so as we wait for those the results to come through one thing is clear that this was a big day for russian politics and for russians all over the country as they had to say in the future of the constitution and in the future of that country certainly a lot of Good Measures to weigh out as i ask a teller live for us in moscow thank you. And days after an article from the New York Times alleged russia was paying bounties to the taliban to kill american soldiers there is now a fallout over that over the information from the Intelligence Community as far as what they knew as top lawmakers call for action while president calls the entire story another hoax Rachel Blevins is joining me live in studio to break down all the latest details here so rachel what if we heard from within the Intel Community well the director of the cia really sustain minute. She actually didnt mention russia or afghanistan but she said that the Intelligence Community is constantly getting reports about possible threats to u. S. Troops on the ground and working to decide if those reports are legitimate now we did see another report which cited an anonymous n. S. A. Official in which he specifically said that while intelligence on this subject was received it only reached a low levels of the community and never moved out because they determined it was uncorroborated now the official said the n. S. A. Assessed the claims but found that they did not match up with stablished and verifiable taliban and how connie practices in the region so then how has the New York Times responded to all of this criticism of this initial report when the New York Times actually doubled down and they have said that they have evidence of financial transfers from the Russian Military to tell about now moscow has denied any involvement since the very start but secretary of state my pompei o did address this topic and he actually said that when it comes to the situation in afghanistan they are constantly saying transfers of money from a number of countries and its interesting there that he brings up the money because the United States has poured more than 2. 00 trillion dollars into the war in afghanistan and as we saw with the release of the afghanistan papers last year it revealed that billions and billions of dollars that have been spent by the u. S. Had actually gone to the enemies that they claim to be fighting with no oversight whatsoever and what about here what are the lawmakers saying what is the no surprise that Top Democrats in the house and senate have used this story as another way to to russia without actually looking at the evidence take a listen what they had to say should be considering what. To further determine russias malign activities. Further ingratiating russia into the community of civilized nations above youll only have to putin this president has been played like a fool by president putin every time they negotiate putin wins and he loses hes afraid to talk to putin one can wonder why. But at the same time Top Republicans in the house and senate have also said they believe the report is accurate despite the evidence simply because russia is the subject heres what they said i cant verify the current. Rumors that all of you are writing about. But what. If the russians were doing so but absolutely not and we remain concerned about russian activities in afghanistan and around the world were going to continue to work with the administration we anticipate additional briefings on this issue. So now the topic of conversation seems to have shifted to what president knew were what he should have done as opposed to what these reports said and whether or not they could be verified. Right over to seattle now where police are moving in and clearing up the occupied protest area known as chop that area located near downtown has been filled with protesters and many of them camped out calling for an end to Police Brutality but recently the end kammen has experienced a lot of violence even a shooting on monday that claimed the life of a 16 year old boy arties trinity child those reports today police dispersing protesters in seattles capitol hill occupation protest area also known as chop so in executive order issued by the mayor after a series of shootings in recent days. Seattle police clearing out the police free autonomy created by black lives matter protesters following a series of shootings right now a start is actually just trying to remove some of the barriers that have been placed so we could open up some of the streets the area created by demonstrators as a part of a protest against Police Brutality and a way to self police after the Police Killing of george floyd i dont have a pretty pretty good package there you can get it done and a good time and that doesnt mean that her colleagues but today Law Enforcement dismantling the once Police Free Zone the following a series of shootings 4 that have been reported in just 10 days 2 of which were fatal and i heard a lot of commotion people calling for them when. I worked my way over here and sold to. The individuals on the floor political conscious of the time. They were both suffering from the Seattle Police department saying in a tweet did. Going violence and Public Safety issues in the east precinct calendar some park area mayor jenny durkan has issued an executive order to vacate the area Seattle Police will be in the area this morning enforcing the mayors order this as the mayor is now asking city council to investigate socialist Council Member want to someone calling for her to be punished and possibly even expelled for her position over a series of actions surrounding Police Protests including using her position to engage in activities that support the demonstrations in a letter from durkins office levels 5 allegations against salant including using her official position to lead a march to the mayors home despite the fact that it was publicly known that she was not there and her address was protected under the state Confidentiality Program in response want to sell and send in the statement socialist alternative and my Council Office are proud to have marched rallied and organized with thousands of Community Members and activists in recent weeks to demand justice for george floyd and black lives matter our movement is demanding racial and Economic Justice long withheld by a pro corporate political establishment whose leader currently is mere durcan and as a nationwide movement to Defund Police departments across the country continues some lawmakers are heeding those calls for action here in new York City Council passed a bill that would cut the n. Y. P. D. Budget which is americas Largest Police force by a 1000000000. 00 and this comes after hundreds of protesters were camping outside the city hall for more than a week however many of those demonstrators remain there today because they are not happy with the decision and will not leave until they see more change reporting any or trinity each of us are to. Add to the latest coded 19 numbers worldwide cases now topping 10500000 and 512000 reported deaths the top 3 countries with the most cases the u. S. Still leading the way again followed by brazil and russia right here stateside 2600000 cases and 127000 reported deaths. And other news making headlines today the u. S. Has purchased 90 percent of the worlds supply of rum does appear the deal was struck with sciences to supply more than 500000 treatment courses to the u. S. Until september does appear is so far the only drug proven for treatment coated 19 and reportedly speeds up recovery for infected patients. And right here in the Nations Capital the senate reached a last minute deal to extend the Paycheck Protection Program to early august just hours before the program was to expire the federal loan program to help Small Businesses also extended for an additional 5 weeks with more than 130000000000. 00 in loan money left on spent the legislation now heads to the house which will be adjourning this week. All right check this out if youre looking for stress relief maybe yoga will do the trick over in bangladesh more than 700. 00 Police Officers are taking part in yoga that you see right here the officers are social distancing theyre Wearing Masks theyre stretching and even running in place at times and theyve been on the frontlines of enforcing that countrys lockdown with more than 10000. 00 of their officers testing positive for cope at 19. Well almost everywhere around the world discussing Mental Illness is a taboo subject but my next guest the legendary larry king wants to break that stigma and later at the sports h. Q. Regina hamm tells us about a major accomplishment for one soccer legend and remember to keep up with the latest news and anything you might have missed make sure you download our brand new free app portable t. V. You can watch us there 247 will be right back. You are. Finally. d your 200 networks. When you. Said to them. They are. No matter what. You know me d im famous for my views. And. d yours truly. d will hughes. How to read out of read i turn on the t. V. On the about the world and whats happened in the around me i see shows on the screen speed in last every day because of fake news narratives a steady state to maybe cool lucilla build enough prisons with the farm after a plump brick by brick cooled list to make it my own house plenty off then in the store but i found a network thatll question. 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So larry you were not only born into a tough life to immigrant parents during a Great Depression era america but you have also survived and thrived through several life threatening conditions cancer heart problems etc some people would say you were born with grit now is that true and is grit something folks can learn. I dont know i dont know of it is in born or can you learn it. One of my doctors said that i have indomitable spirit now if thats true i dont know where it came from but no i i ive always had to get up and go over the lawsuits are always look if youre not down trying to get out. Ive had a lot of dog downs a lot of good. Maybe i was born with was some short a grit and that was that there were and a mother was a number of father died when i was 9 and i have that he was going to. Try to abolish them world war 2 and me they wouldnt take until she was a little over age were defense plant i guess yeah i come from that culture i was born with grips yeah definitely a different culture than i guess what were seeing now. But i mean you would think that this Younger Generation who are online natives would adapt a lot easier to this coded world where were all doing zoom or doing face time and what have you so upon doing this project with professor james. What surprised you most about human nature across all age groups we do this show for the university of pennsylvania cooperation with they had before and psychology had a once a week in which we interview people from all walks of life in the psychological area from Mental Health to physical health to coping with daily or are coping with the daily vagaries of life i think. Weve come away with the conclusion that theres been no basis for this its all d were learning by day to day basis nobody lives experience depend demick before if you baby you were born in 1918 but theres nobody who remembers any pandemic so here we are all of civilization living inside how do you face that in the new reality how do you face. But gone out of face not being able you know were a nation that will sit gathered together how are you doing the gathering in. Welcome to different problems to vote when theres not we have no basis for it so what or psychologists are trying to do is help us get through it by various means its not easy the areas of depression are up but theres more people who have Mental Health feel to helping it so you have to remain optimistic yeah and certainly people are obviously trying to erase the stigma and i think its becoming we as a country i think are becoming better at a race and that stigma around Mental Health issues larry and but besides that americans are also known for resorting to all answers being in a little bottle in the form of a pill to help them deal with any of lifes problems i mean i get that there are many people who actually need meds to deal with various conditions but there are others who could find other ways to cope with with stress and Mental Health right now any suggestions on that. In the u. C. You know right the use of antidepressants is way up well the as many suggestions one would be to look at the brighter side of your life you look good or you have going for you. Yeah you may be cooped up but you dont need to x. You dont need those pills unless of course you are severely depressed but leno and major well theyre ready to present their you were 40 years ago i dont believe so i think middletown was the