correspondent dan cohen looks at the war on torture at the poor areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to a few has what we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem of inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons which is analogous to the library of congress here in the u.s. on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by twenty thirty up from the current fifty percent and measured in dollars that one percent will increase their huge holdings from the current hundred forty trillion dollars to three hundred five trillion dollars the labor party's m.p. lam byrne who requested the server. he told the u.k. guardian that absent major reforms global policy makers are quote risking a new explosion instability corruption and pove

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america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us good to be with you dan you know it's interesting because what do we know about this this strike on the airport in damascus because you know naturally the thing is as it always is just pure off from spy israel where the you know just like we're sending rockets over was there any response from the syrian side of the border in this case well i mean no there was no there was absolutely no response i mean israeli media anonymous sources in israeli media said the day before this attack that the iranians are syrians have launched a rocket over into the golan heights and saying that's an attack on israel but of course the golan heights syria exactly that's occupied syrian territory it's been occupied by the israelis since one nine hundred sixty seven but there's and there's no proof that there was just an anonymous source but it was it was an attack on the damascus airport and actually just before an iranian civilian airliner for a flight from tehran was going to land that was actually forced to abandon the landing and fly into neighboring

correspondent r c america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us good to be with you dan you know it's interesting because what do we know about this this strike on the airport in damascus because you know naturally the thing is as it always is just pure often spy israel where the you know just like we're sending rockets over was there any response from the syrian side of the border in this case well i mean no there was there was absolutely no response i mean israeli media anonymous sources in israeli media said the day before this attack that the iranians or syrians have launched a rocket over into the golan heights and saying that's an attack on israel but of course the golan heights syria exactly that's occupied syrian territory it's been occupied by. the israeli since one nine hundred sixty seven but there's there's no proof than there was just an anonymous source but it was it was an attack on the damascus airport and actually just before an iranian civilian airliner for a flight from tehran was going to land it was actually forced to abandon the landing and fly into neighbor

cohen reporting there from washington thanks dan. a new legal document shows that despite today's amaze objections the u.k. government has been exploring the possibility of a second referendum revelation comes off from peace and franticly rejected the prime minister's original divorce deal this week plunging the country deeper into political crisis the papers set out a timetable for a second vote to the katyn that the whole process could take up to a year that includes seven months to lay the legal groundwork in the for three months at least the testing the question it also discusses other practicalities including the length of time necessary for campaigning initially media outlets question the legitimacy of the leak. however downing street confirms such a document exists while denying the government is actively planning for a second vote they've said the paper is purely for illustrator of purposes reiterated the prime minister's position that brags it will go ahead. there are those who want to see no deal and those who want to see a

america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us good to be with you dan you know it's interesting because what do we know about this this strike on the airport in damascus because you know naturally the thing is as it always is just pure often spy israel where the you know just like we're sending rockets over was there any response from the syrian side of the border in this case well i mean no there was there was absolutely no response i mean israeli media anonymous sources in israeli media said the day before this attack that the iranians are syrians have launched a rocket over into the golan heights and saying that's an attack on israel but of course the golan heights syria exactly that's occupied syrian territory it's been occupied by the. early since one nine hundred sixty seven but there's and there's no proof that there was just an anonymous source but it was it was an attack on the damascus airport and actually just before an iranian civilian airliner for a flight from tehran was going to land it was actually forced to abandon the landing and fly into neighboring iraq so th

cohen at the grey. zone project and five most importantly why marius because you know where they're. coming from washington d.c. to be. welcomed welcome i'm really cam miller's take the news from behind it has come out that over new years many mainstream outlets including n.b.c. the washington post usa today and highlights magazine took china out of their holiday schedule to do the lord's work and by that i mean of course thrashing prison inmates for having the nerve to eat dinner the washington post ran with i've been eat like a boss federal prisoners serve steak by unpaid guards during shutdown how dare they everyone knows prisoners in this great nation should be served only one kind of meat mystery all right that is it really is good for them it's good for inmates to exercise their minds by trying to figure out what kind of meat that is. but i agree with the washington post n.b.c. usa today these prisoners should be more harshly punished for the government shutdown they had nothing to do with i reall

correspondent dan cohen looks at the war on torture at the poor areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly of the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to the few headlines we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here at boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem of inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons which is analogous to the library of congress here in the u.s. on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by two thousand and thirty up from the current fifty percent and measured in dollars that one percent will increase. they're huge holdings from the current hundred forty trillion dollars to three hundred five trillion dollars the labor party's m.p. lam byrne who requested the survey told the u.k. guardian that absent major reforms global policy makers are quote risking a new explosion instability c

cohen takes up the story buzz feed news released a major report alleging that u.s. president donald trump has received ten personal updates from michael cohen and encouraged to plan meetings with russian president vladimir putin. president donald trump directed his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter and even as trump told the public he had no business deals with russia the sources said trump and his children if the and donald trump jr received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of the project a michael cohen is the former lawyer of donald trump he was sentenced to thirty six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the trump tower plan he's also admitted to campaign finance violations tax evasions and fake fraud and of course he's a key figure in the moeller investigation where the so-called russian collusion probe and the two journalists wrote in their article that they di

correspondent or see america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us good to be with you dan you know it's interesting because what do we know about this this strike on the airport in damascus because you know naturally the thing is as it always is just pure often spy israel where the you know just like we're sending rockets over was there any response from the syrian side of the border in this case well i mean no there was there was absolutely no response i mean israeli media anonymous sources in israeli media said the day before this attack that the iranians or syrians have launched a rocket over into the golan heights and saying that's an attack on israel but of course the golan heights syria exactly that's occupied syrian territory it's been occupied by these. since one nine hundred sixty seven but there's there's no proof that it was just an anonymous source but it was it was an attack on the damascus airport and actually just before an iranian civilian airliner for a flight from tehran was going to land it was actually forced to abandon the landing and fly into neighboring

correspondent or see america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us good to be with you dan you know it's interesting because what do we know about this this strike on the airport in damascus because you know naturally the thing is as it always is just pure often spy israel where the you know just like we're sending rockets over was there any response from the syrian side of the border in this case well i mean no there was no there was absolutely no response i mean israeli media anonymous sources in israeli media said the day before this attack that the iranians or syrians have launched a rocket over into the golan heights and saying that's an attack on israel but of course the golan heights syria exactly that's occupied syrian territory it's been occupied by these. early since one nine hundred sixty seven but there's and there's no proof that there was just an anonymous source but it was it was an attack on the damascus airport and actually just before an iranian civilian airliner for a flight from tehran was going to land it was actually forced to abandon the landing and fly i

cohen reporting for the grey zone projects everything from the green party's jill stein to instagram to poke him on go to the african american population had been used and confused by the deceptive facebook pages of a private russian troll farm called the internet research agency yes russia even use pokémon. come to twenty sixteen don't like shared. die then they realize. yes this bogeyman go is see i i've backed. russia you can use pokémon go. to manipulate us the cia was doing that. anyway we're getting off track which tends to happen when you follow pickets you around. that yes. bastard fast. ok so we learned from their own poor last month that the russian internet research agency manipulated us with facebook ads if you don't mind know the senate would really prefer you just ignore the facts as facebook admitted fifty six percent of those ads were after the election and roughly twenty five percent of the ads were never shown to anyone. but our brave congress men and women are not going to be dissuaded by reality after the reports came out mark warner tweeted it's incredible thes

cohen has the latest mike pence venezuelans in spanish which is uncommon and pretty extraordinary in itself and the video even has subtitles in spanish. mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one gado the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira your syrup or and call for the establishment of a transitional government moochers crisis the via. the us government is openly taking sides in venezuela's internal affairs right here now the country is once again a hot spot as president my duros inauguration was branded illegitimate and with himself branded a usurper opposition leader who says he's ready to take over as the country's leader he's declared himself to be the interim president and he refuses to recognize the inauguration of president by duro but one problem with never actually elected president but that didn't stop mike pence from declaring duro to be a dictator nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power. he's never won the presidency yuna f

cohen gives us a closer look at wealth inequality in the district of columbia. the united states has long portrayed itself as a land of opportunity and upward mobility for all peoples but with scenes of homelessness and despair like this popping up all over the country it's an increasingly difficult claim to make income inequality in the united states is at its highest since one thousand nine hundred twenty eight just before the great depression the top one percent now owns a staggering forty percent of the country's wealth the poorest sip codes in the united states are in rural areas of pennsylvania oregon ohio and arizona they all have an average income under fifteen thousand dollars per year while income inequality is visible across the united states its most extreme in the nation's capital washington d.c. the median annual income of black residents of the district is thirty seven thousand eight hundred ninety one dollars just thirty percent of the median white income at one hundred twenty seven thousand three hundred sixty nine dollars in the streets of the

cohen r t . glad to see clad to see that they chose to work on things for israel in the u.s. so there's some it's so typical of our government all right as we go to break lock watchers i do not want to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered up facebook you tube and twitter and don't forget to check out our poll showed that r t dot com coming up we discuss how the clemency recently awarded to some toyah brown and how that will affect future injustices committed by the u.s. criminal justice system not going to want to miss this it's going to be great stay tuned to watching the hawks. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy when foundation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic to follow only and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the most important moments are when the principals the foreign minister. the president actually ask your opinion when that happens you are on your own and just in

cohen r.t. . glad to see this leave the roads to work for israel in the u.s. so this. is so typical of our government all right as we go to break or watch. as i do not want to forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered up facebook you tube and twitter and don't forget to check out our poll showed that r t dot com coming up we discuss how the clemency recently awarded to some toya brown and how that will affect future injustices committed by the u.s. criminal justice system not going to want to miss this it's going to be great stay tuned to watching the hawks. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see that. i've been saying the numbers means that they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten thousand dollars fine tempting each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise

america correspondent dan cohen thanks for joining us with a pleasure and always always for me so so our buddy one. of the opposition down there has now declared himself the president of venezuela despite what ignoring the election earlier how is the white house responded and how far are they saying they're willing to go to support you know the kind of the u.s. about boy you know how far they go with this well trump gave this decree. recognizing and his words that is now the president of venezuela and when he was talking with reporters in the oval office he was saying all options are on the table i mean that's you know language we've heard all options are on the table and when a reporter asked him does that include military options he said well we're not concerned we're not considering that specifically but all options are on the table so it so it's vague but you know increasingly fiery kind of increasingly harsh rhetoric and also said i listen to. a background briefing with a white house trump administration official who said that if the government chooses violence or give you the e

cohen r.t. . good to see cloudesley the pros to work on things for israel with us so this. is so typical of our government all right as we go to break or what. do not want to forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered at facebook you tube and twitter and don't forget to check out our poll showed that r t dot com coming up we discuss how the clemency recently awarded to some toyah brown and how that will affect future injustices committed by the u.s. criminal justice system is not going to want to miss this it's going to be great states who are watching the hawks. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten like collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point

america correspondent dan cohen thank you to have you on just take us through what is the trumpet ministration saying about the situation that's unfolding in venezuela. well vice president mike pence took to twitter to address venezuelans face to face and to recognize the opposition leader. as president. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one gado the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira your syrup or and call for the establishment of a transitional government moochers crossus the violin continue. the u.s. government openly taking sides in venezuela's affair we just saw it there now venezuela is once again in a hot spot after president my duros inauguration was branded illegitimate and president maduro himself called a usurper of opposition leader who. says he's ready to take over as the country's leader he's the cleared himself venezuela's interim president and he refuses to recognize the inauguration of president by duro one problem why don't never won any pres

cohen thanks for joining us on the pleasure and always always fun so our buddy one. of the opposition down there has now declared himself the president of venezuela despite what ignoring the election earlier how is the white house responded and how far are they saying they're willing to go to support you know the kind of the u.s. about boy you know how far they go with this well trump gave this decree. recognizing and his words that is now the president of venezuela and when he was talking with reporters in the oval office he was saying all options are on the table i mean that's you know language we've of course heard all options are on the table and when a reporter asked him does that include military options he said well we're not concerned we're not considering that specifically but all options are on the table so it so it's vague but you know increasingly fiery kind of increasingly harsh rhetoric and also said i listened to. a background briefing with a white house trump administration official who said that if the government chooses violence or give you the exac

cohen r.t. . good to see the rows to work things for israel with us so this. is so typical of our government all right as we go to break or water. as i do not want to forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered at facebook you tube and twitter and don't forget to check out our poll showed that r t dot com coming up we discuss how the clemency recently awarded to some toyah brown and how that will affect future injustices committed by the u.s. criminal justice system is not going to want to miss this it's going to be great stay tuned to watching the hawks. what is happening with trump's decision to leave syria and are you ready for the twenty twenty presidential sweepstakes also is there any integrity in the integrity an issue. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw

cohen said fine and offered them reporter dan plant. i'm from san diego and i have seen dan many times. he is very solid. but steve cohen told his executive producer to make sure cnn realizes they won't deliver their narrative, that the wall is controversial in san diego because it's not. in fact, kusi owner mike mccannon well-known supporter of conservative causes later noted we're continually told that the border helps prevent illegal drugs, entries from the u.s. and numbers prove it. cnn decided not to use a kusi reporter. but then the news director saw cnn correspondent jim acosta at the border saying there is no need for a wall. steve cohen decided to have his anchors present the kusi perspective. watch. >> cnn declined to have us on their programs which often present the wall as non-required in other places like the stretch of the texas border the president visited earlier today. they didn't like what they heard from us. >> cnn calls this a nonstory saying, "we called several local stations to book someone for a show. we didn't en

paul: he'd have to come out for impeachment to get chuck schumer's support, i think, dan. so let's talk about some of the stories in the mueller probe we keep reading about. the latest is a buzzfeed report that michael cohen was -- says that he was told by donald trump to lie to congress about potential trump hotel deal in moscow. what do you make of that? >> i don't make too very much of it because the buzzfield report got attention because it's presumably based on a couple of sources that had access to mueller documentation, e-mails and stuff like that. so presumably, the sourcing was good. if you have two sources like that somewhere in the intelligence community, the fbi, i don't think they would take the story to buzzfeed. i think they would take it to a more major media outlet if they had anything so strong. and the reporter himself has said he has not seen any of this evidence at all. but i think what's going on here is that as we get closer to the mueller report, the media in washington is completely invested in the idea that this is going to show that donald trump

but we got tom arnold to play michael cohen. >> seth: that's great. >> which is crazy. we got kathy griffin to do stormy daniels and kellyanne conway. lennon parham playing a variety of nasa astronauts and johnemberling from "broad city" and neil and myself. >> seth: that's fantastic. did you -- is this true th when you were young you actually read the nixon transcripts?h. >> y >> seth: what brought that about? >> my parents had like a lite book shelf in the hall. when you entered the house -- it was always the strangest place to have a book she is, like, on the way out of the house. >> seth: yeah. >> a there was a large volum of the nixon transcripts and i was like, 10 or 11, and i had n, heard about nie was this crook and all that. ke, "i want to read them." and so, i would take them out and i would sit in the living room and i wou just read through the transcripts, and i found them hilarious. i thought, "this guy is so insane, you know?" st like racist and foul mouthed and i was like, "this guy was the president? this is impossle." this could never happen again. [ la

paul: he'd have to come out for impeachment to get chuck schumer's support, i think, dan. so let's talk about some of the stories in the mueller probe we keep reading about. the latest is a buzzfeed report that michael cohen was -- says that he was told by donald trump to lie to congress about potential trump hotel deal in moscow. what do you make of that? >> i don't make too very much of it because the buzzfield report got attention because it's presumably based on a couple of sources that had access to mueller documentation, e-mails and stuff like that. so presumably, the sourcing was good. if you have two sources like that somewhere in the intelligence community, the fbi, i don't think they would take the story to buzzfeed. i think they would take it to a more major media outlet if they had anything so strong. and the reporter himself has said he has not seen any of this evidence at all. but i think what's going on here is that as we get closer to the mueller report, the media in washington is completely invested in the idea that this is going to show that donald trump

what it was about this, do you think, dan, that made them put that statement out? >> let me throw you a little curve ball, pete. i'm not so quick to celebrate the special counsel on this. i'm not suggesting you are either. pete: i agree. something happened this week with the special counsel that was absolutely catastrophic. that outside of fox and hannity reporting very few people touched on it the lead investigator on the special counsel, andy weissmann who we already know is a clinton acolyte. that's already been documented through multiple media reports. john solomon reported in the hill the lead bulldog investigating trump now was actually present in august for a briefing with bruce ohr and was notified that the entire genesis of the collusion case, the information they got from christopher steele was tainted that steele couldn't stand trump and the information was paid for by hillary. think about what i just told you. everybody needs to process that the guy investigating trump right now, for phony fake russian collusion, was briefed in august of 2016 that the

we have no comment from cohen so far. and his attorneys last night also did not comment on what could be a major development. a significant part of any mueller report. george? >> pierre, thanks. let's bring in our chief legal analyst, dan abrams, for more on this. so let's begin with the basics. if the heart of the story is true, that in a phone call or face-to-face meeting president trump says to michael cohen, go lie to congress. >> yeah, now it's easy, right? up to this point we talked about where is the line for obstruction of justice? it's not enough, for example, some people say to fire james comey. what would be witness tampering? this is easy. if he told michael cohen to lie to congress, no one would suggest that's not obstruction of justice or witness tampering and that would be a crime. >> it was the first impeachment order against richard nixon. we know from what mueller told -- said during cohen's sentencing that he provided relevant and useful information. he described the circumstances preparing this false t