beijing. in hong kong. with riot police. on the program u.s. forces reportedly. tried to storm. washington sends more troops to iraq in response to tuesday's attack on the compound also a. decade

. cities across the world. 247. are our. names you know welcome to the program this hour let's get proceedings off with hong kong today we're off for a night marred by a major protest is all way this new year's day. of more on rest with riot police firing tear gas demonstrators. it was.

these are the pictures right now just give you a sense of a tense standoff really just after 8 o'clock in the evening local time in hong kong we're keeping a close eye on developments as we descend into night time there no violence and brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west or tastes taylor asks why. hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight the to mock krissy and boy does that fight fire. an amendment to

a preexisting north that would allow for the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to mainland china has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and. continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to wrest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots in china you have a chinese government that's getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive it's disgusting what they're doing in hong kong they're taking away basic rights trying to seem trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens beijing is increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in a. actions to curtail the rights. and liberties. of its people but it seems so mensa dence have managed to escape the scrutiny of western media well it

was. scenes like that combined with the discovery of 10000 petrol bombs packed with high explosives and shrapnel make it harder to see is peaceful what appears to be a slippery slope into the territory of terrorists methods you can all fight for freedom of speech by silencing people who disagree with you. you cannot fight for democracy by terrorizing the public to force others to support you. you cannot condemn brutality by brutalizing people who hold different views to yours deval and x. are one step closer to the actual terrorism china is treading kathleen refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests the local elections were held in which pro

democracy candidates won in a landslide hong kong authorities conceded defeat the extradition built has been withdrawn but still the barricades on signing the flames according to china washington. china urges the us to correct its mistakes and stop interfering in our internal affairs we will take further steps if necessary to uphold hong kong stability and prosperity as well as china's sovereignty. some have chalked down beijing's words to paranoia but let's take a look joshua was widely billed as the face of the protest movement was snapped speaking 20 fishel at the u.s. consulate oh when i forgot to mention he's not big on compromise so there's no end game there is to infinity ward at home people are willing to engage there's also an organization funded by the u.s. congress which has been distributing money to groups it claims are preserving

democratic rights then of course as the incendiary legislation washington's passed the human rights and democracy out it includes i'm going to stay for those arrested up protests and will monitor hong kong to ensure that in the eyes of the u.s. of course an appropriate level of autonomy from mainland china is. these 2 bills the noblest intervention of hong kong some turn north then necessary and without groans they will also harm the relationship and interests between hong kong and the u.s. all of this on top of the protest as musts waving of the star-spangled banner have sparked concern that the u.s. might be lending more than just a supportive hand leading many to ask the question if the protest as a calling for self-determination is appealing to a foreign power to shape the future the best way to go about it especially when that foreign power might want to contain a rising star they're reaching. for and using methods that have created challenges

for the united states and for the world. and we collectively all of us need to confront these challenges from the p.r.c. head on and on each of the many facets of the fallout of all this has a little impact on washington of course it's the average hong kong or who find his pocket that little bit lighter on his home thought little less popular the violence in hong kong has spooked foreign investors shoppers appetite has also soured in the wake of all the via. lance with the retail sales in freefall and hong kong facing its 1st recession in a decade bombed apparently being caught in the middle of take acid and rubber bullets isn't topping any tourists the wish list because hong kong saw its lowest number of visitors since 2003 the major. is really the tourist in the retail sector because. foreign tourists

away nobody's coming to hong kong. for the gold. in october tourism rival fell by 50 percent or more. it's dropped by 50 per se as far as as fair rises and as prosperity faves it seems this fight for freedom is costing hong kong more dearly than many could have imagined. running into another developing story this week u.s. forces reportedly fired tear gas at protesters in the iraqi capital who gathered outside the american embassy there for a 2nd day protestors set a building in the compound on fire now yesterday a crowd had tried to storm the embassy and also torched parts of the demonstrators are calling for the full withdrawal of american forces from the country. the usa said will deploy $750.00 troops to iraq in response to the threat posed to its

embassy president donald trump has accused iran of orchestrating the attack. it will pay a big price to run for its part says it doesn't want war but won't hesitate to strike back if threatened $100.00 marines have already being redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of force u.s. army helicopters flew over the compound firing flares as a warning to the protesters the embassy on rest comes after american bombing raids in iraq and syria which killed $25.00 the weekend get up and picks up mr. iraq is in flames the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america. was guided.

by. god. now you might think that iraq has plenty of reason to be outraged with the united states you might recall that whole invading destroying and killing thousands of people in the country thing however trump doesn't see it that way this is his assessment of events iran killed an american contract. many we strongly respond and always will and iran has orchestration an attack on the us embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to protect embassy and so north to fight it's all about iran one of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect american forces and american citizens in iraq we're also working on the mission of restoring deterrence against

in rimi an aggression the united states recently conducted airstrikes against iranian backed militias in iraq in syria this comes after washington blamed iran for the recent rocket attack that killed an american contractor american officials say the airstrikes are completely justified but iraq disagrees with what happened yesterday was clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the u.s. insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened i said that this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this iran also disagrees wonderful rudeness of the u.s. officials is to such an extent that after the massacre of 25 people and weeding a large number of iraqis and violating iraqi territorial integrity and national sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain grame attributing the iraqis protest islamic public of iran the

united states has long been working to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of the us foreign policy hawks iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. is the repressive regime in iran right. but why is iran. any influence on the rise in the middle east let's not forget that the united states long propped up the ron's greatest enemy saddam hussein and even provided him with chemical weapons are whenever the usa invaded iraq in 2003 and toppled the iraqi government since that time iran has stepped up its support for different factions in the country hoping to stabilize its own borders iranian influence in iraq is massive especially among the shia majority of

the population now this is because of some sinister plot from the ayatollah critics note that washington's actions simply left a power vacuum i don't know what's iran got to do with this this iraq you soldiers iraqi personnel were killed iraq e people walked into the international zone with anger. for the loss of their brothers and loss of their soldiers so i don't know why the americans assisting to move the battlefield from iran into iraq. creating a proxy war in iraq use oil which has no reason and no need for it if there is a problem between the united states of america between the united states and iran they might as well take between themselves why involving iraq why attack iraq soldiers in retaliation in policy this is something that there is no need for it

it will definitely lead to deterioration of diplomatic relationship between iraq and the united states and would definitely affect the presence of american soldiers american fighting forces here in iraq. or perhaps some more insight into this artist to speak to the group targeted by the us. this is what their spokesperson of the said. that without them the heard the americans striking this particular force in iraq want to present their actions as a fight against iranian influence but that is not after being attacked by the gangs of eisel it was the iraqi people who were often resistance not the iranians as the concluded strategic framework agreement between the usa and iraq does not allow the americans to create military bases in iraq but this agreement is not being implemented today the americans are occupying iraq the military bases against the backdrop of protests in iraq the united states is trying to intervene in this

process and establish its leadership which will lead to complete anarchy in the country and the american presence in iraq will be supposedly justified traditionally the us uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just cover for defeating the shiite militia. the new year has begun in spectacular fashion around the world with many cities and lighting up the skies with huge i work this place.

us. well 29000 was a year of extraordinary fries both good bought on earth if you agency ruptly was able to capture something credible no let's take a look. i

don't want to end up on a. little good. this is really feel like we're being impeached. so i had more from our review of the year of the wall is if there's a chance. of 29 teams big moments we. would

. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want. to go right to be precise this is what the before 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of. this should. cause a report the 1st episode of 2020. days here and i are going to have some really special guests dr michael hudson you know back in the seventy's 970 s. there is a movie called death wish with charles bronson to remember that remember that we could do a remake. of the star you play the charles bronson are all as called dead when. and you're a vigilante banker economist's that goes around new york blowing away baghdad where

you think i love it ok i wasn't that. hello again now we're 2019 dusted let's take a look back more of the events that the find the year. i think. well this particular topic got a lot of people talking this year there was a lot of hype about a lot of things in $29000.00 including about the power of social media to influence people or to go looks now at the rise of a new application called tic talk it's become hugely popular although it's not liked by everyone.

these so. now you know a good name. 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 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 facebook

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 are 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. u.s. china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still it could easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once

went after i phone killer one of the wall way if you want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of while these top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now 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 royal after party. so. i loved everything except the dunce at the end there well let's fit in another extraordinary story from the past 12 months we have labeled that miracles happen it's the russian passenger plane which crashed landed in a cornfield just outside moscow in august. the aircraft got into trouble when it

hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff rocked leslie everybody on board survived. it i mean. i thought. it was a ship the teacher still sell it up. shut up shut up.

there was no panic on board even though the london was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really captured just tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the files did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. up to we to call the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines out despite all i want to for it's the plane was going down realised that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. keeping

with refusing the next crossing to washington for the watching the hawks crew are gearing up to recap $29000.00 is news ranging from epstein to extinction rebellion both. on this edition of crossfire we answer questions was fire you with the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. a lot of the areas in the economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments market 50 times the size of the u.s. or over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we don't even have a company that can make 5 g. equipment it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the us. time

after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important. transitions to sustainable transport sustainability. a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely hama's. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this must be done to anyone and i mean look. we do want to. underscore that look to what.

greetings value tasia means the end is here hawk watchers of the year i mean it's the end of the year and as we sit down with family and friends for our annual season of holidays and good cheer waiting to ring in the new year it is important to take a moment or to take a moment or 2 and look back at what was the year that came before this day what took place around the world in our nation in our lives during those 300 some odd days that brought us to this very moment well today on the show we will do just that we will take some time to examine just a sampling from some of the biggest stories we covered all year long i mean we've got protesters aplenty from france hong kong to haiti all with the fires of change in their hearts some more celebrated some were shamed and some were tragically ignored by the world on a world scale and speaking of protesters you couldn't find

a bigger cause than those carrying the banner of the extinction rebellion those brave souls who shut down streets glued themselves the capitol hill hallways and starved just to shake people in the recognizing the grim meat hook reality that is our climate change future and who could talk about the big news of 200-1000 not to not talk about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker jeffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who owned the nile and built on sin with a trail of friends and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince 2001 teen also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign policy in latin america through manipulated headlines jack ryan t.v. shows 'd and brilliantly covert regime change operations that are no longer curve or covert and not really brilliant. it's all that and a whole lot more as we take

a few moments to reflect on the year that was watching the hawks in 2019. with the. with. the politics if you. like you know that i got. to. welcome everybody to watching the. i robot turn today we will look back on the year that was we will start that look back with the extinction rebellion in our interview with giovanni to marcus a young man with such dedication to save our future that he led not one but 2 hunger strikes this year with the.