influencing very deeply, the medical and scientific establishment, ah, what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's corporate, me ah, the chilling effect on media freedom. that's the reaction to a new law proposed by the u. k. government, which could threaten investigative journalists with prison if they close and state secret. meanwhile, reporters point out the hypocrisy of the us secretary of state, claiming c defends independent journalists worldwide. while doing everything to lock up, trillion assigned for the rest of the life. us democratic party mirrors prioritize, slashing police budgets, although at the same time ramp up spending on their own private security. ah,

my broadcast my direct from our studios moscow, this is our 2 international. and sean thomas are going to have, you know, locked up for reporting the truth van is the fate facing journalist. if a proposed british law is passed reporters and their sources could be treated like spies and publishing government secrets could see them jailed and for up to 14 years or what i got to have except the story for us. a journalists can do as much harm to britain as a foreign spot. so argues the british government in this 66 page proposal, which erases the line between investigative journalism whistle, blowing and spies are all the same under the proposed new secret law. although there are differences in the mechanics of and motivations behind espionage and unauthorized disclosure offenses. there are cases where an authorized disclosure maybe as or more serious in terms of intent and or damage. what's more, the legislation seeks to remove without blue protections,

even if what they leaked is in the public interest. and stead it advisors would be whistleblowers to, to go and talk to their boss if they have a moral issue with something that they're doing rather than reveal it to the public that the government is engaged in something immoral or illegal trays is an interesting question. what if it's their boss that's doing something immoral like the health secretary and leaks video kissing a coworker after he'd obliged millions to abide by his own strict social distancing measures. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them. and that's why i've got to resign officially. this new beefed up version of the secret. lou has nothing to do with the resignation of hancock

officially, but it would have made the scandal very nearly impossible. see any journalist who shared this video or shared anything that they received problem with blue, couldn't face a sentence of more than a decade behind bars. due to the new way of defining espionage, including obtaining sensitive information, as well as pass it on journalists, whom are simply working. their stories can potentially face up to 14 years in prison by receiving some secret information. there's much more to it. aside from the harsh sentences and the least than the data bases of potential threats, there are special powers that the government wants to give itself the power to punish and restrict individuals, be the journalists or foreign spas. if the government doesn't have enough evidence to jail them, there may be a strong intelligence case to suggest as an individual is engaging hostile activity, but will limited evidence that could be openly used to support criminal prosecution

. the civil order could include a range of restrictive and preventative measures, including measures to prevent an individual associating with certain people or from visiting specified sensitive locations. currently, these proposals are being polished off at the foreign office but could soon be in parliament make no mistake. this, this new secret law would give the most authors area and regimes in the world a run for their money. at past we feel blowing and investigative journalism as we know within the u. k. dead. this is one of the biggest wide ranging attacks on breaths. freedom, perhaps, since, since democracy came to britain, the definitions in the report are very old indeed. in fact, with journalism doesn't come up once in the $66.00 page report itself fundamental to the $36.00 page report is that journalists can be more dangerous than spotlights

. obviously, the u. s. as prosecuting fe julian assigned to that as being jack. this own secretary of secretary is backing a consultation document that suggests that journalists that much worse than spite supplies, after all, can work for one government or another government or one actor jones. if they publish the material, everyone can see it, journalists have to be done. that is seriously the level of logic and deduction that is being used here by the british government in a raising freedoms and rights of the free press here in this country that have been that have been created and modified over centuries. so that's, that's quite how dangerous the official secrets act reform looks to be. meanwhile, across the atlantic, c, u. s. secretary of state has been accused of hypocrisy when it comes to journalism . he wants wiki leagues founder gillian songs to face trial for publishing american face secrets. but at the same time says,

you supports the work of reporters around the world. the upshot of the ongoing trump by the prosecution of julian sons is the united states, believes old jordan race, whatever the nationality wherever they are, have a legal duty to keep the u. s. government durgy secrets. now, i'm sorry, but that's not support. enjoy unless every us media outlets at landber's this comment and reference assange, but they won't because they suck messiah alina. jad has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from u. s. government propaganda, oregon, the voice of america to agitate for regime change in iran, in the bazaar logic of us empire. she's an independent journalist. andrew and assange is a criminal. blinking this post came in support of an iranian american journalist and host of the voice of america. she's an outspoken critic of to run in last week . said she was a target of a kidnapping plot by iranian intelligence that was filed by the f b. i. meanwhile journalist rickie leeks, founder

a sanchez spent more than 2 years in a maximum security prison in london. the justice department has charged him under the espionage act, accusing him of leaking classified information in 2010, and if expedited to america, he faces up to 175 years behind bars. we discussed the contra situation with author daniel lazar who thinks that no reporter is safe. every american journalist will be under threat. i mean, it's a, it's a, the prosecution of a sergeant, the dagger aimed at the heart of us journalism. and that's what the, by the ministration is doing. and that's what antony blake and stands for. if the assange prosecution goes forward, the every journalist will be threatened with a similar. ringback legal charges and espionage is a very dangerous thing. espionage god could land you a life sentence in a maximum security prison. so that will definitely have

a most serious shilling effect america as a country that has completely lost the ability to engage in any kind of self criticism whatsoever. it's a, it's a global viewpoint, is distorted by a narcissistic person. national personality part of the political lead, which sees everything through a pro u. s. lens. the u. s. is always right. everybody else is always wrong. so the u. s . never persecutes journalists on the other countries to do. but the reality is quite different. america suffering an unprecedented wave of violence, mass shootings and murders with homicides 15 percent from last year alone. it coincided with a huge cut in police budgets backed by the democratic party, mayers over claims that the force is suffering from systemic racism. but those same officials are also increasing spending on their own police protection on his kill

him up and comments. one of the causes democrats appeared to be most passionate about last year. the fun to the police, many actual suburbs, suburbs have essentially already begun pursuing a de funding of the police in that they fund school based on housing. and they for health care more as their number one priority in many cities in america, over one 3rd of their city budget goes to police. so we have to have this conversation. what are we doing? we made the group legally not hold me up, was police department, but some democratic mares around the country seemed to have mixed feelings. while they did cut the police budget, they certainly did not have a problem splashing cash on their own personal protection. in 25 major us cities, officials have proposed cutting or in 20 cases already caught police budgets. however, what open the books dot com auditors found with the mayor and city officials still

enjoy personal protection of a dedicated police detail costing taxpayers millions of dollars. let's compare and contrast baltimore mayor shopped a huge chunk of his, his police force is spending. we can re allocate funding, making efficiencies in our police department. but he was more than happy to allocate $3600000.00 to his personal protection in 2020, the san francisco mayor brown, even bigger cot. eric are said he and i was one of the 1st to say i'm going to redirect reef funding from the police department to programs and the african american community. i instantly i would like to do that. she also gave herself an even bigger budget for her personal guard, a cool 12000000. now in chicago, the force was flashed all while its ability to insure safety with question. we can't rely upon the police to provide public safety at the same time, not just the mayor of chicago, but unnamed city officials felt pretty safe in the windy city. they had

$17000000.00 allocated for just that. now these democratic mayers may feel safe and snug, but a lot of the people they serve don't as violence and crime source. it's so bad. but when you look at the recent numbers, more people are dying of gun violence. then of course the news . a the news when people think of defining the police, you're going to be taking away training programs. community programs that are

police related and the crime is going to go up its paramount that our residents are . business owners are visitors to the cities are the ones who are protected more than the politicians. so it's, it's a slap in the face to the voting base who voted these elected officials in to see their police being the funded, or the, the proposition for them to be funded. but then the privatized boosted the security being bolstered around them. that's hypocrisy. and it's nauseating, only seems to happen in democrat run cities, the violence, the, the, the police to funding the, the misled, misguided public that is lied to by the politicians. this only seems to be an epidemic that's happening in the democrats, cities and the numbers. the numbers prove it defined, the police may sound like a great slogan, but it seems to have been a decision made in the heap of the moment. because judging by their own action, that seems like the personal protection of many mares is something they don't want to cut back on anytime soon. sadly,

i think it's dumb. i think it goes back to the political theatre and they, the politicians think that the, the citizens that they represent who are lucky them, the 1st place. they're not going to be catching on to this apocryphal. it's just getting bad. it's getting worse. it's an ideology that's strictly among the, the liberal democrats, as you can see in the, in the cities. and it's just bad. it's nothing more than political theatre. as methods arrived, there are voting based, rally and brown. the more south africa is trying to recover from its most devastating riots and decades sparked by the jailing of former president jacob's humor, the chaos has led to more than 200 deaths, thousands of arrests and an estimated $2000000000.00 in damage. but local sphere situation could deteriorate further. let's take a look at how recent events have unfolded in the country. the

hallway of death go for. that's what it looks like down. yeah. if you carry on further down the road, because burnt out, recalls in the road, but due to everything. factory, the burning of burning. ah. you know, the at the moment you purchase this company, this one the favorite. and this is the only place that now we're getting food from the we just stood out there to protect our families. former president jacob zoom was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after he refused to appear before a traditional inquiry investigating corruption. during his 9 year rule,

we spoke to you, my son, who has been accused of instigating the recent violence an allegation he denies it's unacceptable what has happened and i'm talking about the level of devastation and destruction, vandalism, to, to property. and just the one to looting is something that should not be celebrated, should be denounced, which i have done. and i'll continue to do so. being labeled as is one of the people, one of the instigators and not officially so much as making that other circle around social media commentary and some of the news networks, which is the farthest thing from the truth. if you look at the basis of those allegations, that's completely baseless, you have certain video clips that have my voice can image which, which are you. but i'm taking taken out of context in relation to the video in its

entirety and the message that i was trying to, to put across. so if you look at what i was saying, and i was saying it was done at a time with the beginnings of it. but it happened that this was 3 days into, into what had happened, be understood, no country. so it was my way of trying to deal with the situation by 1st denouncing offence. secondly, denying my involvement in the real issue. the issue is the, the high levels of poverty. and then secondly, the lockdown, exacerbating the level because now you've got more people falling into the bracket of unemployed and, and disparate and hungry. he's been charged in a restaurant with, out of the federal and i find that very, very, very suspicious. and the reason i say that is let him out,

let him go through the, the rigmarole in the processes of a child, whether you like him or not. who knows? you might, he might end up getting 15 years or not 15 months, but, you know, you need to go through that process conscious. the process that's ignoring still having the program, british theaters criticize government rules, forcing them to cancel performance. if one actor gets thrown in virus on this story and more after school practices are 2 international. ah jain, me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me in a democratic society with free speech rights,

words are spoken freely in those words that catch attention and result in something that is beneficial to all have a place in the market and the marketplace of ideas. and those words and ideas that don't benefit society as a whole tend to get discredited or weaned out of the conversation off through the magic of pullman dialogue through the magic of free free. so the you as to saying is that they no longer have the confidence to respect the 1st amendment. they are not a competent nation, they see the rise of china, and they've lost all their confidence. and they're going to repeal that delay the 1st amendment the the me ah,

welcome back. this is art international. and one of america's most powerful politicians, house speaker nancy pelosi has been cashing in on big tech investments, which she just happens to also be regulating that is the revelation from a new probe. breaking down the story with commentary. here's our, she's really up a tranquil well, did you know that the top democrat in the house is also a top notch stock trader, a true talent together with her husband, a bit of pelosi math for you, her personal welf. stand that nearly $100.00. 15000000, which is quite an increase from 41000000 in 2004. good for her. one very important disclaimer. i'm in no way saying madam speaker, is doing anything wrong or breaking the law. but i'll be moving on to a combined lesson of pelosi mass with the touch of pelosi ethics for that. let me refer to an investigation by journalist glen greenwald. much of their that below

sees added wealth is the 2 extremely lucrative and likely decisions about when to buy and sell stocks and options in the very industries and companies over which pelosi as how speaker exercises enormous and direct influence. oh, there's so much context to dig into. it turns out close to 3 quarters of the couple of stock trading over the last 2 years has been in big tech. and i'll tell you what, right, at this point the us lawmakers are in the midst of revamping legislation that could really make life much more difficult for the tech giants. they're working on something called the anti trust reform. that would propel market competition while taking install on monopolies. so have a guess which super powerful executive has made a personal call to madam speaker, to talk the house out of proceeding with the reform. apple. c o,

tim cook. and what about the company in which the posies traded most often? it's apple trading has always been controversial because it's basically a victimless crime. no one is hurt by it. and the only argument against that that could be made in the one that has been made is that a reduces phase, the securities markets. this entire episode where congress has been engaging what the rest of us would be thrown in jail for shows that it's regulators and congress not markets that are not worth the public trust. nancy pelosi may well not be receiving any insider knowledge from the company. she's regulating, even if she does get some of it, maybe she never uses it when trading, but she's apparently very close with these big tech ceos. and the meantime, a bill that supposed to fix a loophole and the legislation that favors these very knowledgeable executives has been revived on capital hill. corporate executive shouldn't be allowed to trade on significant information ahead of the public and invest those. but that's exactly

what's happening because of this legal loophole. hoops. so for god knows how many years big bosses with close ties to the very powerful people on the hill have legally been able to get away with what looks very much like insider trading. is started trading is supposed to be handled by the security securities exchange commission. but since those officials are approved by congress, and since congress makes the laws that apply to itself, where every year americans are treated to the spectacle congress giving themselves raises. for example, it's reasonable for americans to strongly doubt that anything lasting is going to be done inside trading can be regulated and it has been for the common person yourself, myself. like so much else, congress does. and the security regulators do. they enjoy the privilege of exempting themselves. busy when and how they watch, whether it's fair to allow lawmakers to get richer from buying and selling stocks because they know stuff that nobody else does. has long been up for debate in

america. well, experts often come to the conclusion that current laws don't give prosecutors a chance. london theaters arm crying foul after a huge number of performances were cancelled due to coven quarantine rules, including those staged at the west. and that is despite england's so called reopening, that was meant to see months of restrictions lifted, reporting from the u. k. here's our cheese. martin enters it was meant to be the ground reopening with social distance thing and mosques out and see it is back to full capacity. but it's already cut down for several phase productions this week, both to the m h. s truck and trace scheme over. it doesn't shows in the west and across the country. i've been forced to shop because numbers have tested positive towards the i. so they've all been seen by the coby fucking out. yeah, government has absolutely messed up all of a 1000 and various jobs and have done nothing for the for the last 2 years. they

claim to have done with the cultural recovery fund that there's only available to very few people. it doesn't mean the whole of everything and it also includes museums. they've done absolutely nothing. and it just seems incredibly unfair. that supermarket can stay open and have to close because of an arbitrary paying. the 10 day isolation rule is set to remain until the middle of august. that's when those double jobs can judge it even if they are in close contact with a coven case. but while most businesses can cover those often, now theater is unique. small cost and limited numbers are under cities mean it's just a couple of people are told to isolate the show has to close. there's also another unique policy to see it is if one member of a company test positive, the whole production company must isolate, to feel that the government is completely picking on face all the time. and if you look at something like a football match, we can have many thousands of people that if you look at everything that happens, but there's a year and final thousands and thousands of people in close contact with us and faces good. didn't get to looking at all the fact that you can have all the people

that wimbledon you can have. just you have loads of people, but the theater, you just can't have anyone. it's all the news editor of britain's leading entertainment newspaper says when it comes to their industry, the rules simply don't work. it's very difficult situation is on lack of going to have 60 people testing, negative stuff that i've been unable to work for 10 days is just really produces are very good at finding ways around things, but it's costing them money each time and having to reset or content or a hassle is, is very difficult to have proved to be very se patients to be very, very strict network. and they can to make sure that it's correct. so when you say the crowd scattering might be very hard to understand what is treated saying it's crazy when even monday we say bring

it in and show him it really shouldn't be right. 911 victims families are outraged over media claims. the capital right was worse saying it is a deliberate dehumanization of their tragedy for political gain. i would like to say january 6th as burned into the american mind as firmly as $911.00, because it was that scale of shock to the system. january 6th was worse than 911 because it's continued to rip our country apart and give permission for people to pursue autocratic means you cannot equate the last will be more like 911. generally, it does raise a lot of concern for the victim and survivors from the handful of people who suddenly died on the rectum of generally, more than 3000 people that died on 911. that makes no sense. i'm not counting the

people, the hundreds of thousands of people that i know rack and i can use them because i was in court into the work because of 911 making sense. the 911 terror attack claimed almost 3000 lives and left many more injured relatives of the victims. believe that comparing it to other violent incidents downplays what happened, however, some politicians find it appropriate to use the same rhetoric while speaking about the capital riot. today we've had a national treasure and i've ordered that the full resources, the federal government go to help the victims and their families and, and to conduct a full scale investigation, to hunt down and to try and those folks. the committee, again, january 6, was one of the darkest days in our nation's history of so now 3 times, it is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that the task

of that time cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all when rodriguez again says the tragedy of 911 is being used and manipulated by politicians to pursue political game. they have full of people that handles the government. i have used many 11 success every time that they put year that the school happen again. our tragedy has been use manipulated by the american psyche for every single act that needs to be changed. it is the same theater, the same play, and the same drama play over and over again using 911 plus b, u, b, or 911 for everything that was used change last week, stablish new requirements. the politics of figures is a very, very effective. they using the plot of $911.00. so create

a political agenda. does it for me? i'll be back in about 32 minutes with another full, fresh looking news. this is our turn. the the

the democratic dominated select committee investigating the events of january 6 on capitol hill has been constituted and will start proceedings next week. would be merely political theatre, a proverbial lunch room, food bite on national display. one thing is for sure these proceedings will reflect the political divisions, fagley finding the truth looks to be of secondary importance. it's like you're walking down a street in a town. and in the store, windows are negative. in depression, you tend to go into the store and buy those thoughts and take them home as if they're yours. in mindfulness, you walk down the street, you still see the sort storefront with the.