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the the boom, but the one business show you can afford to mit ambridge board. and i'm rachel blevins in washington coming up. could china belt and wrote initiative get some competition from europe? we'll take a look at the latest plan for a global gateway project and whether it will be taking off anytime soon. was natural gas prices are skyrocketing in europe. 6 storing 35 percent in the last month, but will it be enough to get germany to clear the north stream to pipeline before winter is here. and since it began, the role of social media has been the democratization of the public sphere. where all voices can be heard equally, but recent revelation from facebook may show that some users,

well they're more equal than others impact. so today was that right and then we leave the program with the european union's counter to china's belton road initiative. european commission, president ursula vander land, wide ranging state of the wood dress. wednesday covered a number of issues including the cobra, 1900 economic recovery, improving the black status and technology and developing defense capabilities. but another matter that stuck out was the push for the e. u to launch a global gateway. we're pretty good at financing rolls, but it does not make any sense for you. if we build a perfect road between a copper that is chinese couple of mine that is chinese owned and a harbor that is chinese don't. we will build global gateway partnerships with countries around the world. we want investment in quality infrastructure, connecting people, goods and services around the world. we will take

a values based approach, offering transparency and good governance to all parties. we want to create links and not dependencies. we want to turn global gateway into a trusted brand around the world for a little background here, china is built in road initiative, is a global infrastructure investment project involving nearly 70 nation's worldwide with the intention of linking exporters to western markets. so what exactly is that you hoping to accomplish with a global gateway, and will it ever actually get off the ground? well, joining us our discuss our bus. kristi i and professor richard will host of economic update and author of the sick. this is the system when capitalism fails to save us from pandemic or itself. great to have you both talk about this that christy, i want to start with you. the even seems to be taking a direct shot at china with this similar to the discussion that we have heard about

the u. s. d coupling from china with the state of supply chains and decades of history. can western great nations really do that? i think i'll be near impossible to really d couple given the close trade relationship that europe currently enjoys, the china. i mean, this isn't exactly new. this has been in the works with the youth since july earlier this year. it does, however, highlight a greater assertiveness by the you, but in any case, it's going to be very difficult for the you to decouple from china, especially given that they already weakened by the current of ours pandemic. and they're billions of dollars in debt and at risk of another economic slowdown. and specifically, the you is seeing to move beyond this, you asia connectivity strategy, and as vowing to build this global, clear, connected you, which would allow at the block to turn attention to africa and latin america, which are both key destinations for chinese investments right now. so as of now, there is no price tag for this new plan, but the council has called for a mix of public finance and private investments. and this will prove to be very

difficult as the draft document is relatively weak on ways to encourage these companies to beef up investments and locations that these politicians consider strategic, but the business is being risky. and now once again, you have this private business is caught in the cross hairs of the agenda as a politician. because if you ask the businesses, they don't really care where their materials, their supplies and their goods come from. as long as the cheap reliable force would just try to and as a business owner, if you already spent 1000000 building out a trade link between your manufacturer and china and they have been a solid supplier for the last couple of decades, then all of that done in the government wants you to build this other trade link with de africa. you build a whole new supply chain, there, source, a reliable manufacturer. there somehow and hope that they're just as good when there's absolutely nothing wrong with the 1st original one in china. it just doesn't make any sense to business owners, and i don't see businesses going for when this entire thing is a power struggle on the world's data has absolutely nothing to do with the private

industry is interesting how they don't really come out of the gate talking about just how much it's going to cost now per their roles when it comes to building a global gateway. how would that affect the nations that are already a part of the bolt in an initiative? is there a conflict of interest there? there are so many conflicts of interest going on here. it's kind of hard to get your head around which one to talk about 1st and which one second grease for example, has been savaged by germany throughout the whole period since the so called great recession of 2008. and part of greece's way of coping was to enter into more and more economic relationships with china. china now owned the port of periods. china has been helping greece. the greeks would never even the conservative greeks would never challenge or under cut. christy is right, that makes no sense at all. the chinese have been working at this for

a long time. the chinese are the major player in the world economy right now. and so most of the countries in the world want to make sure that they are have access to are connected to china. they're not going to sacrifice that for a big if the relationship with europe, especially because europe can get its own act together. brittany won't go with the rest of europe. spain doesn't go with france and germany on half a dozen issues. i mean, you're not, you're not making any logical sense. she's spinning the woman in the leadership role. she's spending an image and hope, but there's not much substance for us to hold onto here. okay, so she got some big dreams and were just waiting to see if they actually play out. now christy, another part here is the fact that the commission president also proposed a ban on sales of products made using force and labor taking

a direct shot at china over allegations. the chinese government has repeatedly denied. now this is a criticism we continue to hear from world leaders. so how is being responding to the latest claim? i mean, this is another big show, a political theater. it shows that the west is kind of taking a hard line approach to china. now that it's become an economic powerhouse, but it still has less of a hard line than that of the us. because if you know the commission president did not, indirectly call out china, and rather just as a reference showing that it knows not to make an enemy out of china when their economy is still so vulnerable. so it was more so for theatrical for show that, oh, it cares about these issues. and it's making a point when really you're just kind of basic making a passing reference. and the proposed ban has that has been talked about for many, many, many months. but there's been absolutely no action and also would be extremely difficult to actually confirm and then enforce the span, given how difficult it is to trace the source of the cotton supply chain and china

in response to all of this, they just reject the complaints of abuse is saying that they are attempts to destabilize sheen junk out of bias and political purposes. and professor wolfe, i wanna go back to something chris actually mentioned earlier in the, in the her 1st answer. there's also a lot of talk about connectivity projects with africa. do you see this is an attempt for the you to gain influence in the region in china has been doing that for years? yeah, i think this is a strange wake up call that they're kind of giving themselves. there's a fundamental problem in africa, namely that the europeans, savage to that continent. i mean the exploitation, the colonialism for decades, if not centuries, depending on what part of africa you're talking about. that was all done by europeans and the africans. don't forget all of this. the chinese have no history

of colonialism in africa. they came in and offered an alternative. your opinions didn't compete for decades, as christine, quite whitely said. and so these relationships have been built up. and again, why would an african country that is beginning to develop with its relationships with china? suddenly we're off go back to its former colonial masters who can't get their own act together and risk anything. it's not going to happen. it's definitely an interesting scenario. and i think christie, you put it very well when you said this is a lot of theatrics. of course, we have to remember, this is the blocks the state of the union address. they're really laying out proposals and grandiose ideas and hopes to gain support for all of that. but we will see what happens. and if china respond in the coming days, boom bus, chris, the professor ritual. thank you so much. thank you. thing in the region,

the completion of the northern to pipeline comes as europe is facing a shortage of natural gas. that is sent prices skyrocketing by more than 35 percent in the last month alone. natural gas prices have already doubled this year, and experts are warning they could have a 13 year hy, this winter, as a lack of supply nice rising demand. to put that in the context, washington storage of natural gas is 7.6 percent below the 5 year average. but europe storage is 16 percent below the 5 year average hitting a record low for the month of september. all of this putting the pressure on germany to move as quickly as possible to certify the word stream to pipeline, and hopes that the increased flow of natural gas from russia will come before temperatures drop and prices rise even more. so joining us now discussing david mckelvey and the ceo of macaroni financial group. now david, it's no secret that we're seeing problems with supply all around here. but how big

are the warning signs when it comes to the current natural gas shortage? and what could it mean for europe in the us? in europe, they've prepared for a healthy transition to more energy creation from natural gas in north stream through is obviously critical, and commodity prices are on the rise and that reinforces their resolve to complete the project. and have it fully operational and that's gonna happen soon. so in the us, we don't have a very coherent energy strategy. sure, we want to reduce our carbon footprint, but no one is thoughtfully engaged in how to put it all together. whether it's a partial solution for nuclear energy. we're even wavering with natural gas as we migrate away from coal. although it's cleaner, it's still fossil. so the current zeitgeist sees a world of renewables as the only solution instead of a reasonable part of the solution. so natural gas remains in a more, i think a critical piece in a more realistic energy strategy is cheap. it's relatively clean, it's abundant,

it's reliable. so if we're concerned about energy costs, certainly here in the united states and downstream from that consumer price inflation. think of this, this is how we structure our policies. the federal energy regulatory commission is hiring advisors to look at how we can assign environmental justice issues to existing oil companies and gas pipeline companies. so we're talking about a new, fresh around the taxes for social, for the social cost of carbon. the bottom line is we're talking about increasing costs here arbitrarily. now i can say that the increase in costs passed on to consumers is ultimately going to be very ironic of the social and political cost for us politicians. they will ultimately bear the brunt of an energy always. oh, go ahead. i'm sorry. yeah, but that's, that's, i think that's as close as we come to, to a real concept of justice is politicians getting a taste? well, i was going to say the energy always becomes a big political issue here in the united states for sure. i want to go back to

jeremy for just a minute because they now have 4 months to certify the nordstrom to pipelines. do you see them rushing to do so, and our supply concerns likely to outweigh political concern? yeah, certification is going to come quickly. you know, you've got abundant supply that eases the consumers, energy costs, and any consumer budgetary concern. so i think what you're looking at is smart politicians in germany in particular saying there's going to be a bonus to our constituents. and i would say that the, the only political concerns to worry about at least this is what they have been. and past months came from the u. s. and other countries who are involved in supplying energy to, to europe. so when you look at north stream to there's no doubt this shifts europe farther outside of us, fears of influence and closer to a russian sphere of influence. and i think you already know this, but you know, in march, anthony blink and was threatening germany with sanctions over the pipeline where

they kind of resolve the differences and, and that was done by july. and now, oh, you have left is a small amount of domestic opposition in germany, but i think north stream is a part of a long term energy security project in europe. and people know it's been in motion long enough. we're now with the, with, with the finish line and view certification will come quickly. certainly really interesting to see that play out even with the u. s. threatening sanctions against one of its closest allies. and yet the pipeline is still going right along. now while we have you on, i want to talk about what's going on in the oil market. we've heard that opec is now forecasting global demand for oil will return to pre pandemic levels by next year. this, even as a cartel has pulled back on expectations for the final quarter of this year. so do you see top producers trusting that production? and are they going to be able to keep up with demand if it is correct?

yeah, there's no problem keeping up demand even pre pandemic levels of opec. you have the u. s. you have around the number of countries that would love to bring more supply to market. the commentary has hinged on vaccination targets. being realized in the divan surging, which i think one of the things that that neglects is the israeli findings that vaccinations are not a one and done 6. as soon as you're done with one cycle boosters are required as the efficacy of the initial shots decline rapidly after a 6 to 8 month period. so that may be an opportunity for me to and pfizer, but it is a public policy problem. and there's some vaccine projections that are still assuming we're working on a stable base of recipients and building off of that. i think that's basically what opec has been saying. your question is on supply. global producers have ample slack to meet demand. if there is a surprise on the upside in terms of successful again, successful vaccine delivery demand is where i would spend a little bit more time. we had indications back in july of slowing chinese imports

. we should not assume that the through 10 to 11000000 barrels a day has a home. if chinese financial markets take a hit, i think we're close to the credit concerns in china are in the early stages. and a total of one of the housing bubble in china could negatively impact the economy. and crude imports to the tune of we would estimate $3.00 to $4000000.00 barrels a day. opec should pay equal attention to chinese financial fragility, as it does vaccination rates. the great rhino is in the chinese credit markets. i will continue keep an eye on that and i'll certainly be interesting to see where demand goes from here. david mckelvey, of macaroni financial, thank you so much for your insight. thank you. have a great day and time now for a quick break, but when we come back, a trove of new documents shows. facebook allegedly exercised unfair exemptions for syllabus, the most powerful users straight have we sort through the claims and discuss as we can break here. the number, the me

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what if i come here? i join me every thursday on the alex summon, 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 the welcome back. and new block buster report from the wall street journal seems to prove facebook has established a secret tier of elite, the users who are exempt from moderation policies. this, despite the fact that the company publicly state it rules its rules, apply to all will joining us now to break it all down the book, but cover that investigative journalists, ben swan. hey ben. i know you're shocked about this story that fits relief group of users is not that small of a group, correct?

yeah, about 5800000 superstars out there. celebrities and well known personalities with sensually, are given kind of a ability to operate within facebook system that the rest of us, mere mortals are not allowed to have look at, you know, 5 point a 1000000 people's obviously a lot of people. but when you're talking about, you know, a user ship over a 1000000000 people on facebook, now you're talking about a percentage of people. it's very small. but here's, here's the main story. so there's this program, essentially that was created by facebook called cross check or x check is how it looks when you read it. but it's called cross check. essentially, it was set up as a way of kind of protecting against, you know, celebrities utilizing information or saying things in and being attacked wrongfully right. and what it's turned into now is basically a white list, where if you are a celebrity who gets onto this list, or a well known person who gets on the list, you're free to essentially do whatever you want. you can say whatever you want, all the terms of service and the rules and,

and the heavy moderation. that all the rest of us have to undergo every single time or on facebook does not apply to these groups of people who essentially, as i said, are able to kind of operate without any checks and balances. ok, so there's 5800000 people on this one list. well, what about the other list that we all seem to be on? where every single thing we do gets flagged and taken down. i mean, gosh, maybe maybe we'll get the report on that one. but on a much more serious, know, one of the examples in the report dealt with soccer start name or and noun images he posted of a woman who claimed he had raped her. so did this cross check program allow that to happen because of his sort of celebrity status? yeah, it absolutely did. essentially name i was able to post these, these images and a video of a woman. and as he said, the woman said that she had been raised by him. he says that he was being extorted by this woman. right? but here's the thing is under normal policies under the normal algorithms that govern facebook, the fact that these images were nude would have immediately flagged it. they would

have been pulled down as being inappropriate content. but also this would fall under what's referred to as revenge for that kind of content is not allowed on facebook. and yet for over a day, these image stayed up and according to facebook itself, they believe up to 56000000 people. 56000000 people view these images had sent this woman messages in some cases, attacking her or threatening her. and so what was allowed to stay up. but again, this just kind of shows the fact that or underscores the fact that certain people, if you're on this list, the algorithms don't come out and get you right. that the fact checkers don't get you. and so all of these systems that have been set up to flag content that's considered unacceptable under facebook's rules, does not apply to this group of people. but i think this is the big question. i'm not sure that there's an answer to it, but it does. the report said anything about why, why certain celebrities, how it's select which celebrities which high profile people could go on the list. and more importantly, why they would say that they need that little benefit of the doubt from the cross

check system. well, essentially, i don't think it's an algorithm that even flags them in fact that the program continues to grow and continue to add people to it. but it's actual physical employees that facebook who add people to this list and it really comes down to how well known you are or kind of protecting. so athletes, or on their comedians are on there. believe it or not guys, even some celebrity animals are on their right. famous caps and pugs that have their own facebook channels. yes. even they are on this white list for being allowed to do what they want. and again, i think the idea here is that facebook says the program was originally started for a different reason. it was to protect means that these people, when they will come out and say something from having to for facebook, basically being bashed for limiting their content. right, so if you are a famous person and facebook limits your content and you complain about it on another social media to your tens of millions of followers, it's a p r nightmare. so facebook created the system basically to not get backlash from the followers of these groups and, and said,

have given the card launch to do what they want, leave it to facebook to come up with a protected class for celebrity animals. my goodness. now of course, a lot of this outrage over this program is that it, tracy celebrities, in a very different way than it does the general public. would you say that? that's fair criticism. oh, i think it's absolute fair criticism. i think it's absolutely what they've done. what facebook has done is they've, they've created 2 classes of people, but i think more and more without getting off track here more and more in our society. people feel that that's what's happened, right. there's an ever growing, powerful group of people who run everything and they decide was acceptable and what not. and then there's the rest of us, right. and so i think more and more we're seeing that in society. and i think facebook as echoing back in the way they have structured the system, a small group of elite people who are hand selected and the rules don't apply to them, but they imply and are enforced heavily on everybody else. well, and it seems like that's something we've talked about with censorship throughout social media in generally that these companies are picking winners and losers. and

this one, they're really picking the winters who have one in a lot of aspects of society. and then the rest are the losers. boom, but spend swan thank you so much. thank you. and finally, the co founder of apple says he plans to get into the private space business. but his goals are very different from the likes of jeff pay those. and you on musk instead, steve wozniak is launching privateer space, where the mission is to keep space safe and accessible to all human kind. so what does this company all about? well, for now, the official website is still in stealth mode, but reports are describing it as a satellite company focused on monitoring and cleaning up objects in space. the time is just right, as the number of active and defunct satellites around the earth has more than doubled to nearly 8000 in the last decade. with estimate finding there could be around 100000 satellites by 2030. for now we're still. 6 waiting to see what

privateer space plans for its future, and it's a good old was can do it again in the world of innovation. well, it seems like as we look at all of the billionaires who have been involved in space, i don't believe was isn't that 1000000000 or club by any means. but the fact is that it's nice to see somebody who is trying to take a step to better space, clean up space a little bit when, especially when we're seeing more and more space mission. absolutely all the vanity flies in space tourism in getting into it. you gotta have somebody who's looking out for the environment. well, it's not the same as it used to be where they're leaving so much up there every launch. now, you know, of course, we see the boosters come back down to earth, so at least they have to clean up that and that's it for this time you can catch boom bus on demand on the portable tv app available on smartphones and tablets. google play in the apple app store. if i search affordable tv where it will tv can also be downloaded on samsung smart tv, then roku devices or simply check it out at portable dot see me? well see you next. me

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