that story 3 years had to say he would continue roberts it was unbelievable what we had in everything. video and us t.v. network claims the station pushed the exclusive interview thinking powerful people to convicted paedophile jeffrey abstain we spoke to the founder of the investigative group which obtained. the only conclusion i can draw is that a lot of these network executives are very close to the people that were hanging out with jeffrey epstein her amy amy roebuck. and the stories of the week whistleblowers become the new front line in the political battle being waged in washington as a bill to protect their identity blocks in the u.s. senate. one of its most successful chief executives civil saw

him after he admits to having a consensual relationship with a colleague i guess debate the subject of so names in appropriate in the workplace . you know being a c.e.o. i don't know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people but do you know the world we live in this is an arrow right now of my flower and me to my eye do you let it all over let me. give you thanks for joining us this is the weekly. video appears to show that america's a.b.c. news channel shelved a story on the disc billionaire geoffrey epstein 3 years ago and it was recorded ranting about the station quashing her explosive interview. with an accuser of the

convicted paedophile in it a number of powerful figures are implicated in his alleged crimes. have the story of 3 years i've had to say are you with jenny roberts' palace found out that we have her whole allegations are false andrew and threatened us a 1000000 different ways she told me everything she had pictures everything she's a hiding for 12 years we can start it how do we convince her to talk to us it was unbelievable what we had cleared with everything. i tried for 3 years to get on to no avail and now it's all coming out and thinking is new well of revelations and i presume had i was so pissed right now all the video was obtained by the transparency group project very tough is founded james o'keefe shared his thoughts on the footage i have to wonder why did they not air these stories why why would that why was the shelled now this came to us from an insider within the network an insider who currently works at a.b.c. news leaked us this tape she says there seems to be some type of network of people

that you know that that is covering up for this and she says she has a she thought all of it quite telling that this insider leaked this tape to project their it's us and not the washington post the new york times c.b.s. or c.n.n. because they seemed to want to protect the people that were working with jeffrey epstein again amy robach saying that f. epstein was blackmailing people there's a lot of powerful people on those airplanes that amy is 100 percent certain he did not commit suicide i don't know why she won't say that publicly but there she is in the leaked tape on the set of the program saying these things when nobody is looking. it was the news defended its decision not to broadcast the story stating it didn't meet its editorial standards the anchor baby robot agreed explaining her comments were made in a private moment of frustration is a reminder of how the story developed 66 year old multimillionaire jeffrey epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from

a minor this was in 2008 he was then registered as a sex offender in july this year he was arrested again and was set to face trial over the alleged creation of a sex trafficking network he repeatedly denied those challenges but a month later was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide. the founder of project very tast james o'keefe again says despite a.b.c. saying the allegations were uncorroborated the network doesn't shy away from other high profile claims. you can see how frustrated any robot when you listen when you watch this tape it directly contradicts what a.b.c. news is saying publicly now about not having enough corroboration there they're fine airing the allegations against maybe brett kavanaugh for or trump or anybody else but when it comes to bill clinton and some of these folks 'd that are mentioned by amy in this hot mike tape they say they just didn't have enough corroboration i'm not sure how a.b.c. news defines

a corroboration when it comes to credible witnesses talking about sexual assault but the only conclusion i can draw is that a lot of these network executives are very close to the people that were hanging out with jeffrey epstein per amy amy roebuck's. democrats in the united states have failed to push through a bill to keep the identity of whistleblowers secret comes as the president's son. tweeted the alleged name of the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment inquiry so the reports on the fate of those who recently dared to speak out in the united states. for the democrats impeachment must now seem tantalizingly close all they need is the final piece of damning evidence to seal the deal and to senate minority leader chuck schumer he has come out arguing for the protection of whistleblowers only rather of one intelligence officer whose insider info could make or break the impeachment dream the calls to make public the whistleblowers

identity are despicable whistleblowers should be protected period period that's quite the radical departure from his previous comments on those exposing government abuses and each day that snowden is allowed to room 3 is another twist to the nie snowden is a one of the few picked up by the media he chose the path of raising his voice and go in cologne bowl unlike the hundreds of others who chose the path of least resistance you see they quietly launched official complaints hoping for the system to reform but they were out of luck because as a damning report from an intelligence watchdog shows the cia and n.s.a. when 189 out of 190 cases of whistleblower complaints by had to

send you the link but the report was shot down i wonder if mr schumer praised or even remembers all those whistleblowers who ruled against what the name for example rich barlow bring about now living in a trailer in remote montana with his hunting dogs back in the late eighty's bhalo worked for the cia now he found himself in a patriotic dye lamma when he uncovered what he said amounted to the u.s. helping pakistan become a nuclear power including by selling band technology and though he followed protocol he became the victim of a smear come. pain disgraced and discredited barely able to scrape together a living i was disgustingly patriotic and i thought the government is allowing pakistan to develop and spread nuclear weapons and i got destroyed for trying to stop it what about former u.s. marine affronts kayo he thought he'd found a way of reducing the number of u.s. troops dying in iraq as

a result of improvised explosive devices all that was needed was a simple swap of patrol vehicles and given that r u d s were responsible for over 60 percent of all american losses in the country between 20032008 surely the pentagon would have been interested the response was more of. an automated response he's not obeying our instructions he's he's gone off the reservation as we often say. and we've got to stop him from doing that and just as it took gail 7 years to restore his reputation it took just a few months to discredit peter van buren raising 24 years of loyal diplomatic service from pure and found himself on the wrong side of the table when he shed light on state department mismanagement i'm waste in iraq what happens when you're

thrown out of the government and blacklisted is that you lose your security clearance and it's very difficult to find a grown up job in washington you have to step down a few levels to find a place where they don't care enough about your background to even look into why you washed up there the list of nameless faceless and unrecognized whistleblowers goes on and who to blame them for choosing to do to free fall their complaints because if you follow and manning all snowden's footsteps sure you might end up with your name on a plaque card and become the face of the fight for transparency but you might also find yourself. baas and while you're sitting in prison think about how your brothers in arms only have a how to one and 190 chance of success whistleblowing protection should actually exist in all countries because it helps the country to have people tell the truth about corrupt officials united states pretends to have allies that

protect whistleblowers but they often either don't work or they are deliberately sordid and certainly the government officials do not want anyone ever telling about things they do illegally the governments are basically wanting to control saying who's in control public opinion they put john kiriakou in prison for telling that for instance is that the cia was torturing so they normally absolutely do not want to protect whistleblowers and they actually hate anyone who tells the truth about their illegal activities schumer about him alongside the washington elite needs to clarify his position on whistleblowers if you are a whistleblower you need to accept that harassment prison self-imposed exile just being consigned to the forgotten pages of history are all on the cards unless of course you happen to be that rab breed of whistle blower who finds himself in the

right place at the right time with just the right exposé. this weeks or a major shake up in the fast food world with mcdonald's c.e.o. being fired for having a relationship with an employee something strictly against company policy the company forbids romantic links between managers and both direct and indirect employees steve easterbrook took over as chief executive in 2015 after working his way up through the company he's been widely credited with revitalizing the fast food chains restaurants a venue and a message the stuff he apologized on admitted his dismissal was the right decision because the opinions of legal analyst and t.v. and radio host karen took. the fact that the best c.e.o. that they've had in a long time is now going to be out of a job because of a personal issue is really sad i mean it's just the state of how we look at things today in america and this was a consensual relationship there was really nothing

a licit that he did is the way it is and in today's arrow of me to in the law not to mention their only history of. problems here and there what are they going to do it's their law he knew what he was executive he violated and that's it you know it's hard to meet people these days i'm sure it's hard to be single i'm married but you know as a single person in america you know being a c.e.o. i don't know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people you know what is golden parachutes going to be today oh my god this poor guy we're good to meet at the bloody. commies east is too busy for that and it's funny how we read into it while it was consensual or nobody's saying it was rape nobody's a kludge it was a violent physical attack of course it was consensual but do you know the rule that we live in this is an era right now of matt lauer and me too i do i do know the rules out all over i mean see the era of over it all over it. over it could

i mean as a woman in america you are not in charge of i should judging people i'm tired of us judging you everybody is going to relationship no i'm not and you know why if i was if i was in charge i think the world might be a better place because we're going to sirt some logic into this minutia that has become so consuming in today's journalism and in today's america perhaps the company could have some sort of agreement where you know we allow consensual relationships with some sort of agreement between the parties before our eyes and you know and gauge in sexual conversation would you please sign this hand to it would you signal that yes we are and people to one people do it every day now it's a world we live in and you have stabbed. who drives for sexuality what are you talking about who does it right you might have to you might have to you might have to have a contract year to protect yourself. syrian president says that the west's

turn to incite a revolution in his country through sanctions has failed bashar al assad shared the thoughts in an exclusive interview with r.t. the 1st time he spoke into an international channel in more than a year. what did you make of it when. the british government sent the royal navy to intercept of the iranian vessel. they said the iranian government said it was with heating oil. for syria. the sanctions from the european union going to the poorest people in syria this winter. exactly 1st of all this is bogus. the biography by the united kingdom of the gene and this is the core meaning of the word regime because the regime in gangs of youth something similar.

yes they wanted to effect the people in syria why because those people expected to or to rule with against their government during the difference to just all the war but they didn't they were supposed to be supporting the terrorists the moderate rebels with the angels of white helmet but the people didn't this with their government so they have to suffer they have to pay the price 1st for they have to learn that lesson but you should. with their agenda 2nd this is maybe their last ditch attempt in order to push them to be against big government but they tried to try to before and they didn't work because the people who knew the whole story and they know where their interests life. and you can watch the full version of that interview here on r.t.

on monday as well as on our website r.t. dot com and polls open in spain as the country for yet another general election before the news many years we'll bring you details after the break. you know world big partisan duty. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for. truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. the world is driven by dreamers shaped and personal.

dares thinks. we dare to ask. and months of political uncertainty as it holds its 2nd general election this year around the 4th and its many is triggered by the failure of the prime minister better sanchez to form a coalition with the left wing today must party this is further deepened by the growing unrest in catalonia with the separatist region still reeling from the

fallout from its bid for independence that coupled with chronic employment. the rise of far right parties has fueled growing divisions polls close in less than an hour's time. social media platform to talk is reportedly being investigated by the u.s. government over security concerns video sharing app is chinese armed and popular among teenagers it's also one of the few to challenge the monopoly of tech giants like facebook and google. now you know. i. i'll be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same i'll have to tell you either

you're getting old like me or it's just that your online habits need an urgent update take talk a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and instagram twitter and co you've been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. if it wasn't for his app store majesty the song wouldn't have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but here's something that may surprise old school folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty tick tock is that chinese app. so that's why the top democrat senator in his late sixty's is more up to speed than me 110000000

americans who have information with and the chinese government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u.s. government is already up to reports say they've launched a national security probe into tick talk and the worries are the chinese government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor what's on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasn't given up american born face book speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all it's only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or services like what's up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections on tick tock the chinese up quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. censored now just let me show you what the people behind tick-tock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is

subject to chinese law we're not influenced by any foreign government including the chinese government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both it's time to stick in tag us china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still ities can easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer want to be while way. want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks in teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be picking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after

party. federal cash to boost american roads rail and other infrastructure appears to be way down washington's list of priorities this year america's planning instead to plow transport funds into wages that competes with china even though people back home are still contending with crumbling roads creaking railways and outdated ports and more than explains. china's one belt one road project of building infrastructure around the world is facing a challenger and the united states is not hiding its intent we have no intention of vacating our military or geopolitical position we are here permanently and we will be continuing to invest more here and we will be continuing to have more bilateral trade and i'm spending much more time in the region but wait

a mere year ago donald trump promised to channel money into rebuilding america's decaying infrastructure i've asked republicans and democrats in congress to come together and deliver the biggest and boldest infrastructure play in the last half century the plan generates an unprecedented $1.00 trillion dollar investment in american infrastructure well it sounds great but those plans have been show now the american society of engineers has graded america's infrastructure and they are pretty unimpressed when it comes to bridges c. plus with more than 200000 around the country that are over half a century old dams d. more than $15500.00 of them are listed as high hazard drinking water d. with 2 trillion gallons of treated water lost every year essentially wasted and energy lines are also pretty weak take a look around new york city the richest city in the country the brooklyn queens

expressway is falling apart city planners say that by 2026 big trucks will no longer be able to use it but forget the children's song about london bridge falling down it's the brooklyn bridge that's visibly breaking apart a few years ago 5 people were injured after pieces of granite fell on to the underpass of the iconic brooklyn bridge in fact that bridge is said to be structurally deficient $683.00 bridges in new york city are in disrepair and then there's the sun. way system constant delays the escalators keep breaking down in fact only $31.00 out of $472.00 subway stations are listed as having all structural components in good repair the should be paying attention to what's going on within this country 1st and foremost before we start spending out to look around new york and tell me if that's what we don't need to do absolutely look at the subway system so 100 something years old and it's still like something from the turn of the

century we need to invest in our cities our country and make our country a better place to live it was worse when i was a kid so clean out of it will say u.s. infrastructure is just in a mass. yes i would because i drive a lot of drive it depends on where you live to new york for instance the bridge is in bad shape. and i guess you should take the initiative to really fix it and stop here if loosed yes public opinion seems to feel pretty strongly that we ought to focus on fixing things up here before we go around the world and try to beat china at its own game mop and r.t. new york. funny baby in colombia has been saved from plunging down the flights of stairs by quick thinking family member of the perhaps not one you might be expecting.

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so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to go in for the duration let it be an arms race on all fronts very dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy would be successful ready. to sit down and talk. well we've undergone a corporate coup d'etat in slow motion. 35000 lobbyists in washington they write the legislation they write the bills. all it takes is one phone call from somebody on the hill to someone in the pentagon saying hey turn on the dogs

the hills out to get our program the guys in the senate are on board we need you to turn on the gucci shoes guys to straighten this thing out the guy's been the lobbyist. and what this does is just lock the system up and that's the whole name of the game it's it's called political engineering and i'm like political science political engineering is real. one of the most important things done or stand is essentially creates what we call a self licking ice cream cone and it's like petro motion machine for getting ever increasing defense budgets the way we do it is by downplaying the future consequences to start a new weapon we over promise it's performance under promise it's costs we then systematically spread dollars jobs and profits to as many congressional districts as quickly as possible so that everybody has skin in the game. the people who are invested in this study or people like the.