could be a future possibility. and here in america, one state has decided to boost his graduation numbers by making a basic skills like a reading, writing and a simple math. no longer requirement. this is parents across the country are attending their local school board meeting all in protest of the mass mandate being put on the students. now, despite the large numbers and high emotion, school boards are not relenting. we're going to get the 360 view and as doesn't seem like we are living in a time where parents rights are being taken away, i politicians power graph. i'm guy, no use and you're watching a news use huge right here in our t america. let's get started. ah, what did being turned at the most quintal infringement on freedom of the press? in the last decade by supporters of julian assigned, the united states has won the 1st appeal battle and the fight to extradite the

imprison founder of wiki lease. now today in the british royal courts of justice, the 5th hero to san appeared video link for my couch in the bell marsh prison. whereas been held the last 2 years. the u. s. government is arguing a san just capable of resisting suicide is pursuing a song for espionage arguing. he conspired with chelsea men and then an army intelligence officer to hack into government systems to still 3 quarters of a 1000000 secrets in classified cables, which is organ organization wiki leaks dumped on redacted online. now, as you can expect, assigned was disappointed with the ruling and a full appeal will now be heard on october 27th and 28th. so to gauge the reaction, we bring in action times the hosting going underground here on the rti network, always a delight to talk to apps on today was not good news. so for those that are advocating

for the full release of julius orange, you know, but are you really surprised by the judge's ruling considering the extent of all of those have power right now the kids are going to go to make sure they're deep and dark secrets stay hidden to side day here in london, i should just correct one thing actually when he released those cables. chelsea manning there were redactions and in fact the guardian newspaper was involved in one of the writers on giving a password out for the 100 active cables. but it's not only assigned david judy, it's on you. supported is arguably a momentous day for all journalists, all around the world. this was a stall in error show trial. that's what it looked like. because media, i mean, your 2nd story is f canister. we would think that in course they'd be discussing how we were able to understand why say that taliban could now take over afghanistan from the removal of the truth from the afghan war logs. no, they were discussing the wall of the merits of journalism in

a free speech they were discussing. it seemed the weapon izing of junior sanchez, young children, and his partner was a battle of psychiatrist. and whether one must have been in psychiatrists accurately represented of the torture as it's described by you in special about your meals meltzer with it properly accounted for the faith of julian sanchez, mental health. because he didn't mention at the right time. the fact that he had children, that was the kind of argument that joe biden in his justice department was making him a loves in court. today, i was the 1st journalists into the stars, the headquarters in berlin. as above, the wall was fully 260 people died with astrology, h q. they say from because of this because i mean what julius on is talking about is 10 millions of people killed, wounded or displaced and we're discussing the weaponized with his children. i am, i know you're saying we shouldn't be surprised that the military industrial complex

does this. but to, to take it out on his children to somehow make his children feel guilty for the incarceration in the maybe 175 year prison sentence. you might get an espionage caught in such a that's quite something. well and, and i don't say that we should be surprised. i don't think we should. that doesn't mean that we can't be disappointed. and i think that's a lot of people who've been following this are as they watch it. but guess what, what the us presented with the us, the justice department presented. it works because they won the 1st step, which gives you an idea of going how this might be, but let's just talk about it. i'm one of those to try to figure out, okay, could there be any good in any situation? could a trial actually be a good thing if full, transparency is allowed and assigned to the legal team are actually able to use this spotlight to showcase why so many want to keep julian locked away? well, but every time educating defense team drives to bring up substances elements the relate to your transparency hug you meant that the judge says, no,

that's not really the point. let's not forget the vanessa rates are this. the magistrate has already ruled that the terms of the u. s. espionage act were less apply here and there, boris johnson has a consultative document trying to bring us up to scratch like cousins across the pond to the we do. we have a beefed up official secrets act, which would make new public interest. i mean, there's no public interest, but there were some margin, some light in the darkness that a journalist could say, look, i've just got to link it saved lives. you've got to give me some, you're gonna give me some ability to be a journalist even that may be taken away. and so yes, she's already ruled the espionage court. all of that is right. the only thing stopping him from being sent to a cool. where would you always convict is, is psychiatric reports, but even that apparently now is being attacked even though it's one of the most

having into the psychiatrists in the world's evidence. well, and that's, you know, very concerning. as you said, the focus was on that today and not actually the meat of what join us and is being held for, you know, i do said you said that not many people are getting aware of it. i did notice on today there was a lot of commotion. there is a lot of demonstrations outside the courtroom. do you feel those times go is going by more people, especially around the world, are becoming aware of the situation. you did see a demonstration in france, part french parliament today, people holding upside. i feel like the more people are becoming aware of it. and the fact is that you're seeing people from britain actually trying to cover for the politicians in the u. s. which makes me wonder, are they worried, they might actually have some dirt also when they released on them, they're just going to go on and cover everything right now. could that also be helping if we continue this story to not have any sort of closure at this point? well demonstrated, say the court opinion, public opinion is what matters after julia sanchez partner broke down in tears. and

a question, one of wiki leeks is spokespeople said we've got to now take it to the streets, a massive demonstration before the october 28th october 29th, the saturday before it. and in the global south, you know, they understand that it's interesting. here with the media, i'm not sure over there. should presumably me on the from pages of the, the publications over there. but the new chinese motion posters seem to be that bothered about the fact that the president maybe being struck here, which was a prison, that journalists for a long jail periods. so the media, i mean it's kind of funny visit the end of the news almost here. in, in britain and the demonstration, and so i suppose it all, all that one as well really let me just said, actually looking at what was out there. i actually think if you move to the try to hear you have a better chance because it's directly involves the corruption of american politicians is what was exposed. i do think you would actually have a bigger demonstration here in america possibly than what's going over. and you can

definitely applaud those on the other side of the pond. i kind of wish we could have the trial here because i do think that you would see some of the main demonstrations we've seen in the past and corruptions been exposed. happen in this case. one could only have real quick before i let you go, i just gotta ask you, you know, enjoying assigned for a long time. you've heard today's test reading and i've been even even been able to see some of the video tape. how do you feel like his mental status is obviously he's a little depressed, but how do you feel like he's holding up embryo and said he was almost unrecognizable on the tape and just very quickly, it's very important to say that we get leaks revealed secrets of russia about china, about countries around the world, about iran. it's interesting that it's only britain in the united states that the forefront of persecuting this tortured most famous john was to publish or in the world action. obviously, you will continue to stay on this case and i thank you for joining us. and i still have hope that in the darkness, darkness does not die. our democracy does not die in darkness. i hope that actually gets

a chance to actually shed some light on the work that he's done. thank you for joining us. how did a continued advantage itala bon, growing since the us sped up the withdrawal of its ground forces from afghanistan? according to the russian defense minister, the telephone fighters are now in complete control of afghanistan's borders from pakistan and tajikistan. this could create a potential problem for russia, despite the calvin, promising not to make any attempts to cross the border and attack a neighboring territories. now of course you can trust words from a terrorist organization. right? well, let's ask this to former naval intelligence hub, sir john story. john, thanks for joining me on this. have been a bit started. okay, so how confident are you that the taliban will seek and no future going into your back as soon as it gets done? as it has stated, do you actually put trust in their words? no, i don't put trust in their words, but i do to put trust in certain objective reality that even the taliban must

confront. first of all, the taliban must consolidate their rule in afghanistan, which they really never completely did prior to the us invasion in 2001. where were ab gap, ghana stand is multiple ethnic cities, multiple language and multiple tribes. and those are the real divisions and that they determine the real pecking order and app can society. so taking all of our ghana stand is going to be a feat and that's going to be a challenge. i think ultimately we may talk about that later in the segment, but here's why they don't per as opposed and immediate threats. and so on and is becca st on is 1st of all, those 2 countries are ethnically distinct from the largely passed on taliban majority. different language, different culture, they don't have a lot of family connections, the clan or the, the tribal connect to the sinews of that type of society that they do and afghan in . so there they are outsiders, which meant which, which makes it very,

very different. largely also you have the ever present threat of a rush in actual or was that military intervention to keep them out. so time space . the fact that they have their hands want to get in, and the fact that they are not the they're ethnically and linguistically, and culturally different from those former soviet republics means that moving into that area is going to be one heck of a challenge and is not for tomorrow morning with regard to the television. well, and that there's you for that, you know, i do have to ask you because of your knowledge of the area. do you think russia might actually be better equipped, actually present more of a fear factor to the taller bond to stay within their own boundaries of what they're trying to negotiate within the region. then other countries like the u. s. thought that they could try to pull off over the last 20 years. well the u. s. is trying to engage in nation building. i mean the u. s. and when military, we were entirely successful with every engagement with the taliban and insurgent force and happiness. and keep in mind that this is a political defeat, not

a military one for the u. s. i was a, it was a loss of will and lack of thinking. we didn't have a, we ended up fighting a 20 year war. not a 20. your so much is one year war 20 times over. so there's a real distinction there. obviously the russians have a lot of experience in afghan and like the united states, it was not a pleasant part of russian history. the russians want to, will they be able to have the basing and touch it gets done and is becca stand to be able to build a type of build up the type of infrastructure necessary for an incursion against and remember in the cold war, when the russians were last there, so she started his breakfast and were part of the soviet union, not really any more. so the question is, the big question, the biggest question of all is, do the russians really want to repeat this? is this going to be something that's popular for the, for putting the government to do? is there a win for russia in there? is there an in the game and that was the part that the u. s. policy makers didn't figure out? i don't think that it makes a lot of sense for russia to go in there,

especially since they are just on and it was best on as bulwarks against the taliban in person, into russian territory. and further even women taliban to penetrate and go through touching has done was biggest in a rush of proper that part of russia is not muslims, and is even more ethnically different from that ghana stand. so looking at the risk reward calculus, i don't see that it's in russian interest to do that. well, i think that's a very, obviously, a big part of the people need to play on this and real quick before i let you go. are you shocked and surprised at how quickly the taliban been able to seize over control of afghanistan? once the american troops had left for you're expecting it to be literally within not, not months, as they said it would be but weeks. now i, this is about what i expected. first of all, with the u. s. withdrawal came the end of the america's ability to collect intelligence for targeting of taliban of taliban forces. moreover,

you see the complete demoralization of the african of the afghan national military . so it's so rapid collapses is kind of like what happened to the taliban in 1900 for everybody wants to be on the winning side. and so there's very few people in the losing side. so you see a lot of people changing sides are becoming fence sitters here so that in that sense, it's not a surprise. but what's, what's really interesting here is you see the pentagon talking today about how rapidly since it's the condition that it's here in afghanistan. and then you see jen saki in the white house saying something completely different. so you have a real disconnect inside between the white house and are, and their subordinates across the river. the pentagon too. and i think that's kind of illustrative of where we are. and john, this is why we have you because you're an expert and you're pretty good at predicting what's gonna happen next. thank you so much for joining us. china centers, canadian entrepreneur, michael spell or to 11 years in prison, in a case linked to beijing, fight against the canadian government over the rest of an executive tech giant wall

way or to correspond to john hardy joined us with the story. the chinese police arrested canadian citizen michaels 5 or back in 2018 after the chief financial officer of huawei main one. joe was arrested out of vancouver airport at the request of us authorities. he was charged with bank and wire fraud. as long as it remains out on bail and vancouver staying at the multi $1000000.00 mansion she owns while awaiting another extradition, hearing the chinese court convicted 5 or of espionage, accusing him among other things of supplying intelligence and sensitive information to former canadian diplomat. michael cove rig cobra was also arrested and detained along with 5 or both being held in isolation in the chinese prison for more than 2 years with reportedly limited contact with canadian embassy and the outside world. canadian ambassador to china, dominic barton, said this,

we condemn in the strongest possible terms, this decision rendered after a legal process that lack both fairness and transparency and a statement. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called spammers conviction and sentencing, absolutely unacceptable and unjust. and said, the canadian government would work to secure both he and cove riggs, immediate release, president biden has said his administration would also help in that effort, but that it could require the us to drop or modify its case against man one joe. while ways lawyers are pushing a canadian court to reject the u. s. is extradition request. her lawyers arguing the u. s. is overreaching with its charges. 5 are been living in china. are trying to start up various businesses, both there and in north korea. the chinese chord and sentencing him also left open the possibility of deportation seen as a move to pressure canada in the one showcase. we had a constant visit with michael right afterwards and he wanted to send 3 messages.

one. thank you for all your support means a lot to me too. i am in good spirits and 3, i want to get home us secretary of state anthony blink and also demanded the release subscriber and coverage, saying they had been arbitrarily detained for more than 2 and a half years. and that quote, people are not bargaining chips. the chinese government denies power and co rigor being held as political hostages or bargaining chips. but both men have been seemingly caught in the crossfire in what has become a political war of wells with dangerous consequences. for news views hughes john hardy. when we return, parents are angry as a mask mandates are starting to reappear in school, but they have any success in changing all the things are going to bring you it. that's pretty to be i

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have is crazy. plantation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally and get into this. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk. the unexpected side of the pandemic kenya is experiencing. and the ellison baby boom, 206 with why this kenya have so many cars. and how has the panoramic impacted people's lives? there's a wall, it's a very big along in any fact he end up killing himself. ah, i don't believe nearly and then you go on via well,

and i will make the little was i did in the media group get idea. say lucky to me. mean it will because at that of the, when the been a good the they didn't even notice whether the calls you go, there's no local but i know the company just didn't go in order with me the the, the the

doctor ran paul, the doctor has just been fitted on youtube for a week over a video he posted where you said mass are ineffective. this as a national debate over mask in schools is happening as kids are returning to the classroom. and parents are very emotionally charged at the cyber. once again, being forced on their children's face. so it goes to $360.00 on this as well as to discuss the governor of organ signature on a new law which allow students to graduate from high school without proving they can read, write, or even do simple math. we are joined by director of development advocacy and sustainability for whole child strategies, luther mercer and georgia state lawmaker dock and taylor. thank you so much for joining me on this. thank you for having luther. i want to start with you. i want to start with this organ focus. this is actually, i was kind of shocked. i was like, is this, am i reading this, right? you know, i get, we live in these challenging times,

especially for educators. but do you think it's smart to make a high school degree, be the participation trophy for the last 12 years. a child is invested in their education? well, i'm definitely concerned scotty and thank you. have me on this debate because one of the things that's been happening across the country is, i know that we're looking at historical issues, data, things like that in relation to how children are progressing in school. but yet to have a standard. and we're now setting that we're not quite sure what the standard is, meaning in oregon, oregon bill said we're going to suspend essential skills, which i don't know what that means as a requirement or having. ready a, a. ready degree diploma and at that point, what is the measurement by which we assess how that student has a wired information, whether they retain that information, whether they know how to apply that information. so some of the things that are

lacking in the discussion is if we are removing this, then what is the alternative, what are we putting in place? and how do we guarantee these to be able to succeed in the future? right. and it's all about kind of her fish or day, you know, the govern cation. director said he suspended that it was suspended, reading, writing, and math proficiency requirements that it would benefit the organs, black, latino, latino, teen x, indigenous, asian, pacific islanders, tribal, and students of color. i have a real problem with this because how can lower in the standards, especially naming specific minority groups not be seen as insulting to those minority groups? well, you know, it's got the best, very good question, an assessment. the 1st thing we should not do is dumb down education. however, at the same time, we know that historically meaning standardized because have been not geared towards people from certain demographic groups. so 1st by me to find out why they did what they did because many states have moved away from certain types of standardized

testing because they know that it does not accurately measure somewhat academic performance. but at the same time, we need to make sure we're not dropping the ball, but to be honest with you, if a child has got not a way to 12 grade at this point, and they have a lot that check out the past year. the year after year, then something is wrong with that educational system more so than a child leaving there not being able to read or write your d, i have to grade you 100 percent on that one. another thing, however, that's presenting it education system right now. is this mask in the outrage, parents that they're expressing a school board meetings, you know, last night luther in your home state of tennessee, williamson county, very conservative county had over a 1000 parents asking for the ones to county school board to not put on a mask mandate start out peaceful. obviously, emotions got bigger and bigger. but you see right here the board ignored this and actually voted to make l mentary school. kids where mass, i'm elementary, school kids only kind of odd. i'm scratching my head on this. they say it's because

they can't get the shot at this point. the vaccine are we live in a time when politicians are assuming control from the parents. and is that right? well, you know, from 4 to 6 you had to have the polio, the measles chicken pox bashing at this point because of children or so. the cdc in dr. patchy has kinda put in place something to say they were ready to go with vaccinating these other groups of people. the question is how you protect other members of your community. how do you protect others young people in in class? and so i think the board was making the decision that because we don't have that requirement just yet, and therefore we need to have at least at basics, mass i am, i am always concerned about though it taking that and moving forward. i am also concerned about the school board not listening to parents concerns and trying to

meet them where they were in relation to trying to balance, protecting the students, as well as a human, to in listening to parents concert. right. so when i saw this bay last night, that was one that was one of the red flags that was raised to me. and the real quick i want to try to because regardless of how you feel about the mask, and i'll leave that debates and medical professionals, do you think there is a problem right now about board and politicians using in the idea of public health taking away power and decision making skills from the parent. do you feel like parents rights are being challenged in this situation? and can there be danger on future issues? i mean, we've seen governments the wrong in the past. i have to think of segregation immediately comes to mind. i have a 20 seconds on this one. you know what? i think everybody is losing their my math, protect people. and so i'm all for the children. if they ever required math and let them wear a math, anyone that go to school to fight to not have their child protective,

i need to get their my check there because something obviously is going on. this is more so than the protection of your children. well, it's an interesting isn't that then you know what, as a fellow parent, i think you're there. i do that. i respectfully disagree. i'm one of those just say that i believe that the mental health has been damaged. but this is why we can have this conversation and we can do in a respectful way, and that's why i appreciate you always call me on my show. thanks for joining me. d and luther. that's all the time we have for today show, but i promise this is a conversation which we will continue to follow me on twitter at study. and here's the hash tag team and a lot of great conversation to debate about the topics of the day. and if you were to continue to learn more, download the app for your apple or android device you get past because of this show and all the programming that we have here on our america. like always thanks for watching the same. ah, ah,

one of the worst ever mess shootings in america was in las vegas in 2017. the tragedy a close a little of the real last vegas. where many say elected officials are controlled by casino knows the dangerous shooting. revealed what? the l v m. p d really is, and now it's part of the stand machine to the american public barely remembers that it happens. that just shows you the power of money and las vegas. the powerful showed that true colors, when the pandemic had the most contagious contagion that we've seen in decades. and then you have a mayor who doesn't care. so here's caroline goodman, offering the lives of the biggest residents to be the control group, to the shiny facade, concealed deep indifference to other people. vice gonna be saved if they would take an action. absolutely, keep the registering and keep the slot machines doing. they use as a money machine is a huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives.

being lost i think is part of mental health revolution. we increasingly freeze political claims, like the language of mental health became more common. so if you disagree with something i said on this program, you know, just say i just agree with you. i think you're wrong because of the following problems in your evidence or logic. you see your micro grass mate, you say you triggered me. you said your heart be again some psychological way because those are psychological terms. and i guess an enormous problem for politics because it's almost impossible to have a discourse on that terrain. the

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i spell in police say the use of violence is part of germany, a legal system in response to claims of using excessive force against protest. there's a reason to anti lockdown rally state of emergency in east and russia now as 5 fighters volunteers, bottle those wildfire of raised 4 months smoke and ash coated huge areas of correspondence in the thick of it to report back to you, firefighters have now created this mineralized zone. this is basically the whole purpose of this is that the fire, as you can see, it's still burning there. it will not be able to pass beyond the zone and fill in the vast eastern russian region, news as well. but a people have been.