michael dolce points out in newsweek that this is the trend and not the exception he writes that the outcomes of law enforcement efforts against sex traffickers repeatedly support the mc i me see estimate in a twenty thirteen f.b.i. seventy city nationwide raid sixty percent of the victims came from foster care or group homes in two thousand and fourteen new york authorities estimated that eighty five percent of sex trafficking victims were previously in the child welfare system and if the numbers still don't convince you that the foster care system here in the u.s. is dangerously broken well how about some testimony to california congresswoman karen bass a longtime advocate for foster care reform who recently told reuters that quote every youngster that i've ever talked to who was trafficked trafficked says the same thing they didn't come looking for me nobody cared they didn't bother to come

now this doesn't mean that all foster parents are bad or the child welfare workers are all evil most often these are good people trapped in a underfunded bureaucratic nightmare but what these shocking numbers and testimony do tell us is that somewhere between the four to four hundred fifty thousand children that are currently in a system that could easily deliver or abandon them into the hands of true evil predators. which is why we must demand reform and start watching the hawks. to. get the. real deal with. the bottom. like you that i got. with.

because i. welcome everyone to watch the hawks am i robot in downtown because well as. i said this to you before earlier in the day when you tell me about this story and it was i have i try to remember all day remember one person i know that i and that i knew either growing up or as an adult that had been in the foster system at all who had positive things to say about the system most were mostly positive thing you could hear was that i had this one good family or one could play it but it's usually followed by but i couldn't stay there in the state with me around exactly it's a completely messed up system and like i said it's in desperate need of reform especially when you realize like these numbers of saying how many kids or who are in you know we're being taken care of by the state or in these foster homes get moved around and then they end up and trafficking in the giving traffic because you know everything you read a lot of the pimps a lot of people i'm trafficking also grew up in

a system like that so they know how to hook these kids and they know how to suck them in i mean give you one of the biggest things too is that a lot of these kids are just the ones that are reported missing a lot of the kids never reported missing now that is not lost in the system in two thousand and twelve connecticut connecticut police rescued eighty eight children from a sex trafficking eighty six of them eighty six out of eighty eight were from the child welfare system the up. discovered in two thousand and fourteen intimation would read that many foster children rescued from these sex traffickers including children as young as eleven eleven were never actually reported missing by child welfare authorities you know what i was reading is that it can come a lot of times from you know the kids right away so much and always come back that a certain point of the foster care people people take care or don't report it. or they don't want to grant them missing because it could affect their ability to have foster kids at their house to be paid for it they could lose the ability to actually be a foster mother big and bad ways but it's they also some people just like to keep

collecting the check so less people actually taking. resources from them in their home but one of the things as you see also operates this operates the cyber tip line so it's this national mechanism we kind of have for public and electronic service providers to report instances that happen with suspected child sexual exploitation so in twenty seventeen the cyber tip line received ten million reports actually more than ten million reports most of which related to a parent child sexual abuse images so people saw something that appeared to be. online enticement including what they call sextortion which for a lot of when you're talking it's get me getting a young girl or boy to send pictures and naked pictures and then saying i'll tell your mother i'll tell you your code report you. unless you send me more.

business predators child sex trafficking and child sexual molestation so since it was it was conceived the cyber to play and has gotten over twenty eight million reports and here's where we can always find money for so many things we can always find money for or we can always find money to bail out wall street we could always find money because somebody is too big to fail and yet these children are being you know it's too important to fail you need to and that's part of it is you're just going priority when you reserve one of the big problems too is when you look at it like the drug problem i mean from twenty fifteen to twenty sixteen of the fifteen categories states can report for the circumstances so sure the child rule from a home placement because there was drug abuse by a parent and a lot of times this is small time stuff but ultimately we have to get to the bottom of this and we have to reform how our government deals with children who are without parents and are put into foster homes we have to reform those this is important. author and

chef. anthony bourdain took his own life last week and in the aftermath a pattern emerged making it clear that no one on not only are we as a society willfully clueless and how common suicide is but also how to properly treat those left behind from attacking partner the argento and theorizing that she caused his suicide to outlandish claims that he was murdered by liberal spies the media has wasted no time looking for someone to blame for borden suicide and the reason that attacking the surviving loved ones of a celebrity who's taken their own life is so despicable so vile and so in the main it's because they are not. they're not the outlier in our society anthony bourdain was all of us who struggle with depression or thoughts of suicide in this instance anthony bourdain was not a celebrity he was one of us and there are

a lot of us one hundred and twenty three that's how many people take their own lives here in the united states every day that's about one every thirteen minutes so suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the united states with forty four thousand nine hundred sixty five americans committing suicide each year in two thousand and sixteen the c.d.c. found that the highest rates were among white men white males accounted for seven of ten suicides in two thousand and sixteen forty six hundred young people die per year from suicide with one hundred fifty seven thousand young people being treated for self-inflicted injuries per year groups most at risk are native american in alaska native youth boys aged ten to twenty four boys ten to twenty four of all races of those with no known mental condition. eighty four percent of those who died by suicide were male and fifty five percent of those suicides were by firearm

of the suicides where a mental health condition was known sixty nine percent again were male and forty one percent were again firearms related deaths which falls in line with the fact that more than sixty percent of all gun deaths in the us are suicide not homicides . when we look by state it's even grimmer according to the c.d.c.'s national vital statistics system only one out of the fifty united states nevada had a decrease in suicides from one thousand nine hundred ninety twenty sixteen states like new hampshire and vermont and states all across the midwest so suicide rates go up over forty eight percent in some places from one nine hundred ninety nine to two thousand and sixteen american psychiatric association has revealed that thirteen percent of americans aged twelve and over were using antidepressants between twenty eleven and twenty fourteen and that one fourth of those people had been using antidepressants for a decade or more and the rate at which people reported using antidepressants has

increased again by some sixty five percent in the last fifteen years all according to the c.d.c. so if antidepressant usage is rising why are suicide rates not going down but up in fact over ten million americans age eighteen and older are reported to have at least one major depressive episode in two thousand and sixteen with sixty four percent of those cases causing severe impairment which is defined as an impairment or combination of impairments that significantly limit the individual's physical or mental abilities and as a result interfere with the individual's ability to perform basic work activities. and even if you think the government is on top of this issue because it costs them money you'd be wrong despite the very cold hard fact that suicide cost the u.s. about sixty nine billion dollars every year in productivity health care and disability costs the powers that be are not spending much to combat it the national

institutes of health report that they spent one hundred ninety two million dollars studying malaria in two thousand and seventeen yet only spent sixty eight million dollars researching suicide only thirty five million on suicide prevention so here we are once again looking. into the abyss of an epidemic that is stealing the lives of our loved ones and if the government won't do it then we must and that means not just checking in with sad friends or taking stock of your own mental health but truly talking about the things that are crushing our souls to the point of spiritual exhaustion to the point that not living seems better than fighting the pain. asked her friend rose mcgowan to be her voice to keep her shoulder to help shoulder the burden and write the truth about anthony's death i encourage you all to read that letter in full but i'll leave you with a piece of it of rose mcgowan's advice to those of us left behind struggling or

contemplating suicide we have a choice as humans shrink to our smaller ugly yourselves or be better and grow as only true phoenix's can i urge you to be that phoenix. here's hoping we can find peace understanding and love in this dark turning. you know this is one of those statistics have the pieces when you look at it your mind doesn't quite want to believe it but then when you see the reality play out every day you suddenly realize just how serious this is nothing anyone who truly takes stock of their lives realizes that they have been affected either personally or know people affected by depression suicide things of this nature and it's sobering and it's truly tragic and it's tragic to think that people are willing to take their life because it's always think about it's like well gosh if you're at if you're at that point doesn't life only get better but you can't see out of it when you're in those cases and we also live and in

a world where when you look at those numbers obviously it cuts across all boundaries that you know no one area but when you see a large amount of of white men blue collar socio economic white men and across when you see the north dakota south dakota the places where politicians keep saying they're going to save them and we're going to help you they are literally killing themselves these blue collar white men are killing themselves and part of that you have to say is at some point you know what does the media do what it what do we do what do we do to make it a better place for people and good people but i think the first step is not having shame yes depression is not going to be ashamed of anxiety all these things that nothing we should never be ashamed to ask for help and never ever never be ashamed as well as we're going to break off watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics to cover the facebook and twitter and see our full shows that are t. dot com coming up the trump russian meddling investigation is now shaking the foundations

of the u.s. legal system to its very core and conservative commentator steve malzberg helps us rebuild the columns stay to watch the whole. the trump kim summit in singapore was certainly rich when it comes to optics but what about the substance both leaders are clearly looking for a win a process has started there are plenty of obstacles ahead and no shortage of people whose worst nightmare might come true peace coming to the korean peninsula. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill fit to commission to do it like you know. this isn't my cup of tea is going up the study hall maybe. you know john i just hope. the only palestinians who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i

don't think there's some of those who are under the vision that know only could do this. and that is a lot at that age to have to display any of the muscle that you have i'm going to continue muslims you know do more. don't piss off. join me every first day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. thank you. thank you. thank. you the hash tag resistance all left golden boy u.s. special counsel robert muller is back in the. us this time challenging one of the most over fundamental cornerstones of the u.s.

legal system on tuesday mahler and his deputy rush against and filed a fourteen page motion arguing that they should have to release certain evidence to the russian company concord management consulting the company he indicted back in february as part of his ongoing investigation into meddling and collusion in the twenty sixteen presidential election because doing so could result in quote that handing over certain evidence in a criminal case could imperil ongoing investigations now on its surface the motion seems to fly in the face of you know one of the bedrocks of the us legal system specifically the constitutional right and legal custom of allowing a criminal defendant to review and examine the evidence being used against them in order to properly prepare a strong legal defense so what exactly is muller and the gang up to and will those motions stand up in court to help us decipher these latest twists and turns in the ongoing marathon of innuendo and cold war style. joining us live from new york city as conservative commentator steve malzberg see if great to see you. steve

it always is interesting with moer in the you know so what exactly is muller muller's argument in not wanting the courts to allow court members recovering you know to not allow them to view the evidence against them like they would in a normal criminal trial i'm sorry it is not good for in the face of our legal system well here's the deal you know robert muller and the prosecutors involved never in their wildest dreams expected that any of these thirteen russian nationals . or three russian companies including concord would ever show up with lawyers in court because none of them are in the country none of them are in custody it was kind of a no what they referred to in the legal system is name and shame indictments you know you're indicted they're indicted they did bad and more for it my view of publicity kind of thing not to say that there might be some you know legitimacy to some of the charges i don't know i haven't read the evidence i'm not

a lawyer but having said all that concord one of the three companies comes to court says we want a trial we want to see the evidence we want disclosure we want the full you know mcgill here as they say we want bring it on and i think that caught muller and his team by complete surprise they fought the court back in may they had a couple of court appearances and now the latest is that the fourteen page of requests that you referred to with it leading into me here basically it says ok concord could see the evidence but they cannot share it with anybody else with any other co-defendants parade since who concord might feel you need to bring in some other co-defendants in participation of your own to know because that information will get out it will reveal sources and and and the way we do things and peril those things and by the way it will it will

a tip off other people who are still involved they say still involved in trying to was so discord in the united states through troll farms and through the social media and election tampering they say muller says it's still going on so we can't reveal the evidence we have to others yes to concord but concord cannot share it with anybody else and you know it's even more bizarre too is when i was reading this is on top of that it's only concords lawyers apparently too that wouldn't even be like the actual defendants who would become. lawyers and they could kind of person would have to be approved of what they'd actually show the people charges were yeah yeah yeah they want to put up what they call a fire wall attorney i'm learning all these legal terms firewall attorney so if conchords lawyers say well here's some information we want to share they have to go through a kind of a neutral attorney but it's a it's a government attorney although he's not working on the case and that attorney would

decide yes or no now the judge is yet to rule on all this they have been talking amongst themselves concord and and the prosecutors they've agreed on some things but they've. agreed on the nuff to solve this matter a judge is going to have to intervene and may do so very soon you know it's contrary to what we see on television must lawyers don't actually go to court rooms anymore. and a lot you know as most people know that watch this show everybody pleads out which is what you're saying from everybody from cohen man of sorts or whoever everybody is sort of playing out do you think part of it is you know they didn't expect not only didn't expect to have to actually go through the court because they figure they just either ignore it as you said but do you think even handle it isn't is are they equipped to actually try this in a criminal court. well you know like i said name and shame i mean but you are

dealing with career prosecutors here on mother's team and it was i think it was rosenstein at that press conference who named the indictments if i'm not mistaken if my memory memory serves me correctly so they're there if anybody can handle it they can handle it but again now they're in a position and they were put in this position when concorde sent lawyers and hired lawyers and they showed up in court to where yeah ok let's see the evidence let's see what evidence you have and it's from what i've read it's not totally uncommon to have some kind of restrictions on revealing a bedsit ins leading up to trial but you know what there's going to be a trial and you can't hide evidence at a trial so if you were they also said concord specifically in a previous court appearance said we want our speedy trial rights so whether or not this evidence is allowed to be shared with the other co-defendants leading up to trial if there is a trial it will be shared by the by the. open court and that's

a that's a fire alarm but we've been told not to worry about it just so you know. suspect that had a ruler in the russian. suddenly the fire alarm goes off. you know it's really bizarre to me. when you look at this situation and their argument against this evidence all you know what it could be dangerous occurred you know other people could catch the meddling still happening blah blah blah blah is there any world where this is actually true or is this really just fancy lawyer and because i can't see really a vision in a case like this where you know there have been she's going to be so damning it'll ruin all of their investigation down the line if that's the case then that's not much of investigation in my opinion well you know again i don't think they ever in their wildest dreams thought it would happen this way i could understand if i want to be you know totally neutral year and not on. it's said that it's mother and it is steve i can understand that there might be sensitive information that might

reveal some tactics but you know we've heard that so often the committee get information from the department of justice that they request and subpoena even thank you for the alarm going away because because it will reveal sources and intelligence and the way we do things and put lives in danger we've heard that a million times that we see the the documents that were back didn't even not redacted and no such thing is in those documents so you know you have to take mahler's team at their word here and i could understand where if the investigation is still ongoing it might compromise some things but again you can't hide it when you come to the trial and a speedy trial is what the what the constitution does guarantee and you know you can't mask testimony you have testimony in private this has to be out in the open and we're going to know sooner or later and so will the other co-defendants. and they just don't do you really so much as one. thing is that it will come back to

you in a second just in a moment. i think we're there are i but one of the things that that sort of blows my mind is this idea of using very unconstitutional tactics that are like you said bedrock these are the cornerstones of our justice system which is supposed to be the shining beacon on the hill that everyone else by hook or by crook should be following our way of doing things and yet when we're here saying you did something unconstitutional by putting up ads or doing whatever. that this is. somehow criminal that this is somehow something that we should be going after people for at some point is it just like where are the values of what we're supposedly at the time this whole collusion thing the whole thing was supposed to be protecting the integrity of our elections and what i keep seeing is the only people protecting anything are lawyers who are protecting keeping an investigation

that cost the taxpayers millions of dollars going on and on and on because this doesn't seem like muller doesn't see it this doesn't show me that somebody who actually cares about what the constitution and our justice system and that having a fair trial what that means to them on every side. you know here i do believe that we have the best criminal justice system in the world and you know it's certainly a perfect but it is the best i believe and as you know i posted dinesh d'souza occurrences ok and people say he should have been pardoned by trouble because he pleaded guilty and he told me he pleaded guilty because they corrected him but the second charge also didn't believe he did anything wrong by what they were going to threaten with the second charge which could have resulted in more jail time if he didn't plead guilty to the first one so that's the way it's done sometimes for better or for worse and in this case you know there have been apparent crimes discovered on the part of metaphor possibly and maybe others but

they're not related to what the investigation was supposed to be all about and that collusion with the trump campaign and the russian government d'ivoire got a certain any evidence steve i got to say that was the hottest commenter of ever. thank you so much for coming on to join us with your. next thought i hope that won't. amounts of living in paris but not living and paris see china as a place that will have you saying we'll always have. the chinese that we started because we built in two thousand and seven as a franco cillian fantasyland here the large eastern chinese city of hong joe the city is meant to hold ten thousand or more people but is still struggling to actually fill the city with more than a few thousand but those that do live there enjoy eat three hundred foot replica of

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