now after this latest sultan let's let's be frank it was a rape in a murder and this this is what happened to a driver there was actually a complaint about this driver the day before that came in to d.d. and the person at the customer service person did not react accordingly to d.d.'s methods of reacting to something like that within two hours so there didi basically took the hit here and this is something that people have been talking about online as well as the fact that they've been talking about it. from the chinese government we've heard many complaints as well so any way that you turn this not a good thing for d.d. now look they've been taking this very same seriously here's a statement from them this is from the founder and the president herself two different peoples i should say we thought we were using technology to build a better world of mobility six years ago when we started this business the tragedy reminded us we have walked this path without enough respect nor humility now t.v.

has changed its methods saying that you know it's not about growth anymore it's about safety and about protecting customers that's going to be their number one priority alex it seems to me that ober is making a pretty big shift there they're moving away from the ride hailing in urban areas they're moving to scooters and bicycles and i think what they've told investors is that. they may be not profitable in the near term alex because they're moving to these bicycles and scooters as opposed to having several tons of metal rolling around in traffic jams so what do you think. well it's interesting it's one of those like several long term plans according to the c.e.o. that they know they've got me they took a four point five billion hit last year and something like this is going to give them a hit as well but it's the long term plan i mean they have been investing in this type of thing are ready in april they purchased jump and they also they have the

investment in the scooter sharing company line so this is not something that's brand new to them but it's it's an interesting idea of how to move forward knowing that it's going to be kicking a lot but they're saying you know what's important here is the way that we're building cities and we don't want to contribute to more traffic with these massive vehicles also this is great for short hauls for commuters so they don't have to get into a car and you know pay more will be paying less and it's actually a good thing they're saying for drivers because from now on into the more bikes and these electric scooters that you have on the road the more long haul drives that they have so they'll be profiting more in the end so it's a win win for everybody according to her and i also note that toyotas given five hundred million to over to develop their self driving cars will talk about that again r t correspondent alex one hyla that's thanks alex. thank you. and time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return u.s. financial regulators are going after bad actors in the cryptocurrency space in

a big way derrida wall special counsel a cat and you should rosamond join us for the latest plus our t.v. correspondents workforce funny create steve christakis reports on how sports betting business is flourishing and how one gaming company is making it easier for folks to place their bets as we head to break here the numbers at the closing bell we'll be right back. when lawmakers manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final

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welcome back brazil has faced turmoil in the transportation sector this year with truckers strikes rola roiling delivery and inventory operations nationwide now the trucking slowdowns are having consequences in another vital transportation sector shipping global shipping giant merce has raised the alarm saying ports are overbooked for outgoing cargo with some export reserving exporters reserving more space than they need exploiting firms started scrambling for space when the trucking strikes began and buying up space as a hedge against the crunch when the strike finished those exceedingly large bookings in turn exacerbated the overbooking and space problems the friction is getting exports out the door so to speak comes at an inconvenient time for brazil and the world while u.s. acrimony with china over trade issues is reducing chinese purchases of u.s. soybeans brazil now the world's largest oil producer has been expected to fill that gap but now some question if brazil be able to do so given the large logistical

shipping complications. and we are now delighted be joined once again by our friend gary de wall who is special counsel at a law firm rosamond gary welcome back i have a couple of commodity questions for you at first so we saw the markets get a little fuel injection based upon the potential for a u.s. mexico trade deal do you think in commodity markets that news was met with really just a sigh of relief. no doubt it was met with a sigh of relief although it's probably a little bit even supply. side mexico was a big importer of hogs and cheese so you saw the big bump there. it helped everything but clearly we need some relief in china china was responsible for fourteen billion soybeans imports the terrace there have caused about a two dollars per bushel hit to the market price tariffs are really hurting and we're not going to get good changes until we see some tariff relief in china yeah

totally agree with you let me ask you about the the news i was reporting there just a moment ago about brazil and you know i'm not sure that's going to happen but what's your thought about whether or not this transportation logistical problem with shipping could really put a damper on the brazilian exports of beans to china. you know it's interesting the export of beans is actually cyclical from march to september most of the purchases are from brazil for the rest of the year most of the produce purchases in china are from the united states will be interesting to see how everything plays out one thing interesting bart that's to keep in mind is is that despite the trucking problems which really began in june at the end of june the beans on the ports in china were at about a three point five week supply and that actually is greater than the equivalent week supply of three point two in two thousand and sixteen and twenty seventeen zero very interesting oh super data detail so they put

a head yeah absolutely head where they were they were every supposed to do in these markets right exactly ok let's go go to crypto real quick you know the c f.t.c. your old agency my old agency they had one a permanent injunction a ban against an operator for a new york based company called cabbage tech corporation in the c f t c they boldly and viciously defrauded investors in what does this say about how serious financial regulators are about going after bad actors in the crypto space scary sure i think both the f.c.c. and their old agency the see if the sea have been very very active in this space previously bart and i think you and i have talked about it and other editions of your show i have commented that before it was just regulators talking about it and getting settlements now the court decisions are coming down and that's the significance of this case against cabbage stack and patrick mcdonnell it was an actual court saying that crypto currencies are a commodity and that the f.c.c. that they see if d.c.

has the authority to bring these kind of anti-fraud actions against such allegedly bad actors and you know better than i as as as an attorney i mean once you set this case law that actually gives the regulators some more comfort in what they do and i think right now they're probably a little skittish and in that regard gary you know the conflicts but. in the sea if the sea and the s.e.c. the trees or commission are sort of known for those of us who worked at one of these places but how are they getting along in the crypto area i think there's a lot i mean at least from what i can read in the newspapers and my colleagues at both agencies tell me there's a lot of cooperation that being said i think there was a little surprise in many corners last week when the securities exchange commission declined to approve two exchanges exchange traded products of eight nine exchange data products based on futures and if you read the disallowance orders there seems to not have been a recognition of the standards that exchanges must certify in the future space

regarding anti manipulation and surveillance that seems not to been given a lot of comment to you or a lot of respect by the f.c.c. and their disallowance and i wonder what will happen that was actually done by staff of the f.c.c. and now the full i.c.c. will will be reviewing this matter coming out with their own opinion and i'll be curious to see how the f.c.c. deals with the sea if he sees processes for exchange contract approvals well i remember the self certification in our old world in the commodities world gary was the exchanges could self certify and i believe we had like ten days to reject it if we wanted so looking at these e.t.s. i mean i'm i'm supportive of bitcoin irby crypto e.t.f. but they certainly need to be cool with all the rules and regulations and you and i both know all that it's always intriguing interesting and of course enjoyable to me personally gary to have you on the program gary do all of the law from cat mutual roseman thanks gary good to see you again bart. and

politicians and investors around the world are eager to see some movement in the bracks process and anxious to see a minimally disrupted resolution of the debacle now at least one prominent japanese executive is warning that his compatriots are quote seriously concerned at the lack of direction in the negotiations carioca. he she chairman of both ichi corporation and has served since twenty fourteen as chairman of the business better ration mr neck and meant to the environment of uncertainty around bracks it telling the financial times various scenarios get discussed no bracks it plunging ahead without any deal at all we net we are now in the situation where we have to consider what to do with all of them mr knock and he she pleaded for clarity and urged the u.k. to stay in the e.u. customs union in any deal and warned against a no deal hard. and

now we move to sports betting it's a topic we've covered before in light of the u.s. supreme court decision to allow such betting back in may we thought it was time for an update plus there's now a new way to bet you could do it on your phone our team sports correspondent steve any up the details give us deal us the details on what's going on is it taking off steve it really is it's happened very quickly you know since may you know just a few months ago there's already now four states including about of course new jersey delaware mississippi mississippi coming just this month in august and new jersey and delaware jumped on a pretty quickly in june and they already have some impressive numbers delaware being a very small state you know population under one million they generated already fifteen million dollars in total bets that in about one point five million now new jersey four million dollars in revenue revenue in their first month alone but since the launch they've generated over forty million dollars in bets you know over seven million in revenue so it's really taken off in west virginia rhode island and

pennsylvania are next in the coming months are those are pretty impressive numbers whether you like gambling or not like gambling a lot of us like business and like to people see people do well it's so good for them in that regard now what about i think it i don't know if it was which the cup which the gaming resort it was m.g.m. or who's doing an app on the. phone where you can bet on your phone so it is m.g.m. resorts it's called the play m.g.m. new jersey sports betting that now you have to have it specifically for new jersey so i could download it here in d.c. for example but i have to be in new jersey within state lines they use geo trackers in order to bet and all very interested and it's through a specific casino other casinos are going to jump on but the borgata in atlantic city is the only one that's supply in this right now so you download the app you can bet from anywhere in new jersey you have to be twenty one years old and the way it works is app is it's very simple to use it streamlined so you use a virtual wallet you deposit funds into it using a credit card or

a check for example and your funds that are available in your wallet virtually you place bets and your winnings go directly back in your wallet and then you can you know rabbet and and you can bet on any sport right now it's a soft launch it launched last wednesday so it's only available actually for android users at the moment but i phone users and other platforms it will be available for those as well according to the borgata and m.g.m. m.g.m. is the first company to have both physical and mobile sports sports books available and so that's looking to be ahead of the game now in terms of taking over the and so you can't download it here not that i was going to but it uses the geo tracking got to be physically in new jersey in order to bet you can download it anywhere but you have to bet physically in new jersey at the moment yes christakis thank you so much pre-shared all the information. and that's it for this time thanks for hanging out with us you can catch boom bust on directv channel three twenty one dish network channel to eighty or streaming twenty four seven on pluto t.v.

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journalism finds itself in the media spotlight in the us after c.n.n. refuses to retract a trump collusion story even after the network saw some backtracked on his most serious claims. with just lines of battle looming over the last rebel stronghold in syria the russian foreign minister warns that the us is seemingly trying to prevent terrorists from being removed there. and the u.k.'s women's minister comes under fire from rights activists after expressing concern over the rising number of children wishing to change gender we debate the issue. we need to look at why puberty brought in drugs are being handed out like

small cheese to children they don't know their own mind brands people do not choose to be true. they don't make these decisions about gender reassignment without very very serious long track thoughts. a very warm welcome it's scorpion here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us now our top story c.n.n. is under fire after it refused to retract a breaking news story on collusion between donald trump and russia despite the news channels publicly withdrawing a significant claim the whole story was based on well here in the studio with me is r.t. going to do give us some more details on this how does this work exactly why has the network been standing by the story well minky this is the special one and i'm

here to share with you some of my observations for how things are done when it comes to some media organizations across the atlantic as you've said c.n.n. in particular we. we've gotten used to the media sometimes running since ational stories because a number of anonymous sources tell them this or that but my question to you is what if the anonymous source reveals his identity and says that his story is not true or that he has made several mistakes perhaps you will expect these people to take a step back maybe consider some skepticism and publish a correction or take the story down altogether not if you're c.n.n. sources with knowledge tell myself and karl that michael cohen claims then candidate donald trump knew in advance about the june twenty sixth meeting in trump tower crucially these sources tell us that cohen is willing to make that assertion

to the special counsel robert muller. so a key this was part of their original story from a month ago and back then this in sation was that donald trump's former lawyer according to c.n.n. will definitely tell the investigators that mr trump had known about this infamous infamous story from tower sit down featuring his son and the russian it counted for a sensation because many people in that case would see this as solid evidence that the collusion had taken place and a few weeks later the man the called lanny davis who is the attorney of michael cohen he comes out and says that he was actually the source of c.n.n. and that's a then b. he's made a mistake and see his inside into the story it's of course very tricky was misinterpreted

and he eventually even went on air he went to one of the c.n.n. studios to tell people not. the reporting of the story. so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know. that's fascinating isn't it how c.n.n. taken any steps to defend his position after this well i'll tell you that c.n.n. first of all did nothing to warn their viewers that the story could have been false and fact the even began at tacking the man who was their own source initially they kept blaming him for changing his mind like the wind. as there being any reaction from other u.s. journalists in response to this well other influential media the likes of new york times and washington post by the way these guys broke the news story after c.n.n.

when the new circumstances were real did they at least cast some sort of doubt over it. what they did was they published some sort of editor's note or follow or purports they didn't see the story was false or all together but again at least casting some sort of doubt counts here and that was the point when journalists went to c.n.n. for comment all c.n.n. said was we stand by the story we still think it is true and it's still right because apparently they had multiple sources the question is did they reveal any of these sources no did they cast at least some glimmer of doubt over it no that's fascinating thank you for bringing us that story today that's not easy. moving on now the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in

syria the northern province of italy is surrounded by army forces with a decisive battle looming the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has warned that the u.s. is seemingly trying to prevent terrorists from leaving the area. it would suggest that it's answer now when the us is staring the situation around a glib we want to know how can damascus have chemical weapons if the us france and great britain destroyed them last year. we have the impression that us threats against damascus are aimed at preventing terrorists from being expelled they're. not getting those or it's going to learn. the chemical weapons provocation which is being prepared was aimed at keeping only us through that. we believe these egotistical unilateral political games are counterproductive we believe all the conflict should be solved multilaterally with open contacts between the countries

including regional countries. as tensions mount him in the russian center for syrian reconciliation says it's received intelligence on the delivery of toxic substances to the province he claims the material has been brought in with the help of the white helmets rescue group for use in a false flag attack russia has previously warned militants are preparing to stage a chemical attack and is more advanced you have has more on the potential escalation of the situation and it lip. it is shaping up to be the end a last showdown between jihad ists and the syrian army it is the last remaining stronghold of islamist and rebels what's worse is the foreign power buildup in the region out of the blue u.s. cruise missile delivery systems guided missile destroyers strategic bombers a re basing and dropping anchor near syria days after the u.s.

and its allies warned that take action if chemical weapons are used by asaad as we have demonstrated we will respond appropriately to any further use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime and russia which is beefing up its own presence warns that it's the islamists that are plotting just that the u.s. continues to expand its presence of cruise missile carriers in the middle east which is connected to the preparations for another false flag incident allegedly involving chemical weapons russian reports of u.s. military buildup in the eastern med and nothing more than propaganda it's not true that does not mean however that we're unprepared to respond should the president direct such an action the united states denies building up its forces but says it's ready to attack syria if need be the good news is that russia and the united states are also apparently in talks to prevent any potential use of chemical weapons but

the danger remains the worst case scenario an international escalation militarily the rebels stand little chance against the syrian army what could save them is a foreign intervention caused by for example a staged chemical attack syrian armed forces have no chemical weapons and no plans to use it with when you go there is no military necessity for to snuff anat to the russians to assert that the syrians have no chemical weapons sensible global will no. used militarily useless means to draw the fire of three powerful countries upon themselves we have no information about chlorine being too little to consider it as an invitation to the rebel groups to stage another chemical attacks as they did it in the east and that is what happened last time say the russians they staged the incident in ghouta that led to a us french and british cruise missile barash against syria.

these time what with the military build up the stakes and reask of an escalation will be much higher but it hasn't begun yet there will be a big conference on friday but chances of a peaceful resolution look slim the russian reconsideration center has been trying to broker a deal but the jihad ists remain defiant what's the deal is that there is many years two million civilians in need living trapped between jihad ists and.