and therefore i should be offering my resignation. and then the survivors of world war two stroke to look pretty world for my movie for the baroness margaret i believe pleading to be one of the only survivor. but it's interesting now is that the party in power had now the conservative party is also getting increasingly frustrated with the house of lords a hardline gregg's it is in particular because the lords keep rejecting he brags that legislation that the government here is trying to push through rather embarrassing to reason may's administration has suffered fifteen defeats in the

house of lords over the past few weeks and whenever the lords reject legislation that politicians in the commons are trying to push through there is always talk of a constitutional crisis because they say elected politicians are trying to enact the will of the people whereas the on the elected laws are blocking those efforts or holding them up at least and there is on the other side of the argument argue well it's the job of the house of lords to hold politicians to account and to scrutinise the laws that they are trying to pass now as they say something completely different so the minute expect seems there are enough opioids in the waters of seattle on the west coast of america that shellfish tested positive for the drugs scientists say it reflects the high number of people in the surrounding area that who may be to get these substances. but what we eat and what we excrete goes into the puget sound telling me that there's a lot of people taking up to code on and you know in the puget sound area it's

coming likely from the wastewater treatment plants so you may well ask the work that seems they put clean mussels into more than a dozen locations and indeed three of the areas where later can confirm to be contaminated waste water management can't filter out the opioids seems the muscles are unable to metabolize the drugs put the other twist of this is that they think others see life can and can even become addicted to these drugs well this is the first time scientists have discovered the drugs in shellfish there they believe it highlights the extent of the nationwide opioid epidemic in the u.s. there's been more than two hundred thousand prescription overdose deaths in the u.s. since one thousand nine hundred ninety. between a year and twenty sixteen overdose deaths of almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opiate prescriptions is dispensed daily and i think that's where the problem lies policy research and who kolob me thinks that overprescription is what's behind this epidemic the real problem is not that you can detect toxic odone

in shellfish the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than help patients if other countries increase prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. thanks for choosing to oxygen. with me kevin knowing ahead u.s. soldiers are being linked to torture interrogations in secret prisons in yemen and congress is demanding an investigation just one of those stories to come.

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using the public marketplace to bail out a losing position. claims that u.s. military personnel interrogated detainees who'd been tortured in secret prisons in yemen saying congress vote to demand the pentagon investigate it now a u.n. report says suspects at the sites were exposed to beatings electrocution and sexual violence some were imprisoned at a metal cell in direct sunlight. those the allegations go were denied medical treatment there reportedly eighteen secret torture prisons in yemen and surrounding areas the sites mostly run by one of the main u.s. allies in the region the united arab emirates or those prisons were reported in an

investigation by the associated press seems their sources at the pentagon acknowledge that u.s. forces had indeed been involved in interrogations but they denied any participation or knowledge of abuse even so american personnel could still be liable for complicity in torture if they questioned detainees who'd been subjected to torture human rights advocates accuse the u.s. of inertia over it or the u.s. hasn't learned the lesson that cup orating with forces there are targeting detainees and ruling families apart is not an effective way to fight extremist groups united arab emirates denies being involved in running secret prisons in yemen and refutes claims of being linked to torturing suspects political analyst says they should be an independent investigation that. you cannot be an executioner and then be the investigator you cannot be the judge and investigate and then execute but this is what the u.s. is doing basically the u.n. should be doing this should be the job of the u.n. the u.n.

should be doing this investigation widely and with the support of the so-called civilized western world which is obviously not source of allies as we have seen with the tortures and as we have seen also with the cover ups this is what the u.s. has been doing all over the world in every base that it has every time they can someone allegedly someone who is linked to terrorism or at least someone who was against the u.s. imperial demands or requests inside of this country they are treated like animals even worse. billionaire philanthropist george soros is pouring millions of dollars into the campaigns of selected district attorney care that it's in california close to the same time leaked documents revealed he's also spending millions on an exit group in the united kingdom caleb maupin looks at how far than the billion is fear of interest experience. now with all this talk of foreign meddling you would think that the activities of a hungry and billionaire pouring money into american politics might get more

mainstream media play george soros is a long time liberal money man and right now he's trying to influence the election of district attorneys across the united states basically he's pouring money into the campaigns of prosecutors he thinks will enforce the law in line with his liberal politics my name is noah phillips and i'm running for district attorney we've got some work and some healing to do to rebuild trust so we can keep sacramento safe forever. now getting supported by george soros isn't always a plus the man has plenty of detractors what does the out of state billionaire funding know with phillips campaign not telling us you know with an unethical dangerous wrong for. george soros has been sticking his nose into politics around the world for decades he started out funding anti communist dissidents during the late period of the cold war more recently he's been

backing best for britain an anti brags that group in the u.k. we've got one mission and that is to try and stop writes it george soros is foundations have along with a number of other major donors also made significant contributions to i would indeed through his foundations he's contributed four hundred thousand pounds he's been working to try and repeal the abortion laws in ireland. the activities there have actually been deemed illegal with amnesty international being ordered by the authorities to return his donations that hasn't stopped him or even given him pause in trying to influence the politics of a foreign country that is just another example. also ensures. concern in their own question. soros recently experienced a few setbacks in hungary central european university which he's very close to was

unaccredited so what did he do to move it over the border into austria george soros has no problem crossing borders moving money and creating a ruckus in order to further his political agenda the man has actually gone as far as to speak of himself and divine i admit i have always hob with an exaggerated view of myself and poets and to put it bluntly i fancied myself as some kind of good on an economic reform or like. a scientist like einstein but all this talk of washington corruption and big lobbyists don't forget about the big man himself george soros is globally oriented and he has no problem going to other lands and telling people how to live their lives. r.t. new york american journalist mike blumenthal believes lho being in the united states these days is the top of corruption discussed as a business we get kind of a cook narrative that leaves out the real source of corruption in washington which is our allies buying influence and taking american policy over the brink in the

middle east foreign governments are paying billions of dollars into think tanks. lobbying firms and even hollywood in order to curry favor in the u.s. the term collusion can certainly be applied to this lobbying this is the story i think that everyone in washington is missing out on because it's considered business as usual and it's basically collusion only takes place. as a grim new assessment of progress made by the united states and its drawn to mission in afghanistan government only to say efforts have stalled at best and it was a failing donald colter explains. you'd think that after sixteen years the u.s. led mission in afghanistan would finally have something to show for its trouble well here's how the federal authority tasked with overseeing reconstruction sees it

. between two thousand and one and two thousand and seventeen years government efforts to save the licencee cure in contested areas in afghanistan mostly failed the us government greatly overestimated its ability to build and reform government institutions in afghanistan a pretty clear picture from cigar the top brass in washington though wants to assure you they have everything under control now looking at a twenty eighteen as president gandhi said he believes we have turned a corner and i agree. the momentum is now with the afghan security forces and the taliban cannot win in the face of the pressures that i outlined you think they're talking about two completely different wars but they've been at opposite poles before just last year cigar said the u.s. failed to properly mentor afghan forces let alone give them the momentum to beat the taliban with the enormous personal and financial sacrifices already made by afghans in their international partners the country my have relapsed to control by

extremists and terrorists and again us generals are reading from an entirely different script. afghanistan special operations forces are becoming the best in the region and the afghan air force is unable in those ground elements there is more work to be done and it will take time however this remains a very very worthy investment failing or not u.s. military leadership doesn't seem to be that bothered about how much this war is costing either flashback to twenty fourteen cigar reported that afghan reconstruction had exceeded the true cost of the marshall plan you know the us this project to reconstruct all of western europe after world war two yeah it sounds like a budget busting hefty price tag for american generals though it's a necessary expense to get things just right for a victory we should be seeking to win this war counterinsurgencies take a while i think we have gone a long way to setting the conditions for what generally would usually is the

defining factor in winning a counterinsurgency which is to set the conditions for a government so that the conditions for the rule of law set the conditions for economic opportunity go back farther to two thousand and nine and things already weren't looking so good then president obama had committed over thirty eight billion dollars to repair efforts in the region and that money was going to who exactly. our office also initiated preliminary inquiry. into twenty three allegations of fraud waste and abuse even then u.s. military leaders optimistically saw the situation as a great springboard for their military campaign i'm not prepared to say that we have turned the corner but i think we have made significant progress in setting conditions in two thousand and nine and will make a real progress in two thousand and ten it takes a lot to keep that optimism up all these years but one thing the us generals might have lost sight of is that if you plan to keep turning corners you'll end up right

where you began donald quarter r.t. . for those words to build a coal share my story to leave you with this morning a year of cross cultures celebration between russia and japan has been marked by president putin the japanese prime minister who you're about to see who spent saturday evening enjoying a performance of the world renowned bolshoi theatre very nice red square here in moscow the two it earlier held wide ranging discussions on several issues concerning the country's bilateral relations because of those taking part in these some people bigger for. the last couple days which were on south of those than it was a quick trip to moscow for the theatre very nice indeed check out our facebook twitter you tube so much more out there for you to enjoy from us it's kevin i would have a few days off no see again next week hopefully sean is here after thirty minute break and our next programs coming up shortly for you good morning.

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buy their product. all the hawks that we along the border will walk on. was. you ready to laugh but also be kind of depressed. over the agony of the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents where congress congress has finally stood up to do something about the out of control policing in this country but before i get to that let's take a moment to review the problem the issue just two days ago a video came out showing milwaukee police tasing and be

a player sterling brown for the crime of parking in a handicap spot but he got off easy at the beginning of this month the police in our country have already killed four hundred people so far this year to give you something to compare that to in the year preceding april twenty sixth teen u.k. cobbs discharge their weapons seven times with three people killed seventy five they had only fired or got seven times in a year your average american got discharges their weapons seven dogs just to open their beer can and when the when the little metal tab breaks off you know you can get the gun out. and then they fired three more times to celebrate once they get the fear of. yes our cops have killed over four on hundred people so far this year and of the eleven hundred twenty seven teen

killings officers were charged with the crime in only thirteen one percent of all killings by police just one percent or even charged with any. thing it's basically open season on americans by our own police forces well over half of all these killings began with police responding to suspected nonviolent offenses or cases where no crime was reported in a little under half of the killings the victim didn't even have a gun and most of those who were completely unarmed and yet killed anyway were people of color so you see it's not that cops don't kill white people they kill tons of white people they kill more white people than wendy's baconator sandwich are right but. no it's that the white people cops kill are more likely to be waving a gun around the black people are often not on average police recruits get eight

hours of training on how to deescalate a situation they get fifty eight hours of training on how to shoot things. so it sounds like shooting things is about seven times more important than trying to avoid shooting things. i mean eight hours i got more than eight hours of training on how to put on a condom in sixth grade sex. which i guess could also be called gun safety training. granted that particular gun safety training was from the gym coach doubled as our sec said j.j. . i'm not kidding which by the way is one of those horrific experiences and the kid can go through let up boys alright when you're gonna make someone a pain and you found a female who wants to make what with you you've got to put on an angler ok what you

gotta do to keep the to do and then inevitably the first question for one of the kid's college coach how do we get a girl to want to do that with us sorry if i knew that i would be teaching praise be to to prove. for brains all right i'll tell you the right to be a millionaire selling books on how to get laid all right. my dog learned how to play ball quicker than you stars just. where was i oh yes deescalation if police did not kill people who were not posing a threat with a gun there would have been six hundred and thirty eight fewer deaths in twenty seven doing a fifty seven percent reduction but luckily we are in volved society we have all lacked good representative who's stand up for the people the voters right when

something like this is happening and sure enough the house of representatives did indeed pass a bill the other day concerning police today and strong support of it or six nine eight the protect and serve act of twenty eighteen this important bill will enhance penalties for anyone who intentionally causes harm to our law enforcement officers yes enhanced penalties for anyone who intentionally causes harm to law enforcement officers. oh up until now it was legal the harm a law enforcement officer i had no idea serious. serious it was one problem is it is so boring were people just punching cops in the face and going ha ha you they don't like it but it's well within my rights to be out of a job. yeah that's really been going on now i all i always take out a problem at all as the intercept said a couple of days ago the bills exemplify the very worst sort of legislation i once

unnecessary and pernice shifts in defense of our lawmakers adult that does sound like the mission statement of congress. both the necessary and kurdish yes but the three hundred eighty five congresspeople who voted for that bill will quickly tell you there is bit o. rash of ambush style attacks on police all rash i tell you said lee we've seen a recent rash increase in violence against officers especially in ambush style attacks that i am concerned. of the number of ambush shootings that we have seen this year the increasing levels of hostility towards the law enforcement community have given rise to an increase in ambush style attacks on police officers yes an increase in ambush style attacks in two thousand and sixteen

there were twenty one deaths of police officers from ambush attacks and then in two thousand and seventeen it skyrocketed to eight attacks. twenty one to eight killed by increase in amber style attacks human a decrease in amber style attacks. it is true that even a single officer getting killed is too many and therefore thank god thank you thank goodness congress stood up and finally made a murdering police officers illegal you know for for too long of we all accepted that killing or assaulting police officers is five it is just what you just another tuesday right you go to the market get a ghost on us all the cop who guys in who dies in the protective service sends a uniform message that our country will not tolerate attacks on police which purposefully attempt to undermine the state so chaos in our communities and wreck

the lives of many of our finest citizens and their families so chaos in our communities and wrecked the lives of our finest citizens and families boy that sure sounds like what police do to thousands of families or year. as professor alex vitale said in his book the end of policing felony arrests of any kind are a rarity for a uniformed officers with most making no more than one year this is a big deal because it means most of what police do is stand around. going to find people to harass for doing almost nothing wrong they're almost never fighting lex luthor al capone's runnin down the street with a car full of money from the heist you know that's not really going on that much even when they're dressed up like they're you know get ready to fight darth vader

there they're actually getting ready to assault some grannies for peace. or maybe some native americans who had the gall to want clean water or perhaps some black people who had the nerve to be black people. and if one black person calls another black person now they can be convicted of conspiracy to be black people. too if there's thousands of americans killed by police over the past decade about half of them not even holding a gun at the time of their murder and congress has done nothing about that why did congress just fall all over themselves to make assaulting police even more illegal as the intercept put it in our justice system blew lives are already considered to matter the most which is why police appropriation of the call for black lives to matter is so sickening this would be like thousands of americans were dying each

year from stomach parasites so the congress almost unanimously passed a bill is titled parasite lives matter. and everybody as i always parasites were doing fine on their own they don't need more protection we need to heavily decrease and demilitarize our police forces we don't need guys with guns who know they're above the law running around everywhere we strike. we should switch to community empowerment and community policing where unless it's truly a. deadly situation you don't call the cops you don't invite into your neighborhood armed maniacs with a lazy afternoon of deescalation training under their belt. don't call the cops because your neighbor's music is to ladder you smell of marijuana or a farm animal wouldn't stop following you hold. yes this is true this

week an ohio man who called the police on a literal pig that was following him. he thought the only people who can handle this situation are poorly trained dude with firearms. and yes i'm attentional way of voiding the hacky pigs called on a pig joke alright if you want that joke you can do it yourself you go your own projects and you do the job you don't get the job here. how much you want to bet that the guy that called the cops on a pig is white because like i own white guy figures cops will help him with that problem. but if a black man calls the cops for a way you word pig they're the below probably shoot him all right and then the next day front page of the local paper with violent african american killed by police

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