next year and there's all new technology there are things going on today that would have been on the bill last year last year and that's how fast it's moving jeffrey thank you for spending time with us i know it's a big ask as you've got some this derrius dinner at a mansion but we really appreciate you spending the time with jeffrey tucker thanks for being here and enjoy your rest you're tied down in florida. thank you. time now for a brief pause for the promotional cause but stick around because when we get back we go live just north of the border to tucson arizona where we'll speak with todd miller the author of storming the wall plus we'll discuss the economic impact of sexual harassment in the workplace with diana with mirrors as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell.

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be. which is the place of students in this business model before college was born. an extremely bored high education the new global economic war. the international energy agency the i.a.e.a. said today that the united states could outpace saudi arabia right saudi arabia and russia in the production of oil this year according to an i.e.e.e. a report twenty eight hundred expected to be record setting oil production for the us above ten million barrels per day the only calvi in the i.a.e.a. report is that if opec and russia do not stick to their one point eight million barrel per day production cut which they have said they would continue through the remainder of the year then things could change. and it's

past four pm right now on the east coast and here in washington d.c. and it looks increasingly like the government will officially shut down when spending authority granted by congress expires after midnight the latest development was a meeting this afternoon between senate minority leader chuck schumer and president trump senator schumer reported no breakthrough meanwhile a short term spending bill that passed the house thursday night is pending before the senate but the prospects for passage are slim to none absent a larger deal in reality if the government shuts down for the weekend it isn't as huge a deal as it will be if it remains closed going into the work week on monday as we raced towards a government shutdown over immigration issues with the calls for more in force meant versus demands to protect immigrant families boom bust takes a closer look at the economics of this debate with author todd miller todd welcome

thank you for joining us you've written two books about immigration and borders most recently storming the wall in your first book and border patrol nation your report of how essentially the entire united states has become the border can you briefly explain that for our viewers and what that means for the market for border enforcement solutions. sure thing it's great to be here on yeah if you look over the last twenty five years there has been a historic expansion of the border and immigration enforcement apparatus in the united states and you can look at a couple of statistics for example the u.s. border patrol in the early one nine hundred ninety s. about four thousand agents and now it's about twenty one thousand or the increases of technologies and and camera and drones and all kinds of stuff is as far as border infrastructure is concerned that has been expanding and expanding into

hundred mile border jurisdiction zones so well. on the border but also well into the interior so you take that and you take the increase of interior enforcement with immigration and customs enforcement and the two hundred fifty detention centers that ice has occurred and the almost four hundred thousand people per year they're capable of deporting and you have this again a historic this expansion and which the budgets for immigration and border enforcement went from one point five billion dollars in the early one nine hundred ninety s. as a manual budget to twenty billion dollars in two thousand and seventeen and that sets the foundation for a thriving border security market now it wouldn't trouble administration so yeah it's expensive but you know finally a word people aren't coming into the u.s. is that a result of the twenty billion versus the one point five is that a result of rhetoric on the part of the president and what do you think. what can

you attribute to those numbers. well the numbers for example the president often talks as if there is not a border wall that exists and there actually is one it comes from those numbers there's something about approximately seven hundred miles of walls and barriers with this clear strategy called prevention through deterrence which makes it more and more difficult for people to cross it is clearly more difficult for people to cross now than it was twenty five years ago and one of the people you know based on often based on economic reasons do continue to cross. it's. what happened is that it has become much more dangerous to cross and this flies in the face of what the trump administration's. says that well there's nothing on the border this idea that there's absolutely nothing and people are just crossing well

we're looking at you know more fortification on the u.s. border than ever before in u.s. history but you know some point you know he says there's on one side he says well you know there's not enough there we need my border wall on the other hand you know he sort of seems to take credit for the idea that you know we're building a big beautiful wall and we're doing all these things when in fact is you know you know some of some of the the infrastructure there even if it's not you know mortar was under president obama and bush and even and even clinton who got during that time who got those contracts by the way was this halliburton or who was getting the contracts to do these things to build what is there on the existing border. well with the existing border so when you look at the border wall that exists right it comes out of the secure front fence act of two thousand and six that is when

you're looking at dramatic increases in the border budget coming in the post nine eleven era. that's so in the preexisting border there are lots of different you know sub contract things that was done by customs and border protection one of which as you just mentioned was a subsidiary of halliburton k.b.r. kellogg brown and brown and root who got a contract for to maintain the border infrastructure the fed and the wall infrastructure but also along with the wall building in two thousand and six to two thousand and nine approximately there was another program it was called the secure border initiative. net which was the principal program was that create a virtual wall of intense high tech surveillance technology the first company that got the contractor there was a big one was boeing boeing got a contract for about that was that became worth almost two billion dollars that was

cancelled by d.h. ass in two thousand and eleven so that the idea of a virtual wall is that the wall is on the border but the border itself again expands into the interior so there's a layers of border enforcement the virtual wall is another layer of high tech. surveillance technology and now the company systems which is an israeli company are its subsidiary element systems of america has the contract which could be worth up to a billion dollars and they're currently constructing fifty two such surveillance towers called integrated fixed towers in the us mexico border lantz principally in arizona so those are examples of of of a few of many many companies that are that are cashing in on what's on the. the border but that bonanza the border but as i like that phrase and it's very interesting what you said tied about the. borders not just right there along the

border it goes back i'm not sure a lot of people know that it amazes me still that we're having this debate surrounding the government shutdown because as we all recall the president then candidate trump and to his crowds would say and who's going to pay for it everybody would shout mexico but here we are talking about the government may shut down if we u.s. taxpayers don't pay for the wall. sort of a head shake there on that anyway todd miller author of storming the wall thanks for your time and we hope you'll come back thank you. but rattle against the academic of sexual harassment goes on there have been no shortage of high profile cases involving celebrities but what about the more common day to day impact on workers and here to talk with us about that very important

subject under-reported angle of the story is diana ramirez deputy co-director of the restaurant opportunities center united diana thank you for being here you are having me ok so what is it what sector of the hospitality industry is the most that's impacted by sexual harassment at the restaurant opportunities center we've done a lot of research on this and we found that it is in fact the restaurant industry because of the sub minimum wage for tech workers so employers can opt to pay their or tipped employees as little as two thirteen an hour the federal level and have the tips make up the difference to bring them to their regular minimum wage and so because of that two tiered wage system to poor course have to put up with the whims of customers because the customers are paying their wages not the employer and it's crazy circumstance where people get paid to thirteen and then they don't get tipped as what usually happens so that's. been through those

unfortunate and silly debates quite frankly so when you talk about sexual harassment what type of economic impact does this create for the hospitality industry well you know if for the survivors themselves you know that. a sexual assaults can cost up to two hundred thousand dollars to almost a half a million dollars in you know just just dealing with the case getting medical help you know the criminal justice system being you know brought into it but we also see an economic impact in the loss of wages that. divers have so you know young women when they're in their twenty's when they get sexually harassed they more likely than not they often quit their jobs and so it's a loss of income there they go get help when they're you know it's a productivity tool right wassup and it is not just not getting a wage is not producing whatever it was there are you see exactly they're getting you know mental health than mental health care and physical health care and so when

they're ready to come back to the workforce they often enter or enter at a lower level than had they you know with what level they would have been in had they stayed in the workforce and so when you when you come pound that loss of money over someone's lifetime it's quite a lot and you know if i ask you that question i'm like wait a minute these are really human things and i'm asking about the economic angle of it and just what we focus on here boom boom bust that but that doesn't neglect you know the real pain and did a lot of suffering that these folks have as interest interesting study about restaurant workers filed more sexual harassment claims than any other industry and this number diana just got me over one hundred seventy thousand claims with eighty three percent of those coming from women is that real i mean could hundred seventy thousand that israel and all its various thirds of the on average the sexual

harassment claims to the to the e.e.o.c. are five times higher from the restaurant industry than any other industry and it goes back by the time high or high times higher as it is it. is it both employers and customers is it more customers than employers that been broken out you know it comes from all angles because we understood we you know most of us see it coming from the customers hey baby the name calling the with selling the touching but it also is is is comes from the managers and the owners because they tell you well in order to make good tips why don't you you know show some more cleavage where you wear the shorter skirt and then you know you're getting harassed by your managers because you want the good shifts you want the big tables you want the big parties and so it really comes from all angles and at some point they actually want the big tips to so you it's a double edged sword because unfortunately customers made better based upon that

which is the underlying problem we have in our society exactly and you know the restaurant industry is now almost thirteen million workers who are the large second fastest growing industry in the country and so when you think of it as as the base for a country you think of you know young girls going in at sixteen seventeen year old getting sexually harassed five times higher than their peers and then we move on to other industries. when something happens at that workplace we don't report it because it's never as bad as it was in the restaurant and so the experience of the restaurant industry is not only in the restaurant industry it permeates to every other sector of our economy and it's no wonder that we see you know the the weinstein scandal in hollywood because guess where all those actors and actresses work before they made a big in hollywood you know i mean it's it's in every industry. you know i'm wondering whether or not when you talk about all those those claims as hundred seventy thousand climb is there

a particular geographic region of the country were those folks those claims are being made in the south because most of the southern states still have follow the federal minimum wage which is to thirteen an hour there are seven states that have eliminated that that sub minimum wage and they pay the regular minimum wage and tips on top of that there are seven states and they're mostly on the west coast and so we do see higher rates of discrimination and harassment in the south. just around us but we're really pleased that you are here and that you're following this stuff on a daily basis to noble and noteworthy work and we're pleased to talk about it and the economic impact on our air is thank you so much for being with us having me shade it. that's it for now action packed as always thanks for watching be sure to catch boom bust on you tube you tube dot com slash boom bust archie catch you next time.

with the islamic state in its many confederates defeated or facing defeat in syria what is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the u.s. to maintain military forces there does washington want syria partition itself and why. give away or take all bands out it's a lottery mentality in america you know where are your dead and the pharmaceutical companies of course a lobbyist going to washington to change laws about possible to handle all costs in america and nobody cares because it ever learned a lot as a wal-mart today they said let's do it again. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turned some countries into pigs these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are

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the us defense secretary outlines a new strategy where countering russia china takes one r.t. over the fight against terrorism. a scandal worst. watergate so claim republican lawmakers about a top secret memo allegedly exposing senior level nor enforcements political bias against donald trump. french police fired tear gas at striking prison guards at europe's largest jail as they protest against severe working conditions bus. a teenager images of six people including a teacher in an accident on a school in eastern siberia the third such incident in less than

a week. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. if you decide to challenge america's experiment in democracy it's going to be your worst day those were the words of u.s. defense secretary james mattis as he unveiled america's new defense strategy which one are primarily focused on deterring russia and china. but we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terror that we're engaged in today but great power competition not terrorism is now the primary focus of your security first and foremost this america's defense strategy so to speak is so much on the offensive side of the tracks it almost makes you think that someone copy and pasted the old name into the you know into the headline space so it's the first time since the

cold war american military is focusing on this great competition of powers so this can really be seen as sort of a that sort of mentality making a comeback what it also means is the infamous war on terror is taking the backseat it is being put on the back burner so to speak instead washington is focusing on russia china iran and north korea but really the pentagon is singling out moscow and beijing have a listen we face growing threat from revisionist powers as different as china and russia are from each other nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models for sure in veto authority over and over the nation's economic diplomatic security decision doctrine calls for modernization what what would you expect to see well another word used by the u.s. defense secretary was fundamental this is how he characterized this modernization that he's been talking about and mostly the pentagon is going to be focusing on

space on cyber security and its nuclear program so in terms of cyber security they're going to be overhauling the whole thing really we don't know the details yet but obviously big big big changes are coming up especially with all of the russia and china hackers craze in terms of the nuclear program they're seeing it as a reaction you know as sort of a reaction to what russia has been doing in this sphere certainly to go out of space and defend its position that this is not going to be cheap what's the money being talked about with the secretary of defense. use this opportunity to ask for more money or at least while making a step in the direction saying that budget cuts arguably delivered the worst blows to the pentagon and to the u.s. national and national defense but at the same time you have to remember that it's not only about how much money the pentagon gets but also how we choose to spend it

for example hundreds of billions of dollars have been splashed out on the new thirty five fighter jet and development hasn't been even past the most basic stages . well the executive director of the wrong poll institute daniel mcadams sees the change in u.s. rhetoric as dangerous there's a big threat that the u.s. is going to shift from so-called soft power to hard power and we're supposedly seeing a decline in diplomacy in the state department and secretary of state television is supposedly taking on less of a role on the ground it's a predictable thing this is essentially a rehash of the old wolfowitz doctrine of nine hundred ninety four there is no new thinking involved the u.s. must remain the sole superpower on earth we must do anything we can move heaven and nerves spent untold amounts of money to prevent any rivals from coming up to challenge us the u.s. is essentially guilty of doing all the things that if you can use russia and china doing including attempting to have more influence in the south china sea and in

east asia so it really is a superpower that is unfortunately because of its hyper interventionism on the way on the wane in terms of influence and of course it is a very dangerous thing because according to animal is more likely to attack. a growing number of us republican congressman are demanding the release of a top secret intelligence document they believe it reveals political bias at the highest levels of the f.b.i. and the justice department in how they handle the investigation into alleged ties between donald trump's election campaign and russia. i had that same shock feeling i was like wait a minute this actually happened from our justice department and this f.b.i. that's how serious this is that there has been a real attempt to undermine this president and it is come from the scariest of places that is the type of information that we need all americans to see immediately republicans are referring to the top secret memo as

a scandal worse than watergate and reactions have ranged from sickening to draw dropping saying that it raises serious questions about the obama administration now the memo was put together by the house intel committee and since then republicans have been calling for its immediate public release we don't know what it's about but it supposedly contains evidence that justice department officials mostly f.b.i. are guilty of political bias against trump and according to reports u.s. intelligence officials used to trump russia doss year that's filled with unproven claims to improperly obtain a warrant to look into the trunk campaign now democrats voted against the release of the memo saying that it's being used to discredit the intelligence community and the trump russia investigation so yes i guess democrats are now defending the intelligence community now representative adam schiff even called it a profoundly misleading set of talking points and republican representative scott perry felt very differently he said is this happening in america or is this the k.g.b. that's how alarming it is and then the document has raised interest outside of

congress also it made a splash on social media with many tweets using the hash tag release the memo and wiki leaks wants it so badly they've announced a million dollar reward for it and some have said that the memo will not be released to the public but regardless this alone reveals partisan bias so we'll just have to see what happens. t.v. host and political commentator steve malzberg thinks the democrats have a reason for wanting to hide the memo from the public i think it's going to put a bigger cloud it already exists there has been a lot of talk that some members of the obama administration illegally and without any reason or rhyme went and got five of warrants against american civilians who were affiliated with truck with absolutely no reason to have those obtain do you think obama didn't know about any of this this was his justice department his f.b.i. they were trying to get hillary elected i think this is going to go right to the

top and by the way if this is such a bunch of nothing and that's bad talking points blah blah blah blah blah from adam schiff in the democrats on the committee then why not vote to release it so you could clear all this up whether everybody see it the democrats want to hide this document and we better get to the bottom of it and we all need to see it. violence has erupted in from say europe's largest prison with guards on strike haven't dangerous working conditions including attacks on stone riot police have fired tear gas at the protesting gone to and to montauk an increase in the security level. another prison in corsica two cons were injured in a stabbing by an inmate and reported to be radicalized inside the incident was acknowledged to us by a french prison union. oh you know in this it well that's a serious incident to police in blue prison ridiculous inmate brutally comics.

french prisons have recently suffered several similar attacks on gods a week ago three security staff were injured after an inmate attacked them with scissors and a razor blade while on monday after another jail seven guards were attacked by an inmate and in that case according to the ministry of justice the perpetrator had again been radicalized in prison inmate violence disobedience and radicalization have triggered a nationwide strike on french prison guards and these guards in turn have clashed with riot police. through their own. was.

that the striking guards are demanding real thought is do something about the dangerous conditions in french jails r t final spanking representatives of a prison culture here. said bluff what you do know the government representatives are to blame they don't want to discuss the problem or to find a solution to our poor working conditions we demand an increase in the number of prison guards and also the creation of a special high security wing for radicalize prisoners. some of them will determine if we are really determined to make ourselves heard and to ensure that our demands are met and we really want work conditions to be changed especially in terms of security. a teenager has injured six people including a teacher after an axe attack at a school in eastern siberia.