i know. police and friends are angered by plans to arm private security officers as the country wrestles with improving its security situation. given a couple years a real risk with these agents not having enough training having a weapon in your hand means the possibility of taking it out of the question. the outrage over brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination which has divided america shows no sign of dying down with some supporters of his candidacy even being made to apologize. and saturday night sees the most anticipated mixed martial arts fight of the year as flamboyant irish star conor mcgregor takes on russia's undefeated and my grandmother and las vegas we spoke exclusively to habeas father.

everything that we wanted to see how we've seen in him restraint the clarity of vision complete tranquility to stick by. crime. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q thanks for joining us this hour. not the rule of law but the law of the strongest that was the damning assessment of french national security by the country's outgoing interior minister before his resignation earlier this week but some of the measures that have been tabled to improve the situation have been slammed by france's police force charlotte dubin ski has the details. aspirant says interior minister resigned this week has shown a spotlight on the state of the country's security and it was stark.

i went to all these neighborhoods the situation there is very bad it's time to restore the rule of law there because today it's rather the law of the strongest there the rule of narco traffickers radical islamists who have taken the place of the republic france has been on a high terror alert since a wave of islam missed attacks in two thousand and fifteen which killed more than one hundred and forty people and the atrocities kept coming. in a bid to keep france safe two hundred and fifty thousand security personnel are deployed

every day but forces say they're being stretched too thin and have reached a breaking point they've worked on most twenty two million hours in overtime without any extra pay but m.p.'s from korn's own party have a simple solution to the problem private security forces are a component which we must know take into account everyone recognizes that there are no key partner there report suggests guards in places like supermarkets and shops should essentially become another arm of the security services it suggests that they could all be equipped with tasers have the right to carry concealed weapons and even get a distinct uniform police unions off furious to give its privatizing security there's a real problem with the risk of private security agents being more the risk to our

citizens than an advantage right now few private security agents can carry firearms but that could also change up to three thousand could be granted the right to carry guns and rifles a situation which could cause a small revolution in the homeland security again making police unions uneasy yet many people use a real risk with these agents not having enough training having a weapon in your hand means the possibility of taking your life is out of the question and he says the changes could also lead to a clear divide. between the protection of vailable to those who can afford it and those who can't. foresee will fringe people have an equal right to security we want the public service missions to effectively protect french people from the privatization of security because if it's privatized security will depend on the purchasing power of the fringe to defend themselves and protect themselves also the

officers are worried it will move fronts closer to the u.s. model a country all too familiar with gun violence so far this year there have been more than two hundred seventy mass shootings in the us mass shootings mass shooting in florida another mass shooting in a year of mass shootings the shootings continued unabated people are dying more people have been killed at schools this year and have been killed while serving in the military where the mass shooting generation while france understandably wants to make tragedies on its streets a thing of the past police have. plans and say there is a far simpler solution just give better back up to existing officers who are accountable to the very people they are meant to protect. in the us tensions remain high over brett kavanaugh as nomination to become

a us supreme court justice a final four vote is expected later today which is now all but certain to go his way that after the f.b.i. failed to find convincing evidence he committed sexual assault but that is didn't stop protesters from flooding the senate halls after broad cavanagh when a key procedural vote ahead of the final one. warning you going to jail inside. the magazine. there's even been an internal revolt among facebook employees that's after they discovered one of the firm's bosses is a close friend of cavanagh and attend his hearing last week samir khan picks up the story. it may be the number one news story in the u.s. right now but weighing in on the cabin or case can prove fatal in today's political climate facebook's vice president joe kaplan

a close friend of kavanagh's made the grave mistake of attending the hearing to support his friend and kaplan's crime was caught on camera facebook employees were furious complaining about it on a private message board he knew that this would cause outreach internally but he knew that he couldn't get fired for it this was a protest against our culture and a slap in the face to his fellow employees according to kaplan they'd been friends for over two decades he attended his wedding their kids grew up together but friendships no excuse when confronted by liberal outrage so kaplan groveled apology i want to apologize i recognize this moment is a deeply painful one internally and externally given the level of hysteria facebook went even further apologizing on behalf of the whole company our leadership team recognizes that we've made mistakes handling the events of the last week and we're grateful for the feedback from our employees believe it or not all this was nothing compared to what an american pastor said in one of his sermons if he dare to

mention the capital case regardless of where you stand politically regardless of how you read the situation. just step back from all that the twitter already were so incensed there was talk of not only boycotting his church but all churches the pastor apologize explaining that he wanted nothing but he's on no way intended to make any kind of statements about his guilt or innocence it was assume and to do with the incivility in our society this time if pain was invoked i'm sorry and i hope you can forgive me when the new york times ran a poll calling into question the validity of the statements coming from kavanagh accuser christine for twitter flipped out yet again which prompted the company to remove the poll and convey it's in serious apologies. we're sorry for this tweet in the great respect twitter poll is insensitive in light of the gravity of this hearing we've deleted it it's hysteria mixed with hysteria misinformation and

you also have a this is the most support you have a sockpuppet bumper sticker media that fuels this gives all of these people all of the time they work no matter what no matter what the allegation. and if you dare dare to question the legitimacy the veracity the factual bases the the evidence that contradicts from other witnesses as well your anti-woman anti-female you are you're in favor of rape and rapist and your shut down if you show anti social media and in your own workplace if you're an academic you even question this dare question every aspect of this. the most anticipated mixed martial arts fight of the years on saturday

night in las vegas star conor mcgregor takes on undefeated russian know my grandmother who is bidding to retain his role title and tensions are already boiling over. i. our sports correspondent. has travelled to doug. native land and spoke to his father and coach ahead of the match ahead of the big fight you can practice your fighting skills in so all is set for the biggest fight in you have ceased twenty five year history and we will be covering it from here the land of the other elixir assessed the artsy reporting in the republic of dagestan.

may be the most anticipated fine of the season some would rather see two other big names turn to each other. for a show they want me to get into a boxing match. riyadh says it owes nothing to america as the war of words with donald trump escalates that story and more after the break.

something seemed wrong but i. just don't. get to see palin just think that's a cool and in against me because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. unfortunately the united nations security council in this approach to yemen is going to turn this into the speech of envoys it affords every month or two months and then that is until today when we expect the erroneous and i mean that imminent to present it to the security council would make these statements which are always ready to.

welcome back brazil will go to the polls within twenty four hours and general election where a controversial right wing candidate is currently the front runner runner former army captain joe you're both so narrow is known for his homophobic and sexist remarks and his support for military dictatorships daniel hawkins explains why he's been branded the brazilian trump. if you're a fan of drama and soap operas on a national scale you should be following brazilian politics it's got impeachments corruption scandals betrayals raging passions it even comes with an r. rating for violence it's a guilty pleasure addictive with its twists and turns and the season finale is just around the corner the country goes to the polls in a general election at this sunday is not want to miss if only to see the fate of

the main protagonist meat. labeled the trump of the tropics like his blonde counterparts his relationship with women is complicated but. just for the problem. he shoots from the hip and is a fount of firearms. for the story as well the good news story there is the you thought girl above the rose as well as the bible apparently just look at his slogan. was. his supporters like trump fans admirers someone who says that how it is. lost now says what everybody wants to say the does not have the courage to say that's why i'm voting. numbers to my group my family what he says in using the honest person he's patriotic.

he's made it this far because he is not corrupt he's like family because he is ethical he is our only hope and that is why i'm here even those who love to hate can't stand him because obvious similarities to trump i think a good hearted person. breaks even the never troubled protest movement is comparable to hash tag resistance in the usa. although the anti trump backlash never quite reach such fever pitch levels possibly because nobody managed to get the trump anyhow both sinatra has suffered for his straight talking even getting stabs at a campaign rally. both is like trump upgraded he takes things to a whole new level and a couple felt like you know you do the standoff in with bush.

and i think of the no no no no i did it who was this is my kid go to school. he did. it what you forget what is it you want but even those out haven't shaken his lead in the polls his trump like promises are playing their part no will government red type put brazil fussed privatized state owned farms get real tough on crime at all costs and in a country that has a history of rampant crime and corruption his cool stuff found an audience population is fed up with corruption population is fed up with going on the crisis and in a crisis of representative each of the traditional parties sold the very fact that is leading the race as a front runner is a sign of times here people really don't care what he actually thing about gay

people or minorities or or human rights they're really really one that changed a human body is just change one can argue that he's not serious about being the change he's not prepared for being the change this is a good argument he was really a fringe figure in brazil in politics someone who's always been there but that was all very important he changed parties all the time but the point is he's contenders that they failed to present themselves as better options even though technically they might be a better option. french president emanuel necron has urged his citizens to complain less saying they should fall the example of wartime leader shelled the goal but after a pensioner expressed anger to the president about his small pension french politicians have rounded on micron over his words because i think he was on the general shoulder told me you can speak freely the only thing we do is have the right to do

is complain because he would be different if everyone did the same those who complain do not do it for pleasure but because they are victims of uninterrupted tax increases and endemic in security in short your policy the president complains all the time there is a deep misunderstanding between him and the people these incessant insults addressed individually or collectively to the french sometimes even from abroad must stop mccrone visited the city of de gaulle's home and burial place during the anniversary of the fifth republic his comments came a week after the french government revealed its new budget plan for two thousand and nineteen this invasions further cuts to pensions and welfare benefits that businesses will enjoy tax breaks back in june the crown said that france spends a crazy amount of cash on social programs meanwhile the latest poll shows micron's popularity has plummeted to thirty percent in another survey the line share of respondents agreed that mccrone is arrogant we asked people in paris what they

think about his latest remarks. the letter was always to complain it's in the french character the car needs to accept anyway we have the right to complain. to the french people and the cancer problem is that he's completely disconnected from what people feel he seems to be young he should be careful not to give too many listen this is what my corn is right the friendship complaining too much i hope he'll have no reasons to complain when he's retired as well. as somebody who doesn't think. he doesn't come up even to. this iraq like others like so while the good things that life is simple and everything is a deal well he's very often. he looks like a young there's not seen much of ron's does not know how to speak with french

people grand looks like a consultant who thinks he's at the head of a company he doesn't understand that he changed his role when he became president. he looks like a cockroach who wants to impose his domination on the farm you know but it doesn't work he looks like the good guy but was a smaller nose. the crown prince of saudi arabia says his country doesn't owe the u.s. a single cent an unpaid weapons bills his remark was a response to donald trump's warning to the gulf kingdom. we project saudi arabia would you say they're rich. and i love the gang king solomon but i said. we're protecting you you might not be there for two weeks without us you have to pay for your village and actually we will pay nothing for our security we believe that all the armaments we have from the united states of america are paid for they're not free armaments we have to accept that any friend will say good things

and bad things you cannot have friends saying one hundred percent good things about you even in your family you have some misunderstandings so we put that in that category riyadh's traditional for iran has also weighed in with terrence top diplomat tweeting it's delusional to think one can outsource security adding that the saudis should in fact focus on building regional relations saudi arabia and the u.s. have been close allies for decades in the last ten years washington sold the country three hundred fifty billion dollars worth of weapons other business deals between the two powers are said to be worth tens of billions patrick henningsen founder of the news website twenty first century wire believes iran is simply trying to convince saudi arabia it doesn't need a u.s. protection. the question is who is the u.s. protecting saudi from they're not going to be invaded or overthrown by styria or even there is no country strong enough to topple saudi arabia except for the united

states so that's how our protection racket works you pay the mafia and the mafia allows you to run your business and what iran is doing by reaching out is basically exposing that hypocrisy stand look you are under a protectionist arrangement or a protection racket arrangement from the united states and so why don't you think about a collective regional security arrangement that's in everybody's interests and so not to be a client state of washington. the art world has been left stunned after a work by graffiti artist banksy which had just gone under the hammer for over a million dollars proceeded to self-destruct. the iconic image girl with red balloon was shredded by a secret automatically activated device fitted at the base of its frame auction house attendees gasped as the art prank unfolded before their eyes banksy whose

work is known for his anti-capitalist seems to instagram posting the message going going gone but the buyer needn't be too upset it's thought that the work will have doubled in value as a result of the stunt. that was your recap of today's top news for this hour for further details on all the stories and more head to our website our team dot com thanks for tuning in. good. riddance is a. secret indeed just like priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this the geographic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is

a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not know the highest ranks of the catholic church help conceal the accused priests from the police and justice so listen to that i know that's not as the i intend then i think you look at it to use this out in. this. case both true. and what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be preached. to the right to be press that's what the four korean war can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters at my house. and question and.

when a loved one is murdered it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer it be known to the death penalty just because i think that's a fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found dennison the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying is just no way that hasn't been that we hear even many victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished the respect they get help here is because that's what murder victims' families want. that's going to give them peace it's going to give them justice and we come in and say. we've been through this this isn't the way.

this is max kaiser there's the report later on the program i will not be talking really about a caprio bruce willis. yes we are still in hollywood this is downtown los angeles california it is now become not so much just skid row it's also hipster ville you know everywhere there is skid row in and the west coast of america you also have. seattle silicon valley and downtown l.a. you know one of the guys leading the whole silicon valley wave of hipster mills's google's eric schmidt accidentally discovers labor unions so you remember last week eric schmidt c.e.o. of google he tweeted let's find ideas that can increase the wages of one hundred thousand low and moderate income workers by at least ten thousand dollars delighted

to support call for ideas for a unicorn for the middle class j f one billion dollar wage gain challenge now it's interesting because of course google and silicon valley exist due to government subsidies garments.