RT — Documentary 20261012 133000 UTC 453 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] And last week, Saudi Lad forces said they destroyed several [00:00:04] of the Khuthi's rocket launch platforms. Riyad's Alliance reported [00:00:08] striking more than 130 military targets in Yemen, that [00:00:11] included areas in the hufi [00:00:13] of controlled national capital. Arty correspondent Jamal Alaswal takes [00:00:17] a closer look at the situation in the war toren [00:00:20] country. The escalation between Sanai [00:00:24] and Riyad is entering new phase with the expansion of alternative targets [00:00:28] to include living facilities. inside Saudi Arabia and Saudi [00:00:32] airports in Yemen. It is a scene that will likely push the United States to [00:00:35] plan the possibility of participating in hitting targets in Sena and [00:00:39] of other cities. The response from Sant is that it will not hesitate to [00:00:43] target America. If Trump tries to interfere again in Saudi [00:00:47] Arabia's alliance, then Yemen has already warmed that any country that will make an [00:00:51] alliance with Saudi Arabia and offer any service to Saudi Arabia in order to [00:00:55] strike our country. We will deal with the American regime as we did [00:00:59] before. experience with Yemen has already been preceded and we [00:01:02] will use Babel, Mandab and the Red Sea and all our military capabilities, [00:01:06] especially the navy, to defend ourselves and to strike even the United States [00:01:10] of and its ships. Sana [00:01:12] of accuses Riyad of ignoring its demands and warnings to restrict Saudi [00:01:16] airports and solve the humanitarian [00:01:17] of crisis in [00:01:20] in Yemen. We will continue to bomb the facilities in the living airports of Saudi Arabia, as [00:01:24] long as Saudi Arabia aggressively suppresses and besieges our Yemini [00:01:27] people. We will not stand with our hands tie. they must understand to [00:01:31] stop their aggression and to [00:01:32] in end their siege. Inside Yemen, the fronts do not seem to [00:01:36] be isolated [00:01:37] of from this escalation. The field developments are related to [00:01:41] mutual strikes across the borders. From [00:01:45] here, [00:01:45] a it seems that there is need for serious political movement to get out [00:01:49] of the cycle of escalation and return to a calm that opens the [00:01:53] channels of negotiation to deal with security and humanitarian [00:01:57] files, [00:01:58] of considering it a less expensive way. to get out [00:02:00] of the cycle of escalation, jamal alashwal, rt [00:02:04] sanat. [00:02:08] Up next is story of an American family that has [00:02:10] a recelteled in Russia because they share its traditional [00:02:14] values. The father even in listed in the army to support the special military [00:02:18] operation. You can [00:02:19] of watch the full interview throughout the day, but for now here's the quick [00:02:22] preview. I didn't just want to come and stay and take [00:02:26] five or six years to get it, I wanted to actually earn. [00:02:31] um earn our place in [00:02:33] a Russia, um, to show [00:02:35] the country, our neighbors, our friends, the world that we're loyal [00:02:39] here, we want to be here, [00:02:41] and we're honored to be here, so I'd say the [00:02:45] biggest thing that we've experienced as a family is [00:02:50] in the big hearts and the welcoming from the Russian people, [00:02:53] I've never in my entire life of living in America experienced [00:02:57] such uh amazing, wonderful people. and it's [00:03:01] crazy to say, but I feel like this is the home [00:03:05] that I never had, this is the family that I never had, so I'd say [00:03:09] for me it was the biggest eye opener that these people [00:03:12] are real and they are authentic and they have heart of gold, [00:03:16] like they truly want to help and not because they want to see something in [00:03:20] return, which is the mentality of how we were raised in [00:03:26] in America, this is RT [00:03:27] in international, I'll be back with more news at the top [00:03:29] of the hour just. [00:04:13] of a [00:04:17] of [00:05:18] Hello and welcome to Crosstal Bullhorns, here we discuss some [00:05:22] realness. [00:05:52] I caught up with Derek after he signed a contract with the Russian army. [00:05:55] Naturally, my first question was, what motivated a [00:05:59] 45-year-old American with three kids to put a Russian military [00:06:03] uniform? I didn't just want to come and stay and take five [00:06:07] or six years to get it, I wanted to actually earn it. [00:06:10] Um, [00:06:12] our place in Russia, to show the country, our [00:06:16] neighbors, our friends, the world [00:06:18] that we're loyal here, we want to be here, [00:06:22] and we're honored to be here. Derek's [00:06:25] training days are long gone, and he is now literally [00:06:29] instrumental in one the army's repair battalions fighting a [00:06:32] special military operation. That was his dream and [00:06:36] intention when he initially signed up to use his professional [00:06:40] expertise to the fullest extent in order. [00:06:44] i think a repair battalion um all the the [00:06:48] cages that for drone protection, oh the grills i [00:06:51] can i can build those with my eyes clos um i used to fabricate uh [00:06:55] real real fancy doors fence very similar in [00:06:58] construction so yes i think as a welder and [00:07:02] fabricator um i could really contribute to the army and that's where i [00:07:06] hope to contribute derek says that he and his wife made the [00:07:10] decision to emigrate to Russia to get Following [00:07:13] introductory trip to Moscow, they made up their minds, sold [00:07:17] everything in the United States, packed up their belongings and just [00:07:21] left. Derek had accepted the fact that he might not ever see [00:07:25] some of his state-side family ever again. His main concern [00:07:29] are his own wife and children, whom he doesn't want [00:07:32] indoctrinated by the so-called liberal propaganda, targeting [00:07:35] children. We knew we wanted to leave America um, and when we when [00:07:39] we realized that that was where it was, okay, we're... we even go, because [00:07:43] all the western countries are the same, [00:07:46] and um, I saw youtube video um, a president Putin as Santa Class [00:07:50] and there's a little kid praying for [00:07:54] Christmas wishes and there's there's LGBT books on the counter, gay [00:07:58] parents, and um, I think the kid might even be a boy [00:08:02] might even be a dress possibly, and President Putin's Santa Claus [00:08:06] swoops in and uh, boom everything changes, [00:08:10] and then there's a there's a new picture with a... father and mother, the [00:08:13] books are, the gay books are gone, there's a football, and uh, he answered [00:08:17] the kids prayer, and um, and that really resonated with me, [00:08:21] because um, I was like, okay, well they they feel the same way, [00:08:25] Russia is like like our morals, they don't like gay and [00:08:28] lesbian stuff, and um, so we started doing research, when [00:08:32] we arrived at the training center at the non-disclosed location, [00:08:36] Derek's family were in Moscow, largely unaware of where [00:08:40] their father and husband was and... what he was up to, however, [00:08:44] derek's wife, diana knew about his mission and made sure [00:08:48] her husband got to see her and the kids. hope that you are [00:08:52] being safe and you are making the right choices and [00:08:55] that you um don't try to be hero, you know, come [00:08:59] back alive to your family. i would tell him that i miss [00:09:01] him, he better be safe for else, when he [00:09:05] when he comes back, i can make him [00:09:07] pancakes. naturally we [00:09:10] offered this same. [00:09:16] Hey Diana, hey girls, um, I love you very much, I'm very, very [00:09:20] happy to get to send you this video, let you see my face, see I'm doing [00:09:24] well, probably see i've lost a few pounds, um, I miss you all [00:09:28] more than you can imagine, and I can't wait to see you, um, [00:09:31] hopefully I get vacation some point, and I get to come home, spend a couple of [00:09:35] weeks with you, but man, you're on my mind 24/7, [00:09:39] and uh, just know that what I'm doing is important. to me and [00:09:43] important for our family, and I will do whatever it takes to be safe [00:09:47] and to come home [00:09:48] to [00:09:52] you. A brand new passport and a brand new life. Once, a [00:09:56] proud resident of Arizona, Derek Hoffman now carries [00:10:00] Russian citizenship, decision his family sees not [00:10:04] as a risk, but as confirmation that they finally [00:10:08] found where they belong. For the half months, the US they left [00:10:11] behind. felt unrecognizable, marked, as they [00:10:15] say, by rising crime, social tension and cultural [00:10:19] shifts that no longer aligned with their Christian [00:10:23] values, so... they packed up their lives, crossed an [00:10:27] ocean and chose Russia as the place to start [00:10:31] again. So basically, the situation was getting worse and [00:10:34] worse by the day, um, we were seeing lot of changes happen just in [00:10:38] the economy, in the people, and realizing that [00:10:42] the area was not as safe as it was when we at [00:10:46] first started having kids, um, we have six in total, I [00:10:50] have three adult children back home and we have our three daughters [00:10:53] and um, when i started raising my boys, it [00:10:57] was a completely different atmosphere, having the [00:11:00] ability to go to the grocery store and not having a guard standing right there in front [00:11:04] the grocery store before you walk in because it's just theft [00:11:08] and fighting and it was just not safe driving down [00:11:12] the road you need a gun on your hip because people are willing to [00:11:16] have the um anger and frustration take over [00:11:20] what they actually would normally do and um the [00:11:24] road rage. is insane and we've actually heard and seen [00:11:27] people get shot at, so the safety factor was a big [00:11:31] thing, um, lgbq plus is literally put in [00:11:35] all the news and all the [00:11:38] um things that are uh tv shows and [00:11:42] all of um man ads for just [00:11:46] random people's places like target for instance has [00:11:50] an ad where two men are kissing and i'm like it just is [00:11:53] so in your... face and shove down your throat and your kids can't go [00:11:57] anywhere or do anything and avoid it, and we wanted [00:12:01] to have a place that had the same morals and values as we did, we are strong Christians [00:12:05] and we want to have our kids raised with a good foundation, [00:12:09] so unfortunately we had to leave America, we tried to [00:12:13] move from Arizona to Texas to be able to get a stronger [00:12:17] Christian value in our kids, um, only to realize [00:12:20] that the morals and values are lot the same thing there, [00:12:24] they... have a parade in Dallas for the LGBQ, [00:12:28] um, a pride parade where they're literally on the streets [00:12:32] and just out in public and it's totally [00:12:35] fine and welcomed and and loved by many, and it was just [00:12:39] really shocking to us and we knew we had to leave America because it was [00:12:43] declining more and more. The pivot point came from an [00:12:47] unexpected place, ATV commercial. In it they [00:12:51] saw vision of family and tradition that they felt... [00:12:55] no longer existed back home, we saw [00:12:58] um a commercial with Putin and he did a [00:13:02] uh Christmas kind of a situation where he [00:13:06] was Santa Claus and gave the children the actual mom and dad for [00:13:10] Christmas and all the correct toys, [00:13:14] and um, we took that as a big eye opener at that point, [00:13:18] like, we do, [00:13:18] wait they [00:13:20] as also a minute, they have the same beliefs believe that family should be a mom and a [00:13:23] dad, and it should... be shoved down the little boy's throats to want to wear [00:13:27] a dress or want to play with dolls or any kind of [00:13:30] craziness with that, and knowing that the safety [00:13:34] factor was a lot better of rate here [00:13:37] percentage-wise, we didn't really have any other [00:13:41] options, russia was the way to go. now [00:13:45] living outside Moscow with their three young daughters, the family [00:13:49] says Russia has been more welcoming than they imagined, [00:13:53] so I'd say the biggest thing..." we've experienced as a family [00:13:56] is the big hearts and the welcoming [00:14:00] from the Russian people. I've never in my entire life of living in America [00:14:04] experienced such uh amazing, wonderful [00:14:08] people, and it's crazy to say, but I [00:14:11] feel like this is the home that I never had, this is the family that I [00:14:15] never had, being able to come here and have people just [00:14:19] invite us to come over and be like, hey, I made this entire crazy [00:14:23] spread uh for... for um women's day, [00:14:27] we were here on the fifth, women's day was on the eighth, that's a couple of days, [00:14:31] you've never even met my family, now you're inviting us over for cake and [00:14:35] champagne and breakfast and meat and cheese and all these beautiful [00:14:38] amenities, like are are are you okay? from offering homemade [00:14:42] meals to driving them hours into moscow to file [00:14:45] document, neighbors stepped in like [00:14:48] family, it's the kind of support the hoffman say they [00:14:52] never experienced in the US. i'm like confused like people [00:14:56] don't do that, they're scared to have you come into their [00:15:00] house because maybe you're going to take something or maybe you're going to destroy [00:15:04] something and it's just the mentality is completely [00:15:07] different um different neighbor offered to take us to the [00:15:11] grocery store when we first moved here and gave us few rides to get [00:15:15] there and brought us back and different neighbor the other day we were talking [00:15:19] to um we go on walks lot just to have more [00:15:23] conversation and to build our... um in the [00:15:26] language, she offered to drive me all the way to Moscow, which [00:15:30] from here is 2 hours one way and be able to [00:15:33] pick up documents from our lawyer because getting our girls into... [00:15:37] school and having specific um documents from the [00:15:41] school records back in America, having them transcribed [00:15:44] and and switched over into Russian um and then of course notarized that [00:15:48] they're ough um notarized their [00:15:51] authencentity, okay that didn't come out right [00:15:55] um but the notorized copies to be able to make sure that they're actually [00:15:59] real and legit and that's two hours there, nobody [00:16:03] does that in America, you'll be lucky to get somebody to help you get gas [00:16:07] if you run out of gas and you know these people, [00:16:10] so I'd say for me it was the biggest eye opener that [00:16:14] these people are real and they are authentic and they have [00:16:18] heart of gold, like they truly want to help and not because they want to [00:16:22] see something in return, which is the mentality of how we [00:16:26] were raised in America. Russian doesn't come easily, still lessons [00:16:30] at home and daily practice are slowly turning foreign sounds [00:16:33] into something that feels a little more familiar. [00:16:37] so being here and being uh immersed in it [00:16:40] has made it easier as far as wanting to learn the [00:16:44] language more, we're having more and more connections with people that [00:16:48] are in the area and just learning lot better through [00:16:52] conversations as well, it's a cool language, me and my sisters have always wanted our [00:16:56] own little personal language and so coming [00:17:00] here and then having to learn a language [00:17:01] i thought that was very funny um [00:17:03] it is very hard but it has been pretty fun to learn then you [00:17:07] life took another dramatic turn when Derek [00:17:10] enlisted in the Russian Army, move his wife [00:17:14] describes as faith driven. So there was definitely [00:17:18] a lot of um questions, there was a [00:17:22] lot of discussion and a ton more [00:17:25] prayer, like we wanted to make sure it wasn't just a oh [00:17:29] willy nilly, like oh we'll get citizenship, so let's just do [00:17:32] it. Um, there was a lot of prayer and lot [00:17:36] of just... making sure like, okay, well [00:17:38] what if this happens, well what if this happens, well what about this, well what about [00:17:42] that, and then it was like, okay, well, I mean, it makes sense, [00:17:46] you're why, I totally, I get it, and it's like, um, I just, [00:17:50] I don't know how I feel about it, let's pray, and then coming to [00:17:54] that conclusion and making sure that it was a god thing, that it was like, [00:17:58] all right, lord, like, if you want him to join, and that's [00:18:02] the path you want for our family, like everything else we've ever done in our [00:18:05] lives, make it just the... clear path, make it black or [00:18:08] white, and if it is the path that we're supposed to take, just make [00:18:12] sure that we know that that's that's the path, because we don't [00:18:16] want to make a wrong choice and go down the wrong path and [00:18:20] god forbid lose my husband or have something go wrong [00:18:23] or um, i don't know, like it just not be [00:18:27] the path that he has for us, um, and we've always talked about that when [00:18:31] a window closes, a door will open, and the door is always a god [00:18:35] thing for us, um, as... as long as it's something that [00:18:38] is clear to us that he has his hand [00:18:42] over it, um, it was easier for us to go, okay, well he's going [00:18:46] to come back safe, like this is God's plan, like he's, he's going to be [00:18:50] protected, and this is the path we're supposed to take, and I [00:18:53] mean, if you've read in the Bible at all, you know that multiple people have [00:18:57] gone through their sets of hardship, they said, hey, this is what I'm supposed to do, [00:19:01] this is what God wants me to do, ended up a lion's den, ended up a [00:19:05] furnace, ended up before a giant, did they die? they did [00:19:08] not, like they were protected, they had God on their side and God saying, [00:19:12] hey, this is the thing I want you to do, this is where I want you to [00:19:16] fight, this is the path I have for you, and of course, in doing the [00:19:20] thing that God asked him to do, yes it was scary, yes it was dangerous [00:19:24] and of course we are fearful um of something [00:19:27] happening, but of course knowing that it's a god path, it [00:19:31] doesn't matter what you put in our way, like if this is the way he wanted us to [00:19:35] do, this is the best best way, for us to do it, she [00:19:39] says serving was always a dream, but one he [00:19:43] never fulfilled in the US, he had always thought that joining the [00:19:46] military would be um a thing that he [00:19:50] would want to do, in America he was never even able to [00:19:54] because the um his age [00:19:57] or the ability to be fit enough or whatever the [00:20:01] requirements were at that time he never thought that he would be able to [00:20:05] join um the... [00:20:07] basis the of the military of America [00:20:11] is the discipline and the you know actually making [00:20:15] sure you're doing things as morals and values [00:20:18] and um I am so grateful that he did not join there in the military [00:20:22] because I feel like it's a different set of [00:20:26] thought process [00:20:27] as the morals and the values as it is here you actually [00:20:31] morals have and a value and to be able [00:20:35] to um be with like. people who [00:20:38] actually want to see the country succeed and they know that we're [00:20:42] fighting for a good cause, not just to fight or start a war or [00:20:46] actually have issues, there's um... [00:20:50] the ability to stop the evil going on and to be able to [00:20:54] make sure that the people here are safe and that there is [00:20:58] um just a connection since we've been here to to want [00:21:02] to be part of society like we've never wanted to be part of society [00:21:05] before where people are actually on the same page and they [00:21:09] actually want to see you succeed and they want to be able to be [00:21:13] part of that and the sharing is so amazing [00:21:17] he was around a group of guys and he offered the one [00:21:21] guy some um of his snacks and it was the [00:21:24] snickers bar cuz he was he was eating snickers bars and he they're just like these little [00:21:28] mini snicker bars it's not like this big old snicker bars and he offered him one [00:21:32] and the guy took it and then he broke it in half to offer to someone else and i [00:21:36] almost lost it i was like you don't see that in america you [00:21:40] just don't someone gets a cigarers b the're like thanks and they eat it because [00:21:44] they're so worried about making sure they get theirs but here [00:21:47] it's the opposite like they're like want to share with somebody else [00:21:51] so they feel the sames I'm feeling as the grateful [00:21:55] and the the enjoyment of whatever [00:21:57] it is that they're getting to experience and just being around people like that [00:22:01] was just it was no-brainer um seeing the sign [00:22:05] saying that you and your family would get citizenship he was like it's done [00:22:09] I could actually go in and be able to make sure that my family has [00:22:12] citizenship I what more could I want Derek [00:22:16] is now away with his unit and the family is counting. [00:22:20] the days until he returns. when we asked the girls about [00:22:24] their father, the room felt quiet. they told us [00:22:27] life feels different without him, and they miss him [00:22:31] every day. of course i miss him, um, having [00:22:35] him here on regular basis, making all the funny jokes that he usually makes [00:22:38] and making things light-hearted and laughing about [00:22:41] things, and um, him being able to lay the hammer [00:22:45] and and be that rock and be able to make sure that [00:22:49] you know things are. going the way they're supposed to go and things are getting [00:22:53] done and lists are made so that we make sure to stay on track, mean [00:22:56] it is um, it is hard [00:23:00] not having that, not having your significant other to be able to [00:23:04] help guide you and help be with you and um hold you at night to [00:23:08] be able to say hey you know everything's going to be okay, like it is [00:23:11] difficult for sure, and i 100% miss him, i [00:23:15] was going, i knew this was going to happen soon cuz we played that [00:23:19] he's make it and but when i thought he was going to [00:23:23] move, mean going to to the military [00:23:26] i felt very sad and tried try [00:23:30] making every moment i can exciting and not bad [00:23:34] ones. pretty sad because i really love him and i don't want him to [00:23:38] go. he is hero, he's a hero to our family and he is hero [00:23:41] to um pretty much every russian person [00:23:45] we've talked to, because there are so many people that are here in russia that [00:23:49] are true. Russians that were born Russians that would not be [00:23:53] courageous enough to stand up and say, "I'm going to fight, I'm going [00:23:57] to fight for the country, I'm going to fight for what's right, I'm going to [00:24:01] make sure that as a people succeed, [00:24:04] because we already feel like we are Russians, so to be able [00:24:08] to be on this side of things and to be able to [00:24:12] fight for what we truly believe in is an [00:24:15] amazing opportunity. I'd say I really miss him, I'd [00:24:19] say..." I miss you and I wish you would heal and I would [00:24:23] say when he when he comes back I can make him [00:24:25] pancakes, I would tell him that I miss [00:24:28] him, he better be safe or else. [00:24:32] The family is now taking steps toward full citizenship, the [00:24:36] children have joined a private school where each day brings new [00:24:39] lessons, faces and small discoveries. For the [00:24:43] Hoffman's Russia is more than a destination, it's [00:24:47] the start of something new. Each day... carries its own [00:24:51] challenges and chances and together they're shaping [00:24:54] life that already feels like home. [00:24:58] Anastasia Valodina, RT from Moscow [00:25:01] Region. [00:25:48] Have you heard the phrase? is king, right [00:25:52] now chaos rules the world of news [00:25:54] and confusion seems to reign [00:25:58] supreme across [00:26:01] America. "from our biggest cities to our smallest [00:26:05] towns, there is almost too much information, too many [00:26:08] actors, too many lies. you don't need [00:26:12] more content, you actually need context. we're [00:26:16] not up in newsroom ivory towers, we're on the street, we care [00:26:20] about what affects real Americans. [00:26:24] anyone can tell you what's happening in the news, but who's [00:26:28] telling you why it's happened, how it's happening, how would [00:26:32] affect?" You: every night we cut through the [00:26:36] noise, because the stories that will determine our future [00:26:39] are happening in America [00:26:41] now. [00:26:46] In the warm spring of 1945, it felt as though world peace [00:26:50] had come for good. They are determined to be united [00:26:54] with each other, and with all peace loving nation, [00:26:58] those the ideal of lasting peace will become a [00:27:01] reality. "I think the cold war began with the death of [00:27:05] Roosevelt and Churchill was a [00:27:08] cold warrior. [00:27:11] Churchill, der hatte die Idee, [00:27:14] Russland mit Hilfe der der deutschen [00:27:17] Kriegsgefangenen, das waren 10000 Mann nach dem [00:27:21] Motto [00:27:26] the Adriatic has descended [00:27:30] across the continent operation. thinkable and [00:27:33] pincer and uh broiler and [00:27:36] bushwacker uh and drop shot, mean all [00:27:40] these uh were essentially planned to directly attack and [00:27:44] destroy the soviet union. why did the peace so many had longed [00:27:48] for give way to new protracted [00:27:50] war? when exactly did the post-w [00:27:54] world [00:27:54] take a faithful [00:27:55] turn? [00:28:09] I've spent years in conversations beyond [00:28:12] borders, some were [00:28:15] formal, some tense, some [00:28:18] difficult, but all them [00:28:22] mattered, they chartered India's [00:28:26] path and how the world [00:28:29] responded, foreign policy isn't here. [00:28:33] it is lived in arguments, in [00:28:37] decisions and in their consequences. [00:28:41] it's not an interview, it's a [00:28:43] conversation. let's [00:28:46] talk. [00:28:50] belarus, january, 1944, 2000 [00:28:53] civilians, zero mercy. удалось [00:28:57] установить, что среди погибших преобладали [00:29:00] женщины и дети различных возрастов. [00:29:32] мы посмотрим на тех, кто участвовал в боевых действиях, [00:29:36] а также в карательных операциях, то мы увидим там [00:29:39] и голландцев, и датчан, и [00:29:43] французов. [00:29:50] Они рассматривали территорию России, Украины и Белоруссии, равно как и [00:29:54] территорию Польши, в качественства жизненного [00:29:57] пространства, на которой через некоторое время переедут трудолюбивые [00:30:01] немецкие клони. [00:30:27] any words, initiatives or ideas entering the public discourse, so he can [00:30:31] push for some breath. Russia's foreign minister dismisses [00:30:35] Vladimir Zelenskire calls as a ploy to regroup Ukrainian [00:30:39] forces, that's after he have demanded the guns fall silent for [00:30:43] 60 days to allow elections. The more [00:30:47] we help Ukraine, the sooner the war will be over. Brussels [00:30:50] adopts yet another package of anti-Russian sanctions with the EU [00:30:54] hoping its 22nd round of restrictions will do what the previous 21 [00:30:58] have failed to, and that's bring.