or can politicians are hyping the so called diplomatic boycott of the beta winter olympics, which are purely wishful thinking and grandly handing literature. manipulation is a blatant of the spirit of the olympic charter to an outright political to have occasion it seriously as it ends on one point and more chinese people. so it's got a reason behind this action as well as what will be the result we bring in a michael maloof, a former yes thing. artificial and chris sent it us china relations expert and author of here you go feeding the dragon. thank you so much for joining us, chris and michael, obviously a lot of different parts i want to get to this. i'm gonna start 1st with you on chris, on this one. you know, the timing of all of this, this has been hinted by the by administration and the speaker plus even said it that this is going to be coming. so i've got to ask you what the recent headlines is this happening because of the attention being given to the test per pinch. why and her disappearance, or the human rights violations which are nothing new being used really as

a cover for the vitamin ration. not being able to make any headway with chinese officials in both trade military, in fact, anywhere. well, it's an interesting time to say the least. and in fact there's a conference of events that have really gotten us this point. i particularly like the foreign ministry stating that we haven't even had our diplomats invited to the games. i thought that was an interesting one. liner in there, that is completely ridiculous. but if you look at the confluence of events, obviously we have the weaker muslim issue and shin jang. we have the taiwan encroachment by the chinese p l. a military of hong kong, which is obviously been in the news since 2019 heavily. you have the hypersonic weapons which have been on display. you have co bid in the mystery behind where that came from and the hiding of what actually happened there. and will hon, you have the south china sea conflict, you have train free speech issues. it's all compiling into one big controversy that

has become a geo political mass for china to navigate. and quite frankly, there was a lot of pressure on the administration to do something. and this is sort of one way to sort of say, hey, we're dipping our to, to tona pool. but we're also allowing athletes to still compete. it'll be curious to see what kind of dominoes fall after this initial action has been activated. well, chris, that's my question on this, because what exactly does biden think? what does he think this is going to accomplish? i mean, the fact that i'm a few american politicians are bailing and are any other countries saying, you know, we agree with you america. we're going to stand next to you. well, right now, were the other superpower in the eyes of the chinese. so the chinese communist party is throwing essentially a follow up to the 2008 coming of age party that they did around the summer olympics. back then. this is actually the fancy dinner party of 2022, where they are saying, hey, we are now a global superpower. this is our adult introduction into that space. and we want

the world to validate it. and without this other super power across the pacific showing up, we are simply not validating what they are trying to expose the world to, whether it's infrastructure, whether it's the competence of the government there, whether it's the magistrate of how they rows in the past 40 years we are simply not doing the symbolic validation that they are so, so wanting, and that is one of the big, you know, sort of gains by diplomatic action like this. i would argue i'd also like to see a move of the olympics to another venue sore athlete. could still compete yet we also aren't validating china by actually sending them all there to compete for gold metals. and how are you holding your breath and to think at this stage that again, this late stage, that will happen. i don't think the chinese would give it up. but chris, you know, i, under, i understand where coming from, but that being said, china has worn as

a refusal that he said, we're going to take resolute countermeasures. ok, that's very generic. what could some of those countermeasures actually look like? what can the chinese do right now to involving the olympics? well, there's been negative things that they can do, for instance, like they've been doing with hollywood or the n b a which is completely new blocking access to that market in that massive consumer driven economy. but they could also reward certain players, because if you look at what's happening in washington dc and in the united states in the western allies, there are very few allies for the chinese communist party right now. whether it's latisha journalists, critics, consumers, populace around the world, etc. but what they do have is the business lobby and the business lobby is still pushing engagement status quo with china. so they could take activation of rewarding certain wall street firms. rewarding. for instance, nbc universal,

which is covering the games. and if they don't cover the games, will anybody see the games on the almost be like a tree falling in woods and no one knows it happen. so they could go out of their way to sort of promote the business lobby by showing, hey, this is how much money is at stake for all of you. we need you on our side. you need to continue participating in this event, sponsoring this event. and ashley providing a platform for it. well, and that sounds a lot of inside baseball, you know, the average person watching just was to see if their favorite person could ski down the mountain without and metal, and skiing, and other winter live exports. so i want to bring them i can move on this because there's another aspect to this china that has the re to involving china. there's. busy a brief comment made by air force secretary frank kendall, regarding new airplanes. in fact, he's saying they need to replace the old ones because the chinese are not scared of the plans. we use the technology defense here to load. awesome. made the announcement as a national defense form. i want you to listen. and we're investing in new

capabilities that will make us more lethal from greater distances and more capable of operating, stealthy and unmanned platforms and more resilient sees and in space in cyberspace . isn't that what we paid the majority of our budget for the past every single year of us taxpayer dollars was to not be in the situation that we're in today. well, yeah, we have an administration or actually a defense department that doesn't project 25 to 50 years ahead. and basically what the chinese could do to us is ignoring logistic norris and, and work with the, with our allies who need china for exports on the one hand. but on the, on the military side, we take so long in, in, and trying to plan and get, get out a weapon system that's obsolete before it even gets out there. i'll just remind folks that and you may recall this,

that backend that bob gates, when he was secretary defense, he, he went to china and that was the, the chinese fluid, the j 20. they're still fighter. and the united states had no idea it existed. none and even said so he was, he was really stunned by that, which was another intelligence failure on our part which once again, why is this happening? i can't say it's because they don't have budget. they don't have the resources, they don't have the brain power. they have all of those. so what are they doing there were still you don't have a strategic planners. that's no problem. we have, we do not have strategic planners and, and, and now we're, we're being given the politics the way the by the administration is carrying on. they want confrontation, not only with china, but with russia. and we can't him a fight, a, a, a 2 front war, let alone a one front, which is real quick. i want to get to chris. i want to thank you for your comments as well. real quick ukraine right now. us is also picking if i want to citing with

ukraine in this side. it so it's not just china, but now they want to take on russia as well on this side of it. why did the us keep pushing is what can the united states gain out of siding with you? correct. well it's a number of factors. number one, they get the 22nd to give me your top one. they need they need. they need a boogie man. number one, number 2, it's an over reaction really to the failure of afghanistan and, and, and it's the by the ministration, trying to reassert dominance in the so called free world war. the problem is you want to unite the to, you don't want to make the enemy an enemy, and i had a grandson that well, but you, china and russia aren't necessarily best friends either. well, got through talking about working together. they just had joint military exercise. well, and unfortunately that's something they have to do because united states is driving to that. you just my point talk about different strategies. chris, i go thank you for joining me on this saturday night soon and decided to set a time that was one of their prime time stars. chris cuomo?

following the revelation of more communication between chris and his brother, andrew cuomo, regarding the former governor of new york harassment allegations for the anchor, who had been suspended, was fired after new allegations of sexual respite surfaced so disgusted to bring in and rece efferson founder the blush project and art, she's very, i'm steve malls berg host. depress steve. i want you to start with this because you've been following this case probably from the very beginning for years. not only as a native new yorker, but also someone who watches walk us through the charges which caused chris coleman, the 1st place to be suspended and the actual ones that in the end caused him to be fired. well, they suspended chris cuomo on tuesday. this was after an attorney general investigation and things that were found in that investigation. and a new york attorney general investigating the former governor and communications he had in his strategy. and who we met with. they found that chris cuomo had it from

texas and whatnot. had done a lot more for his brother than he originally told c n n he had done originally back in august or so. chris colo admitted. yes, i advised. my brother i met with my brother. i gave him some advice he's my brother critic was andrew cuomo, the governor of new york. was that with the facing sexual misconduct allegations? so chris cuomo are an attorney also besides being a host on tv, decided i'm going to help my brother. but it turned out these revelations from the attorney general's office, the tax and whatnot. found out that chris cuomo did a lot more than he originally told cnn he did. he use his media contacts, allegedly, to find out dirt and information on some of his brothers accusers, that right on down the line. so on tuesday, cnn suspended chris cuomo on saturday. they fired him. now interestingly enough, we subsequently learned from the new york times that on wednesday of this week in between the suspension and the firing. a new sexual misconduct allegation had come

to light against chris cuomo from a previous job at a previous network with the junior colleague. was that what tip the boat was that what made cnn say enough is enough. i don't know, but that's, that's the sequence of events also. now chris cuomo is looking to reportedly su cnn if they don't honor his full 4 year deal, which he signed last year at a report at $6000000.00 apiece. and chris cuomo has quit his serious x m gig to day so that that has gone as well. oh, thank you. forgive. is that update on that racist for? i want to bring you in on this because do you believe this is about actually seeking justice for improper treatment in for action the workplace? is this more just damage control on behalf of that network? well, unfortunately, we don't know exactly what cnn knew. and when we know that the zocker from cnn, the head has found out recently, or it said he found out recently about what was coma was accused of doing as far as the invest based on the investigation from lateesha. james,

the aging of new york. and so if he didn't find out until the report came out from the a g 's office, then okay, that's one thing. but if he knew about the complaint specifically about the one from his former producer, his former boss at one a party, he walked up to work and grabbed her by her behind and said, all i can do that now we don't work together anymore. if they knew about that, if cnn knew about that, if they knew that he was reaching out to his contacts and having conversations with different staffers for his brother and telling them, oh, i'll find dirt on these girls. or i've got information on the girl from the wedding if they had any inkling of that, then yeah, it's just damage control. otherwise. right, well, and that's the thing that and steve and brief, we're going to continue to follow sir. but here's what gets me about this is the fact that you were been in this business long, and we know that it's not just as going on and saying things there is accountability that goes in front of sitting in for that camera. and for years cnn

utilize the fact of the como name to get access when they were at their hides. and i just have to wonder if they overlooked this because they knew they had access to the governor of new york and everything that came with it. time will tell, just like you to always give us the truth. thank you for joining me. recency, thank you. now when we return, go woke, gopro is a popular catchphrase these days, but is it actually accurate as a majority of people do not care for corporate activism? we will break down the latest all after the break. the o ah, ah, what is the national mood? i suppose? it depends on what kind of media you consume to say the nation is divided in highly partisan is an understatement. this is certainly what the national media wants us

to think. but are we really so divided on what really matters for all those driven by dreamers shaped banks concur some of those with there's sinks. we dare to ask a young pina. you all know that, but they did a high

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with a, with, with, as part of other approaches, concerns of the oma con variant is bracing countries around the world. but here at home in new york, it's taking a very calculated approach or to correspond to st has more on this new mandate being implemented new york city is being hit with another vaccine mandate, this one involving private businesses and children aged $5.00 to $11.00. the new york city mayor st, all private sector workers must be vaccinated by the end of the month. or lot of folks in the private sector said to me, they believe in vaccination,

but they're not quite sure how they can do it themselves. well, we're going to do it. new york, mirabelle de blasio announcing that all employees within the private sector show proof of vaccination by december 27th. he said more details will be released by december 15. vaccine mandate has already been imposed for city workers. this will be the 1st mandate for those working for private businesses. the mandate will also be extended to indoor dining fitness centers and other forms of entertainment. los angeles is exercising a similar mandate, but new york is the 1st city to implement a mandate for private businesses and also kids 85 to 11. beginning on december 14th, kids will have to show proof of vaccination if they want to partake in extra curricular activities in school like band or sports. there's a lot, we don't know about the very and yet, and that is challenging and frustrating. i understand for americans, for all of you, also what host says, there are still many unknowns when it comes to this new very entity blog uses. he's using this mandate as a preemptive strike, to avoid shutting down the city. what we're seeing now in other parts of the world,

and this is really an area of tremendous concern. we're seeing restrictions starting to come back. we're seeing shutdowns look at germany. my outgoing german chancellor, angland merkel urging german to get vaccinated against over 19 before leaving office next week isn't missing. we're in the middle of this 4th wave of the panoramic in a very serious situation. and some parts of our country can only be called dramatic merkel. also said the vaccinate, it will be excluded from non essential stores, recreational venues and other activities. they are doing this partly through to g. restrictions to g means someone entering any of the public spaces must either be vaccinated or have recovered from cooper 19 within the previous 6 months. and there are mixed reactions. and by to this trade is being started with. another major challenge to g is not a motor, but rather a break. and i think we'll only have half a visitor numbers today as we had 2 years ago. i think that's very, i wasn't that very much and it worked mostly and i'm happy to put up with the 5 minute hold you. legislation is in the works looking to make vaccinations mandatory

in germany by march 16th for health care workers and those working in nursing homes, locked downs, and parts of austria were announced for both be vaccinated and unvaccinated. as the country counts 2500 cases of coven contribution to say, we have been fighting for this for a long time. we have been trying very hard not to take this step because we have seen a lockdown as a big disruption to the population. but now we have no other choice in australia, a massive protest continue to emerge as a government there continues to impose mandate and restrictions that protest her say are overreaching, was i want to discriminate against people who are vaccinated as i saw, you know, just pretty much the struggling thing i'll never happened in this country so far. when australia woman said she was taken from her home and put into a covert camp for 14 days. and according to her family, she was not infected. ringback with the virus before being taken away, the new york sexy mandate brings it to an additional $200.00 businesses not already

covered by the existing mandate for city workers and places across europe such as italy are enforcing a green path for all public transportation reporting. forties, you choose to tweak r t. so in today's world, no corporate social media presence is complete without this steady drip of virtue signaling. now this can be something simple, it seems like every local out there gets a rainbow, make over on pride month, or something warm falls like to let a labret indictment of so called tox masculinity disguised as a razor commercial. so talk about corporation that profess commitment to progressive causes and whether actually makes a difference. when most consumers down there, sincerity. anyways, we welcome former candidate for new york city council. kerry and burke. kerry and you've been a candidate before we understand pandering products. what politicians do best, but now we're seeing corporations also do it. do you think that actually helps find a true solution to i believe real problems that we have in this world today

interested in this country involving hate? or is this just a p r move or is a real, a justice and change that comes about? i think it's the p r mills to be completely honest. i don't think most people like myself or any of the audience watching really cares about the moves of the corporation in regards to the social media, add all of those different statements that they make. because in reality, if you are truly well as they say, we would see certain woke actual practices in the corporate structure. so you can't be bull and don't provide a living wage to your employees. you can't be both. and some of the employees are not legally here and so forth like that. so we need to get away with the political pastor in and just the you know, the, the, the great social media as kind of foolishness to the reality of what will actually

need it truly me, justice. but those were disenfranchised. we have a situation where people don't even get proper paid family leave. you know, women have to fight to take some time off to be with their children. but yet we see what's going on on social media. everyone is an advocate for something, but yet on the more serious issues the change doesn't come and what gets here about the current issues that actually united that is actually a base that everybody, regardless of your demographic you're coming from, we can actually find something that we all needed, i agree with you on that issue. i love these companies that show that they support these different groups. and yet when it comes down to it, they treat their employees as if they don't mean anything to them on the inside. and i think it comes down to the fact that the constant virtue say, going do you think has worked to conceal actually the true short company cummings of that company. and it allows them because they but look, we do this look away from here so that people, when they make complaints go no,

but they're so great and out to the public world. they don't care about what's going on within the workplace itself. yeah, great. it's kind of like god, the philanthropic kind of methods where you give a lot away. but in reality, you're not really helping those that are in the immediate circle around you. so it looks good to the outside. i that you're doing all of these great, you know, big political posturing on the internet. i'm going to talk on black lives matter. i'm going to say things about l g, b, q. but reality is that some of these same issues in your firm, in your corporation, in your business, in your community. but you're not focusing on that. you do it a macro level where the regular folks, what she's actually do the micro level help them in their real day to day life. so that is the disconnect with this corporate social responsibility that we're seeing . the want to actually see people protect their employees right there because that's where it starts. you know,

the michael jackson saw i'm looking at the man in the mirror. we don't need the grand gesture. we need you to look at the people that you are around day to day and be both in those scenarios. cadets when we are going to feel like it's genuine. and then that's when we're going to see a change. and it's given take between businesses. i think that you find the most successful businesses. i don't care what area your industry you're talking about. but when the people enjoy and feel appreciated and respected, where they work, and guess what they produce for those managers. and those owners and those owners are successful as well. but sometimes in real quick, i'll give you 30 seconds real quick to say that. do you think corporations, though it costs them to do that, they would rather spend a $1000000.00 on a marketing campaign rather than a $1000000.00 of getting green card access for theirs or making it legal for their employees to be there. you think it's all done on purpose? well, maybe i can 100 percent say it on purpose, but i think possibly possibly it is easier for them to do the massive market employ because it gets more for them. it is, i, you know, you're getting the attention of the masses if you will,

versus if you do something for your actual employee, a $1000000.00, no one's going to know about it. so it's kind of like ok if no one knows that you're doing good, does account in the eyes of the corporate world, right. so i guess they chose the public side versus the private i, but all is, well, i love the corporate responsibility. let's just do it. better, very why i appreciate what you do and i think you do a great, thank you so much for joining me. that's all the time we advertise, show a promise to continue the conversation on twitter at scott again. hughes i team engage. make sure that you download the forward that to the app for apple or android device. thanks for watching. ah, ah, ah

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