this hour's headlines stories a college student goes on a shooting rampage in russia. killing wall injuring. before turning the. head coming off in the. supporters of. america's a.b.c. news is under pressure to explain convincingly while. 'd the information.

my name's you know a little welcome 30 minutes of news and views start. we begin in russia's far east where a college shooting has left one person dead and 3 others injured a security guard on duty out the time has been arrested on suspicion of negligence well let's go through water for the 19 year old student smuggled the gun into a construction college where he was studying this by the way is the classroom where the tragedy unfolded investigators seen here working at the scene the attacker was described as calm and quiet and they forced the teacher out of the room before opening fire on his classmates he then turned the gun on himself here's what

witnesses told us shortly after the incident. the 5 of us went to the toilet i was the 1st to answer and i felt how he put a gun to my stomach and he kept silent for a while and then said get out of here begins there's no way he was. he somehow managed to walk through the security with. him killed. did you i wanted to see what was going on i couldn't even imagine that something like this could happen now sits . there does this when you tried to call our children but no one responded and the names in syria names of those who died and who were shot we've got to be careful in the aftermath of especially in the immediate hours after an event a tragedy like this there's a lot of rumors that spread the changed and a lot of misleading in our private for you can from. what the police have said bits and pieces and reports i wouldn't is testimony in the media at 10 am local time in

blagoveshchensk a city in the far east of russia the shooter a student at a construction college arrived late for class the teacher asked him to leave and he did he came back carrying a shortcut to the. through me told the teacher to get out she she was forced out and then he turned the gun on his classmates. but it just got. to. be it's been for years. he continued shooting after that of the kids you know teenagers in all one person was killed another 3 injured one of them in critical condition. the teacher the

teacher scaped and she got help these were right in the scene called in paramedics and doctors the injured were taken to hospitals. or you know if you live in am today to 17 year olds arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds both have been operated on one is in a critical condition the other is stable now police when they arrived at the scene thankfully apparently very quickly before there were further casualties they found him on the 2nd floor in a corridor when he saw police he fired at them there was an exchange of gunfire i went to do a classroom and term a gunman himself committed suicide. the shooter was 19 years old the firearm was licensed the other had a permit for the firearm so it was needed we obtain. as i say investigation underway now to stop this the details but according to witnesses and some of his

classmates the there could have been animosity conflicts between the students apparently he may have been the victim of bullying which in no way excuses what he did but it certainly flushes out the circumstances investigation is under way already this. security guard at the college has been arrested on suspicion of criminal negligence apparently the company that hired him a private security firm there also in hot water because he wasn't licensed to be a security guard at this college. nevertheless the investigation continues well as more information comes in we'll bring it to our viewers one thing i must mention though is you know being that in the aftermath of a school shooting i was in last year there were fortunately many more casualties there. but it always leaves a mark you know the shooting at the school with society's moved vulnerable. turning

attention to south america where bolivia been hit by a fresh round of violent protests this time from the supporters of former president evo morales he had resigned after days of rallies demanding his departure his supporters however are now on the streets calling for the new government to bring him back. we were in the past next to the government residence tear gas was used against protesters demanding the immediate resignation over the government bill should remember expulsion of congress meant. come on shore from the country you can see the grass crowd behind me this seems to be an endless story judging by what is happening now the army is also next to the police including the tanks that support them. or even more as fled to mexico along with many of us party members he stepped

on on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims that last month's election victory has wreaked rallies has described the events simply as a coup violence loosing vandalism soon followed and some of his supporters now say they're fearing for their lives. i don't know what i don't like but they have carried out a coup d'etat against does as of last night we are living like a dictatorship times they are hunting our leaders they are hunting it's very likely that they will see me and want my head to sass is one of the divisions are caused by recess they persecute us as bolivia and it's those from i'll tell you they discriminate against us because we come from alto in the past they discriminate against those who wear skirts and we want to allow it so we're all those star died on monday tuesday bolivian senator janine the 3rd herself interim president of bolivia and was sworn in by her party's double quarter picks up the story. a new

force has seized bolivia's political reins her name is janine is and she's just declared herself interim president but if you did as president of the senate i immediately take on the state presidency for singing in the constitution and i swear to undertake all the measures necessary to bring peace to the country i guess has long been a critic of her socialist predecessor of omar alice who was forced to resign several days ago after the army dropped its support she invoked the constitution to justify getting the top job and has called for new elections but i guess herself wasn't actually elected she was just next in line after the president vice president and head of the senate all relinquished their posts even the legislature itself didn't really elect her because morales supporters boycotted that session now the real people who put her in power there are a colorful bunch. meet mr camacho he was part of

a gang that wasted little time ransacking morales's former home. but these trespassers weren't just a bunch of thieves they were searching for a more spiritual experience here's camacho and his buddies praying with a bible after breaking into the house one of their supporters praised it as christ's return to the bolivian government the bible is returning to the government palace never again will the pacha mama goodness return today christ is returning to the government powerless to live is for christ but you didn't see that 2nd coming but then again come on shows long had a unique take on the lord's work he spent years leading a religious fundamentalist organization called the santa cruz youth union aside from its reputation for p.t. it's also a purveyor of right wing ideology how far to the right well it doesn't get much

farther than this though you. again today. a sizable number of the oppositions activists may be a bit unhinged but it's the political arm that is far more presentable carlos mesa was president before morales and lost another election to him in october the think tank inter-american dialogue lists him as an expert on its website it's d.c. based and u.s. government funded but may says connections to washington run far deeper than that according to wiki leaks he was corresponding with the u.s. embassy in bolivia for years discussing the details of his political strategy no less in a meeting with the charge on october the 27th messam all but acknowledged that ever would win his constitution in january and that there was little point in taking that quick zadok of trying to defeat it of course that makes the white house pretty happy the resignation yesterday of bolivian president evo morales is

a significant moment for democracy in the western hemisphere these events send a strong signal to the illegitimate regimes in venezuela or nicaragua the democracy and the will of the people will always prevail but the situation on the ground is becoming increasingly unstable especially now that the military isn't being 100 percent cooperative right now. because then you have refused to coordinate with the national police or you are saying the military is being overtaken by criminal courts which are destroying the capital as a bolivian do your job we do not want more you would be responsible for everything that happens if after my word or which i make as president i stand for the crimes john and it will be your responsibility on his may have gotten to the top sticking to the letter of the law but it's going to take a lot more than that if she wants to patch up latin america's latest political vacuum. let's get the thoughts on the situation in bolivia with human rights lawyer

done call that done joins us live on the program good to see you don what's your thoughts if i may say and why police are hunting the skirmishes with morale is porter's no there are claims that it's not being as well documented as it should be such as the use of teargas. but of course it's not been well documented in the western press it goes generally the western press supports the coup against morales and that's exactly what this is it is a right wing coup by forces representing pro 'd u.s. interests but also representing frankly the white. population in bolivia which is only about 20 percent of the population as you mentioned one of the leaders of this coup camacho is very open about the fact that he views the indigenous population which of course moralities is

a member of his he vince and. that is one of the reasons they want to branch control from around ice and his party there are video showing police in fact cutting the indigenous flooding from their insignia this is a racist killing it is now turning very violent by the police against an indigenous population who are around the earlier protests which led to morale as resignation as you well know there were a widely covered by media across the world i saw at the scribe somewhere as a democratic brick i'd not so much just pricked onto us why that difference is. well you know this is a classic you know media manipulation situation that chomsky you know wrote about manufacturing consent when you know our courses meaning the u.s. is allies or when they take power we playing with democratic even if it may be

a right when you cater shit like. just open a check in shell a you know we claim that morale i said was undemocratic even though he had been elected a number of times democratically and we claimed there were irregularities in missile recent reelection even though. so there was this mystical analysis done by designer for economic policy research so we showing in fact that there were no irregularities but again those who we oppose we are undemocratic in those who are we are supporting freedom and democracy even if their star we've seen scenes in venice we let chile believe is this increasing violence done becoming somewhat of a template that certain groups are drawing on in the region to bring up by to force change yes and i think it is a cookie cutter. in the cookie cutter was made in washington by the

national endowment for democracy by the cia and frankly it's good though that was made many years ago beginning with the cia backed with iraq 3 this is a classic. way to overthrow a government. use of poor arm again to support violent protests that's exactly what's happening in some of these countries like libya or venezuela and then you blame the government for the bible it's that's what we saw happen. done thanks for your time and your thoughts this hour been speaking done colville a human rights lawyer live from the u.s. thank you. the turkish president's 1st visit to the white house in 2 years seemingly fail to ease tensions with the united states i'm crow once again refused to give up its s. 400 defense system bought from russia last year with the military hardware proving

to be a sticking point between nato allies since let's go live now to our t. correspondent in washington caleb maupin speaking to us this hour from new york killer what's been the immediate response from to the talks. well this recent meeting was expected to be a new chapter opening up in relations between the usa and turkey things are supposed to get better but that doesn't appear to be the case or one is sticking with his position that while turkey may be willing to open and purchase u.s. patriot missile systems they are maintaining that they do have the right to trade with who they want when they will be purchasing as 400 missile systems from russia this is what arrow on said regarding that controversy. we can dump as 400 and go for patriots i won both america and russia be my friends we regard the proposal to

completely remove then 400 and the madelyne and i was summoned right. now the talks between trump an arrow on our being labeled as successful however era one essential has offered to create a working group but he simply is not going to scrap his plans to buy s. 400 missile systems so it's not exactly clear what the progress is and it's also pretty clear that trump sees the purchase of s $400.00 missiles by turkey to be a threat this is done trump. turkey's acquisition of sophisticated russian military equipment such as the s 400 creates some very serious challenges for us and we are talking about it constantly we talked about it today we're talking about it in the future hopefully will be able to resolve that situation. now washington has labeled decision to purchase s $400.00 missile systems from russia as

essentially being in violation and not compatible with nato defenses and turkey has basically shrugged off these threats and continued with their intention to purchase it now the united states has responded by actually banning the sale f. 35 fighter jets to turkey now the meeting between trump an arrow and also contained the interesting moment when a letter from trump 2 era one and which trump urged the turkish president not to be a tough guy or a fool when that letter was symbolically returned to trump by the turkish leader perhaps indicating that he was disregarding its contents or not taking it seriously now at this point we're hearing the meeting described as very very successful but the main disagreement regarding the purchase of military hardware from russia does not seem to be anywhere near being result thanks for breaking down the story r t correspondent caleb maupin. still ahead in the program china gives

a warning to washington over a bill in support of protests in hong kong we have more in the after the shortest of breaks. we did with this problem. long term. so.

they put themselves on the line. to. present. to. us this is. interesting. when america's a.b.c. t.v. network quietly shelved the bomb shell news report on the screen jeffrey epstein years ago the network probably expected was the end of the story however recent. but caught on camera brought allegations of a cover up into the spotlight. as

a result. the entire affair. say you're a top media organization facing scrutiny over a controversial leaked video in case you've forgotten it makes for interesting viewing it was unbelievable what we had we had everything. i tried for 3 years to get it on to no avail and now it's all coming out and thinking well of revelations well we had it was unreal there were no back to you know. get. years ago now you could work to improve your credibility apologize or make amends or just brush it under the carpet and direct your efforts at finding and firing the alleged whistleblower to try to ensure they never work in news again the executives at america's a.b.c. network have been busy doing just that the person calling themselves the whistleblower claims the company has been searching staff e-mails and logs to find

the culprit really employees and encouraging them to turn in the snitch instead of addressing this out on like the company has in the past it has spun into a mission of seek and destroy innocent people that have absolutely nothing to do with this are being hunted down as if we were all support the audacity of that guy or girl 1st leaking the video then criticizing the company's methods but he or she is right about one thing there has been a hunt actually bianco a new hired producer at c.b.s. was fired after just 4 days when her former employees at a.b.c. the term in that she believed the footage let her new bosses know did you make the tape i did not impact depleted i didn't know what he had done wrong i wasn't even given the professional courtesy to defend myself i mean why take any risks right and the epstein scandal and cover up probably wasn't a good enough story to start with at the time not all of our reporting met our

standards to air but we have never stopped investigating this story now we've asked both c.b.s. and. a.b.c. for further comment the latter have already said they never stopped looking into the epstein story and will release a 2 hour documentary plus a podcast sometime next year of the high standards of mainstream media are admirable so high in fact that even those who cover well media didn't find anything interesting untoward or newsworthy in the a.b.c. will supply of story n.p.r.'s on the media funded partially with taxpayer dollars hasn't mentioned the story neither have many others in the days following the scandal there seem to be almost no mention of the story on m s n b c c.b.s. america's a.b.c. or n.b.c. news it's like it never happened or the facts were simply reported from a.b.c.'s version of events like the new york times did but meeting standards seems to be a bit of a pattern take road and pharo one of the journalists who broke the harvey weinstein

story and works at n.b.c. but the network was very reluctant to air it and why after 7 months without one victim a witness on the record he simply didn't have a story that met our standard for broadcast nor that of any major news organization thank god for media standards making sure only the most newsworthy stories make it on air this wasn't really a political story necessarily it was simply a story about corruption and power and some very disgusting crimes that were being committed the problem is that it looks like there's no other competing network that we just we see them all basically in bed together and protecting the same people the mainstream media is a sort of incest us old boy system where one kind of looks out for each other and covers for one another this seems to go well beyond that into looking more like a cartel you know they are really doubling down and they're going out of their way to make sure there is no one in their ranks who might make them look bad. and i

want to bring you some breaking. news on our to international from the united states were reports say at least 7 people have been shot at a high school in southern california we're live pictures right now from a chopper overlooking santa clarita just north of los angeles you might be familiar where that's where they were 6 flags theme park is located now police say the students the building has been evacuated students have been moved away this suspected shooter we believe right now is on the run people are being advised to stay away from reaching so again some breaking news on the program at least 7 people we believe shot at a high school in southern california police are warning people to stay away from the sun to. any and all updates on this story we will of course bring you on the

program. as relentless protests continue to par allies hong kong china is calling on the united states that polled back on a bill supporting the protests on ses it plans to reassess the special economic treatment that washington affords the territory. from the u.s. side must immediately stop pushing the relevant bills stop supporting violent offenses and stop using the homecoming to interfere in china's domestic affairs. the violence in hong kong has intensified in recent days one 'd man in this for a car was badly beaten up for confronting anti-government activists who have blocked off central streets transport in the city remains paralyzed for a 4th day while schools were closed on thursday over safety concerns a weekend curfew results are reportedly planned. economics professor benjamin chow

in beijing sees similarities between what's happening in hong kong and previous public all price in sales were. protests is one of the worldwide telegraph lucian's reached all its share in some common sources including the same funding agencies same training leads government support and one thing most handbook offers at the 190 so-called nonviolent actions which some turn violent many times such methods paralyzing public services in this credit in government some of these protests encouraged by the us government and the protests and the extreme hard to remove pillars of support of government such as the police local communities education system to encourage rifts in the public some malicious media in the west is already preparing to launch an all media attack ones the chinese government as certain

actions especially military action so the precondition of strict actions of course not necessarily military actions with quiet is to public to be not fooled by the media. modern environmentalism in the dock next we ask the question is it a necessary progression or a way to make corporations billions in new products this is 247 our international. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic development only. i don't see how. you sit down and

talk. there's a tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been only implement for the inside venezuela things are different we're going to announce sanctions against. venezuela so so you. have a son of the moment who. that person that. the people of the moment the focus of the who story makes him henry kissinger to tell him not be tolerated in latin america. an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to

make. economy scream so once an economy of venezuela screed. i. thought i thought now i now recall thinking about how. i get to 60. 5. boarded and when you come from i was through this to us some ideas come to this is my things. are not be part of. operation months destroying my home. in sees through. this mountain top removal. this is.