the two thousand and one person is killed and two hundred injured in chaotic protests across france over soaring full fuel prices. soared fed up they take their money every day have small salaries for can make ends meet by the end of the month overtaxed pensioners can barely survive the street has broken the camel's back michael and his buddies just like those before sending things from bad so was the pentagon fails its first ever audit looking into spending on arms and military personnel. and demonstrations break out across ireland as

a man is cleared of rape after the court is told that the new cues are whistling provocative underwear. a broadcaster a lot of direct forest it is moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right one protester has been killed and more than two hundred injured during clashes in france over rising fuel prices now according to police a truck driver panicked and accelerated after being surrounded by protesters in the east of the country and ran over a sixty three year old woman and a twenty three percent surge in diesel prices of the last year has triggered mass public.

these are pictures from paris where protesters block the roads causing major traffic jams several separate demonstrations are being held in the french capital some eighty people have been taken into custody or he's dubinsky has more from paris we've come here. though he does have a look out here pushing much all the way from his owners plus to go on the roads has been blocked by many people wearing those yellow vests she crowds coming together to block off this all jury of paris and it looked at one point like

a sea of yellow vests walking down the streets we take a look to want to trilby can see that the traffic has been halted in some parts there as well more people in yellow vests they hate to make a voice is heard and they certainly are having an impact in this part of paris was. because. this is a movement of people who want to come out together to show how unhappy they are with the policies of micro particularly about the increase in the few places that we've seen over the last year also here in france people saying some fuel is going up by more than twenty percent in the. we understand though that across france up to two thousand demonstrations like this is taking place with over

a hundred and twenty thousand people taking thought this is what they've been telling us they're unhappy with the price of fuel the price of living here france and president macron. they take our money every day we have small salaries we can make ends meet by the end of the month left a degree on the money it's the government's fault they build laws in place that force us to buy new car but need money to buy a new car overtaxed pensioners can barely survive. better prices never stop rising it's the straw that broke in the come. on his buddies just like those before him ascending things from worse they'll score opinion once every five years and then we suffer we suffer they don't care they have chauffeurs they don't pay for petrol there are other ways to raise money how about trying the rich question mark owen has been in power for over a year and a half now and he has spoken many times about the process that are taking place in particular in the last week he spoke about these protests and this is what he had

to say. i hear the anger and it's a fundamental right in our society to be allowed to express it but i'm wary because many different people are trying to piggyback on this movement there is some news coming out from some of those other protests though we understand that one person died in one of those protests you know piers that the interior ministry said that it was a mother and daughter were in a call they were surrounded by the protesters they were on their way to the doctor they got a bit scared and a procession that was killed in an accident the moment it looks like the supporters arrive the anger is rising and these protesters absolutely determined that they voices are going to be heard at least at this time by president bush on. the pentagon hasn't failed its first ever full audit on on's and personnel spending but while the discrepancies have been discovered no exact figure has been given on

how much money was on the stand for defense officials so that they are not surprised. we never thought we were going to post an audit everyone was bets against us that we wouldn't even do the old it all right the pentagon audit started the last of december and covered two point seven trillion dollars in assets the cost of the checks totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars more than a thousand auditors from outside firms examined hundreds of thousands of items only five out of twenty one departments were given a clean bill of health the army navy air force and marines all failed and now more than half a billion dollars are needed to rectify the problems revealed by these checks archies came up and has commentary. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were listed as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were

functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the

american taxpayers for more money to correct the problem of wasting money to begin with. u.s. prosecutors appeared to be drawing up charges for the wiki leaks founder julian assange they were friends to the case occurs apparently a mistake as part of an unrelated court filing. the complaint supporting affidavit would need to remain sealed until someone has a receipt in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and could. avoid a wrist i'm dick's tradition in this matter. has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since two thousand and twelve last year sweden dropped a sexual assault case against him however he still faces arrest in the u.k. for breaking the terms of bail u.s. officials have repeatedly called for us to be extradited for leaking files on the wars in iraq and afghanistan back in two thousand and ten that same year wiki leaks also released hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and in two

thousand and seventeen group published the largest leak in cia history julian assange his lawyers have called the possible indictment a dangerous precedent the notion that federal criminal charges could be broad based on the publication of truthful information is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set u.s. indictment obasanjo's agree violation of press freedoms obviously when wiki leaks broke into the international consciousness about eight years ago has a lot of allies in the international media and works particular closely with organizations such as the washington post the new york times and the guardian newspaper in the u.k. then there seem to be a lot of in-fighting and these old legacy media outlets started turning on julian songs so the question is why they're not protecting one of their own today not realize that if they don't protect one of their own they would be equally vulnerable under these sort of laws and i think that's something that the legacy media in the west needs to really seriously think about either we have press

freedom for all we have press freedom for none. of us a judge has ordered the trump administration to restore the press credentials of c.n.n. correspondent jim acosta he was barred from the white house after an argument to during a press conference in case you missed it here's our he's probably go with commentary . donald trump buses c.n.n. has jim acosta missed it sometimes everyone's the bad guy. the orange one and c.n.n. the mom at the white house quoting a press conference posed a real die lemme how do you pick sides when they're acting like overgrown supposed to support a call say you've got to ignore the fact that he was attempting to lecture the commander in chief while trying to take over a press conference to get behind trump you'd have to ignore that he called a journalist and an enemy of the people and he's trying. ultimately though everyone decided it had been a bad day for roll lessons were learned than they line was drawn on to the whole

story affair just kidding the white house threw a female into an on the front. seat at the high rate of banda costa from the white house accusing him of placing his hand on the internet and so c.n.n. is now suing them well here it is the whole disgusting horrifying headline grabbing right thing video and well you know who are you worried i should not start to disclose that show don't ask one of the other folks that stood up for me ma'am this was me that's enough was frozen ride one of the domingo i may ask you on on the russia investigation are we looking at the video. just look at the outrage in the room from these some grow witnesses. this guy is so horrified it doesn't even the whole police and the foreign find see he may not be real and we talk about. this woman is so shocked by the word both on she distracts us self by cleaning out one

of her own and this young lady just learned them with their or she's thankful i told her that i the way she does not look up looks for the white house rose out and makes three me question a black station about a nonevent the global media and all those online on the list take the bait. so the nation's not talking about stuff that actually mark says that he will turn south the politics of distraction really does what you know my god what is that. gotch. a rape trial has parked outrage in ireland after the defense used a controversial argument concerning consent to in the case of his honest as he is sure to explain to what extent does what you wear send a message especially a message that you wouldn't mind meeting someone or that even having sex with them would be all right with you and does a lazy thongs probe that message loud and clear that

a regular old pair of granny panties or is it not up to a piece of cloth to express consent for a woman a recent court case in ireland has fired up this conversation after a pair of underwear was presented as evidence at a rape trial in the city of cork a twenty seven year old man was accused of rape by a seventeen year old woman he said she had consented she said she didn't the man's lawyer had a one point use the woman's choice of underwear as proof of her intent that's the evidence of the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meet and so one being with someone you have to look at the way she was dressed she was wearing a thong with a lace front the defendant was unanimously acquitted by the jury protesters took to the streets in several irish cities over the lawyers stunt demanding an end to victim blaming in court but i don't. think so. the whole long as you're

a open public in protest as well as police did on the steps of the courthouse where the trial took place can send cannot come from clothing it can't come from a piece of material it can only come from the parents and the outrage reached the irish parliament to be seen recently close faked even contraception being used to discredit women who have to bravery to go to course women around the world are posting photographs of their underwear online as part of a campaign dubbed this is not consent my sexy on. where my plunging neckline my short skirt my tight jeans none of them is concerned you know what is me saying yes it should never be most shameful to be raped and to be a rapist no means no. especially churkin our team. and the wreckage of an argentine tinian submarine has been discovered a year after it went missing details after a short break these are dangerous. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. the reserve bank unable to come talk to see yes this is at the center of america's descent into financial armageddon yes can you blame the fed for such things as the infrastructure collapse across america the ecological collapse if you going to california wildfires and hurricanes across the nation and the busted pipes in detroit leading arsenic poisoning and lead yes yes you can because they give money to the bad people.

or it didn't toughen this is the phrase that has become a montra for many people but as more and more people get involved in visualizing the world around them is the story we tell ourselves about it's also changing. this is our international clashes have erupted in greece on the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy three student uprising against the military joint. in athens rioters build barricades and through fire bombs at officers responded

with tear gas and stun grenades and of there were also clashes in thessaloniki the country's second largest city eight people have been detained. the wreckage of an argentinean submarine which went missing a year ago with forty four crew on board has been located in the atlantic relatives of the crew have gathered to pay tribute to their loved ones the san juan disappeared four hundred kilometers off the coast in november last year just before contact was lost it reported an electrical breakdown the navy now says the submarine imploded and they found its parts scattered around the area the exact cause of the implosion is not yet known. the u.n. official has accused of the british government of inflicting misery on the country's poorest people through austerity policies poverty is really a major challenge in the united kingdom what i found in my discussions with

minister is. is basically a state of denial and happy with the way in which the policies are playing out and i think that sort of punitive approach to benefits is awfully inconsistent in fact breaks it is going to make that was because those in the lower income levels are really going to soften. or one in five brits live in poverty and over a million people cannot afford basic essential report by the un reportorial are on poverty and human rights adds that child poverty could hit forty percent within a few years but the u.k. government says it is doing all it can to tackle the problem. we are absolutely committed to helping people improve their lives when providing the right support for those who need it. the author of food bank of britain. says the u.k. is not just ignoring the problem it even benefits from it. a why in twenty thousand

people are literally starving to death here in london one of the richest capitals on the planet why isn't this story is not number one on the b.b.c. number one on i.t.v. poverty one in five that's twenty percent of the population are in poverty poverty is an issue we all need to be addressing all political parties are responsible why is it with one in five people in poverty in this in the u.k. no one political party has a minister dedicated to eradicate poverty and that in itself is a scandal that poverty is not being addressed it's not being seen as having any value and the reality is too many people are making money out of poverty. the deadliest wildfires in california history have now claimed seventy four lives more than a thousand people are still missing the fires started on nov eighth and have destroyed nearly twelve thousand buildings the vast majority of the deaths are due

to the camp fire in northern california's butte county the inferno has destroyed more than nine thousand eight hundred homes it was fifty five percent contained as of saturday morning. public health fears have been expressed in one mexican state over the vast amounts of coca-cola being drunk people have been turning to the fizzy drink due to a water pollution crisis. i mean here melissa the state has failed to provide safe drinking water so coca-cola

like any company is taking advantage of the gap the needs to be felt people need water or something else to drink so coca-cola comes in. it. could call as an offering for daily work and enough ring to god. in indigenous cultures these posh liquor which has always been the favorite ritual drink now color is on the same level. if someone has no money they can use the soft drinks a form of currency. does could cure the people oh yes drinking coca-cola will take everything back out of your body. previously it was estimated that thirty percent of the population consumed chalk

drinks now it's fifty percent. one of the big consequence would have been diseases that people come to the hospital none of them are bastardy and. i had my regular check on them. and that was when they detected the sugar disease. in san cristoval and the surrounding municipalities water is not drink and sea water is not providing. thirty seven minutes and some change that's when i'll be back with more news you're watching our two international stay with us.

i don't. know. i don't think the democrats very much moved in a go shape with the republicans or president so i think people are going to have to acknowledge that the united states over the next couple years is going to be consumed even more so by or internal our turtle bickering in affairs and. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that prevalent in this

population a problem for conviction if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of the interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said if i would cooperate santa statement then i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with solving their crime. takes or didn't talk then this is the phrase that has become a montra for many people as men. and more people get involved in the world around them how is the story we tell ourselves about ourselves changing.

pranking gave americans a lot of job opportunities i needed to come up here to make some money i could make twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could make fifty thousand dollars a year truck so i chose to drive truck people rushed to a small town in north dakota was an unemployment rate of zero percent like gold rush is very very similar. but this beautiful story ended with pollution and of a station a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here and just slowed down so much they lost jobs that laid off the american dream is changing it's not what it used to be. and it's a tough reality to. find

a match kaiser this is the kaiser before the show that takes you into a house of mirrors or is it. cissie we look like each other but this is actually kind of a mirror reflection of the last episode because we were in the last episode we talked about general electric g.e. and all the share buybacks which did not save that company from well right now it looks like bankruptcy but of course the democrats in the house could rescue it but here is a tweet that shows big u.s. companies spent more money on buying back shares than they did on capital expenditures in the first half of twenty eighteen the last time that happened for two straight quarters was just before the crisis according to this chart from deutsche bank's thorsten stock there you go these are the share buybacks and that's

the stock price and we look like we could be in for another crash crash yeah exactly well. a few points there number one share buybacks used to be illegal why for this very reason just hollows the company out it's like debt monetization by government was the u.s. is also engaged but is kind of like that mount is ation for a corporation which follows a corporation in a corporation collapses number two this is obviously why there's no infrastructure because companies that are in the infrastructure business are buying back their own stock instead of building infrastructure number three were they get all this cheap money to buy back their own stock oh they're going to from the federal reserve bank oh wow even a fair reserve bank enables a contactor see yes is it at the center of america's descent into financial armageddon yes can you blame the fed for such things as the infrastructure collapse

across america the ecological collapse having california wildfires and hurricanes across the nation and i'm busted pipes in detroit leading arsenic poisoning in lead yes yes you can because they give money to the bad people because the bad people have leverage in a clump darker so. there is that but importantly all of that started in the last episode we pointed out that general electric shares had an all time high in two thousand just as bill clinton exited and left behind the destruction of glass steagall and the introduction of the commodities futures modernization act so all those that hyper financialization and the extraction of all the wealth and the looting of the nation and the wealth have been created over the previous generations was possible only once you know clinton gave that as a gift for all of his you know exiting treasury secretaries and other officials who

then went on to work for the same firms that engaged analysts financial engineering so from two thousand we've seen that you know the total destruction of the wealth creation machine in this country and you also see the decline in average wages really start to drop off then from then on the wealth and income gap really take off as are the wealth extraction you you know the stock markets have become a tool for wealth extraction not wealth creation that it used to be so they extract all the wealth and who owns all the shares but the top ten percent but especially the top one percent of the population and they extract all the wealth and all those people who are working at these companies have to work for a wage if you don't hold these assets that have now become like a carcass to be picked then you're going to be a sucker like one of these useless class as they're now being called a lawyer bring up an interesting point there on a subtle distinction can be made between money printing and financial engineering

which for the most part means. exaggerating or expanding the ability to borrow so clinton with the commodity futures modernization act and they were ducks and glass steagall allowed corporations to put up not ten cents for every dollar they are owed or even one penny for every dollar they borrow but one one hundredth of a penny for every dollar they borrow. that means that the asset base that girds this upside down pyramid called the american economy is getting smaller and smaller and smaller more as the debt gets bigger and bigger and bigger that's an unstable structure that means at some point it topples over and some point if you will leverage when it becomes to the point where it is now where the interest on the debt is a line item on the budget that exceeds some.