News. Views. Hughes - February 18, 2020 (17:00 ET)

The $11 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which links Russia with European consumers via Germany, is once again facing scrutiny and sanctions from the United States, dividing Europe. Germany criticized US interference in the EU's energy policies. RT America's Sayeh Tavangar explains.

Exclusive: Spencer Fehrenbacher, who was abroad the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan and is now under quarantine at a US military base, tells Scottie Nell Hughes how being isolated didn't really work against the spread of coronavirus.

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, found guilty of trying to sell Barack Obama's open Senate seat. He also pardoned Bernard Kerik, who was convicted of tax fraud and lying to the government when he was a NYPD commissioner. Legal analyst Lionel goes in depth with Scottie Nell Hughes.