Transcripts For RT The News With Rick Sanchez 20240712 : vim

Quote american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan listen to the certainty of those words right there see that american intelligence concluded secret bounties taliban linked those are important words theres no equivocation there which may be why as soon as the t. V. News networks here in america read that story in the New York Times they began reporting it breathlessly almost as if their hair was on fire they wanted to get this story out for them it was the perfect story and they ran with it every which way that they possibly could but most of all with pretty much this narrative you heard it. Putin is paying to kill american soldiers and trump is helping him do it. Sounds like a great story right yeah all of it based on the New York Times story that was on that front page ok since then the New York Times has written another story that interestingly enough was on page 10 there it is we checked and that story seems to tell a very different tale one that seems to cast a lot of doubt on the original story so here let me go back to what i was doing before let me share with you some language from this news story it details how u. S. Intelligence officials are quote emphasizing uncertainties and gaps in the evidence from the original report that the n. S. A. Quote does not have information to support the conclusion in the original story that quote they did not have surveillance that confirms what the captured detainees originally told investigators about bounties that quote the cia did intercept data of financial transfers but the agency does not have explicit evidence that the money was used for bounty payments and finally that quote there is no information directly connecting the suspected operation to the kremlin. That story the one with all the cabbie outside i just read to you directly from the pages of the New York Times somehow did not set the news anchors hair on fire in fact it was reported with much less intensity if at all so. It makes us ask what do we have left what do we have left with this story comparing it to what was originally reported right im going to break that down for you right here on the news with rick sanchez where we do believe its time to do news again. Okey doke here we go heres a list of the questions we think youll be asking tomorrow after watching us today why the rush and the glee to tell a journalistically then story about socalled russian bounties mexicos president visits President Trump while many mexican americans and others ask why and the u. S. Coded 2nd wave continues to surge how high will it go and speaking of going lets go ahead and begin with the russian bounty story that dominated the headlines for almost what a full week but now were left to ask what is really left of the story it does appear that the u. S. Interrogators did capture drug dealers somewhere in afghanistan and were able to tie them to wire transfers of large amounts of cash what seems to still remain unclear though or as we like to say in journalism parlance not nailed down is who really gave it to them and why our correspondent is john heidi. The New York Times reported july 3rd that a new Administration Memo seeks to foster doubts about suspected russian bounties on american troops the memo is reportedly from the National Intelligence council and according to the times acknowledges the cia and top counterterrorism officials agree russia appears to have offered bounties to kill american and Coalition Troops in afghanistan the story goes on report that the nic which reports to the director of National Intelligence John Radcliffe produced the 2 and a half page document a socalled sense of the Community Memorandum and dated july 1st it appears to have been commissioned after the New York Times reported on june 26th that intelligence officials had assessed months ago that russia had offered downeys but the white house had yet to authorize a response well the times reported specifically last month that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan including targeting american troops or President Trump tweeted this in response to the times story and many other media reports the russian bounty story is just another made up by fake news tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party the secret source probably does not even exist just like the story itself if the discredited New York Times has a source reveal it just another hoax or the times story from july 3rd goes on report that the memo said the cia and the National Counterterrorism center had assessed with medium confidence but falling short of near certainty that a unit of the Russian Military Intelligence Service known as the g. R. U. Offered the bounties but heres the thing the story goes on to read that other parts of the Intelligence Community including the National Security agency n. S. A. Said they did not have information to support that conclusion at the same level and since the times initial story last month there have been dozens of other media reports about the allegations of russian bounties on u. S. Troops. But nothing concrete c. N. N. Even reported today online that a top u. S. General overseeing operations in the middle east and afghanistan said the purported russian bounty intelligence wasnt prove not even enough to hold up in a court of law but was still worrisome all this as a new reuters poll released today shows that quote most americans believe russia targeted u. S. Soldiers and once sanctions in response russia writes that overall 60 percent of americans said they found reports of russian bounties on american soldiers to be very or somewhat believable well 21 percent said they were not credible and the rest were unsure and further 39 percent said they thought she did know about russias targeting of the u. S. Military before reports surface in the news media last month while 26 percent said the president did not know well moscow continues to deny allegations of any russian bounty plot against u. S. Or Coalition Forces in afghanistan on july 4th President Trumpery tweeted comments from representative jim banks of indiana saying that the New York Times had actually endangered u. S. Troops with its reporting about the russian bounty allegations this as the white house is now reportedly conducting an internal investigation and to who may have leaked the alleged russian bounty intelligence info for the news with rick sanchez john hardy all right so did this really happen as originally reported was the story exaggerated somehow to fit the trump russia narrative once again and whats the context of countries whether its rush hour or any other country using its military or its money to influence the affairs of other countries for example would we ever do Something Like that joining us now to tackle these thorny questions are about from journalist ben suaram and former u. S. Official Michael Maloof to perfect guest to have on this so michael let me start with you what do you think what do you think really happened here whats the real story on how this story became as massive as it did. Well they probably picked up some information as you pointed out that there was Money Exchange and thats not. Unexpected because its been known for quite some time that russia has been talking to itself but for what reason and that is to monitor jihadi solidness going into next door russia and that they want to be they want information and the taliban doesnt do it out of the goodness of their heart they want to be paid so and who is better to conduct that then an Intelligence Unit and that would be g. R. U. Military intelligence so. But the fact that there was no credible evidence to support the initial allegation is not unusual and the fact that you had the head of centcom in cell saying that he did could not find it credible so it raises the political question of why now and i think it was once again democrats trying to paint putin as the bad guy and to to try to link it to trump has been supportive of him and and its coming just prior to the election which is just to cast off from what we saw in the 1st 3 years. Of collusion between putin and and trump just an existence its a great story they want to get out there ben you and i have been doing this business for a long time i think of you were at up all our years people would say we should retire but. When you do. You get in newsrooms where someones pitched a story and you knew it was thin journalistically but you also knew that it fit a certain narrative this smell like that to you. It absolutely smells like that rick but i think it goes even further than that 1st of all the New York Times when that should be the headline on the story because of the poll that that john what he cited at the end of his piece there where he talked about the majority of people who are hearing about this or. And a large portion of them are saying they believe its true whether theres evidence or not so New York Times accomplished what it tempted to accomplish push a narrative whether it was true or not because truth did not seem to matter here and instead they got ultimately what they wanted which was to continue the narrative about trump and putin collusion this time in afghanistan but whats really interesting to me about this and by the way i actually released a podcast about this issue yesterday citing the evidence or lack thereof about this it wasnt just that the n. S. A. Said that well we dont necessarily agree with his assessment the n. S. A. Said we found no credible evidence and the latest story that the times has done on this essentially says well look they this additional document was created in response to our story in response to your story because your story was wrong the story includes no evidence whatsoever and you and i both know where the editors of the New York Times you say guys are bringing this information but you have no evidence whatsoever that is called bad journalism it goes beyond that though and heres the conversation i want to have with you guys one of the things that bothers me about this type of story is the lack of context and i think both of you know michael you know. If were going to do stories on the fact that theres a country out there that from time to time uses its money or its military or its influence to handicap a war or whats going on in another country im sorry but we have to look in the mirror we do this all the time so im not saying russia did and i dont know if russia didnt but i do know that the thing that we criticize were also guilty of am i wrong. No no youre not and in fact we we i actually are in the mujahideen to kill russians when they when the soviet union theyre not to. Afghanistan this we just have the whole weve done history but were going to hold on im going to help you here michael didnt we just have a whole impeachment hearing about how we as americans need to give more money to the ukrainians so they could kill more russians thats what i heard every day from iraq arse. No youre not wrong and its not what happened in ukraine was not im president as i said we were doing it back in 70 9 6 in 88 we were supplying the stingers to them which we were actively doing that so even though it was a secret program and i was and i was latterly a program go ahead with that about 10 seconds lastly its just important to note that the times used the word bounties that is a trigger word that they use that there is no evidence of that taking place on any level and they use that word as a buzz word to put it in peoples minds that this was happening and by the way i just want our viewers to know nobody here is saying we know this is how it happened or this is not how it happened or its good or its bad were just saying get make sure the information is clear make sure your story is not then and provide context when youre sharing these types of stories with what is essentially the entire world thats all right thanks guys appreciate it. So this is the news with rick sanchez and ok look at this weve got some live pictures now this is these protesters a little while ago outside the white house now theyre demonstrating or d protesting or celebrating im not sure i think well have to define this soon outside the Mexican Embassy here in washington d. C. Why because the president of mexico is about to meet with the president of the United States and were all over. The field we go through. Every the world experience. And you get it on the open road. According to just. Look at the world come along for the ride. Ive seen the horrors that arise with money and evil. Corporate criminals who trash countless lives to add just one more dollar to their billions. They threaten they bribe will do anything to keep their crimes in the door but the people theyve heard are demanding justice their stories need to be told on americas lawyer. Oh. Please. Take a bite. We go to work. Straight home. Only the corporate parasites in power today might think theyre just stroll will continue forever whether theyre right or wrong we have to keep fighting question. They want to back im rick sanchez. The u. S. Has once again reported record single day spikes and new cases as the virus continues to grow in hot spots across the country so i was the u. S. Doing for example compared to other hot spots you know interestingly enough because watch the movie. Groundhog day where things kept repeating over and if you keep waking up and seeing the same story this is kind of what this feels like like weve gone through this already and now were going through it again. Cases going up again for more on this very important lets story lets go to our 2 correspondents who is following the numbers for us out of what youve got so rick youre exactly right in the u. S. Is not doing well at all but global cases right now we have more than 12000000. 00 global deaths over 548000 look over the u. S. Over 3000000. 00 cases thats about 25 percent of the global cases deaths in the u. S. Over 134000 and in no other place in the world has more confirmed cases growing as quickly as there are in arizona florida and texas the u. S. Sunbelt states now just a few hours ago the white house current a virus taskforce quarried nater dr deborah barks and now its the states which surges in new cases sure return to the white houses original phase one recommendation take a listen. To all of the americans out there that are in these 4 states and the states that have in the report were in the red zone because theres a series of other states that we have in that zone is really asking the American People in those counties and in those cities in those states to not only use the face coverings not going to bars not going to endorse dining but really not gathering in homes either and decreasing those gatherings back down to our phase one recommendation which was 10 or less and so i want to show how the u. S. Ranks with other countries with the most crime for a new cases over the past week now this chart also treats each u. S. State as if youre its own country because remember many u. S. States have a Larger Population than most countries now only 3 countries that have and qatar and oman have outbreaks as severe as across the some bill states and these 3 middle Eastern Countries have large numbers a low wage Migrant Workers and these workers often women cramped housing and really like any proper medical care now while keep now while we keep hearing from president tromp that the high numbers they hear in the u. S. Are also due to high testing well thats not entirely true because the u. S. Does not have a high testing raid for a developed country now meanwhile rick President Trump is demanding that students return to their classrooms full time in the fall and the complete opposite of what Health Experts are recommend recommending and President Trump tweeted this morning that is this agreement with the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention guidelines for safely reopening schools calling their recommendations very tough and expensive and those c. D. C. Guidelines which President Trump is calling tough and expensive are what theyre calling rotating scheduling for students a back up staffing plan and seating layout which would allow for. Or social distancing and physical barriers and closing out common shared areas in schools and president chavez also threatened to cut off funding to schools that do not reopen but most of the funding for school actually comes from state and local level actually already 90 percent comes from local and state level but schools with that do get smaller federal funding often affect the most vulnerable students and rake in many of the schools in the south where were seeing these high cases rising actually begin the school year in just a few weeks and while young people are less likely to develop serious illness says from the virus but the problem is they can spread the disease to people who a