very fierce in exploring this war on drugs and doing investigations about it and that has irked rodrigo duterterappler a fake news outlet in the past before he became president. he said journalists if they got a story wrong deserved to die. we have seen under his watch, there has been a lot of fire againstjournalists including myself, supporters of the president, very critical on line. so this trial today is being seen as a trial of freedom of expression here in this country. thank you very much for joining in this country. thank you very much forjoining us and for the date, howard johnson. it began as a sit in last week — and in just a few days has turned into a mass protest. now the organisers of the huge demonastrations in sudan say they want the full dismantling of the "deep state" left behind by ousted leader 0mar al—bashir. a spokesman said leaders of the past regime should be put on trial. the bbc‘s alistair leithead reports. great changes already come to sudan but not enough of those who risk it all to overthrow addict data and believe they still have the momentum to demand more. some s

president rodrigo duterte just told trudeau he has one week to stop sending garbage to the philippiness war literally. >> i will give you may be until next week. to pull this thing out. or i will declare war on them. >> tucker: okay, this could turn out to be a war. the great garbage were of 2019. how will it end up? stephen joins us, thank you very much for coming on. >> glad to be with you. >> tucker: make the obvious point, justin trudeau a little sensitive, justin trudeau is sending garbage to the philippines. how racist is that out? >> steven: i don't think it's racist at all. we send garbage to michigan all the time and have for years and years. >> steven: i don't think that it's racist to michigan but obviously somebody in the philippines said and they were receiving it, we will take this garbage. you will pay us to take it and now they are doing so. >> tucker: just to clarify, the united states if we don't like something we call it racist. it doesn't have to be racist but that is how we talk now. >> steven: well, tucker -- at tucker we aren't worried at all about work because w

featuring filipino journalist who was recently arrested by the government of filipino strongmen rodrigo duterte. maria was released from jail and has a timely message about the importance of press freedom around the world. >> good morning, i'm maria. thank you so much for listening to our story. we know journalists are under attack globally and the attacks are coming, enabled by technology, through social media, bottom up. a lie told a million times is the truth. with topsandwiches us down statements by authoritarian style leaders attacking not just our work, but us. we have seen armies rolling back democracy around the world. i've been a journalist more than 30 years and never seen a year like 2018. in a little more than 14 months, the filipino government filed 11 cases against me. i've posted bail eight times and still didn't arrested twice, detained once, all of this to try to intimidate us to silence. how do we fight back? with the facts. with data. that gives us the grounding to be able to push back and demand our rights. the world press freedom index is a global thermometer how do we -- t

ordered the government to release documents about thousands of deaths linked too president t rodrigo duterte's wr on drugs. human rights groups say the release will shed light on extrajudicial killings that opposition lawmakers say have left 20,000 dead since duterte took office in 2016. this comes as award-winning journalist maria ressa pleaded not guilty wednesday to charges of tax evasion, following her second arrest on what she says are bogus, politically motivated charges. ressa is the founder of the independent news site rappler and a vocal critic of president duterte. she spoke to reporters just after her not guilty plea. >> i still say these cases are all politically motivated. i mean, where in the world you come home on a friday, get arrested, post bail, and on a monday get another arrest warrant and post them again? i had been arrested twice and a little over a month. will fightear but we every single one and hope for the integrity of the men and women who will handle these cases. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace re

maria r ressa, thee founder of the indndependent nes site rappler and a vocal critic of president rodrigo dutertessa has been arrested twice in recent months by the philippines government as duterte cracks down on critics and the media. in february, she was detained in a cyber libel case that's widely seen as politically motivated. she was arrested again in late march for allegedly violating a ban on foreign media ownership. duterte has long attempted to shut down the rappler which has published groundbreaking work on duterte's deadly war on drugs that has killed thousands of people. duterte e has repeatedly descrcd the site as fake news. newss outlet. a fake your articlesised are also fake. amy: duterte has also called reporters who ask him tough questions spies and warned that "just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from assassination." while duterte's government has ,ttended to silence rappler journalismasas beepraiaise around theorld. reressa s rerecely hononed as one of time magazine's s "perns of the year" in 2018 and has been named one of time's 100 most influential people o

philippine president rodrigo duterte a now demanding that they take it back within a week and says he declare war in canada. north korean leader kim jong un arriving in russia to meet with president vladimir putin for the first time. the two are expected to discuss the international stand-up surrounding north korea's nuclear program. -- should get no more than one hour of screen time per day. critics of that guy didn't say fails to take into account the content of the media. president trump agreeing with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez for her take on the veterans affairs administration but there's a lot more to the story. what's really going on? ahead of the v.a. , secretary robert wilkie, is here to respond next. ♪ it is such a good time to [ laughing ] ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo [ goose honking ] ♪ [ laughing ] a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. ♪ progressive helps keep you out there. (male announcer) for the love of mud, gravel, and trail dust. for the love of farm roads, dirt roads, and no roads. for the love of hunting, fishing, and workin

philippine president, rodrigo duterte, says he's ready to declare war on canada.nes say the containers were full of worthless rubbish from street bins and president duterte wants to send the rubbish back to where it came from. here he is. the canadian embassy in manila said in a statement quote that it was "strongly committed to collaborating with the government of the philippines to resolve this issue." the philippines has been fighting this for years. this image is from 2015 where locals rallied in manila demanding that canada take the rubbish back. the issue of what to do with global waste has become a growing problem and, for years, developed countries have shipped recyclable waste overseas for processing. the world bank estimates that more than two—billion tonnes of solid waste is produced globally each year and that's predicted to increase to 3.4 billion metric tonnes by 2050. here's howard johnson in manila. this rubbish came from canada to the philippines, it was labelled as process for recyclability open the containers, it was full of household rubbish th

philippine president rodrigo duterte is warning he will declare a revolutionary government and arrest his detractors if he is pushed against the wall. known for his expletive laden speeches, he has been especially sensitive to criticism of his crackdown on illegal drugs and which has left more than 5000 people dead in clashes. his threat during a speech drew concern for advocates for democracy and human rights. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. amanda: live in toronto, i'm amanda lang. welcome to "bloomberg markets." here are the top stories we are following. u.s. hiring rebounded more than forecast in march, relieving some concerns after a week february. how will the federal reserve read the data? the ceo of td bank tells us why he is bracing for tough times ahead. and venezuela in crisis. ricardo hausman, governor for venezuela to the inter-american development bank joins us.

more now from ktvu's rodrigo duterte. >> reporter: after lifting a -- rod malcomb. >> reporter: buyingling magazines with more than ten bullets is once again illegal. >> what is the difference if it is a ten round magazine or six round cylinder? it is only four rounds. what difference does that make? >> reporter: a card carrying member of the nra, vince burns, was trying to make sense of the ban when he visited his local gun store. >> reporter: the ag is working to keep the ban in place. >> it is clear that there are those who are now trying to flood the state of california with what were, until this decision, illegal, high capacity magazines, the type of magazines that are used in firearms to commit the mass shootings that we have seen throughout this country. >> reporter: just days ago a magazine with ten or more bullets was legal and gun store owners were enjoying a booming business selling inventory. >> when my shipment got here i had about 20 people standing in the store. >> when i was ordering it they were going to send me the 17 round clips and i was informed it had to be 10 bec

that side saying it is politically motivated and that it is critical coverage of rodrigo acro one and rappler always dutertepler always state this is an attack on the freedom of speech stop however, if you take a look at past cases, rappler and maria ressa are the only ones being charged for cyber libel while other agencies and other organisations have not. so what is happening here? what we see here is the government saying this is just a private case. there were allegations that he was involved in drugs and human trafficking, allegations that he had connections with the supreme court chiefjustice at the time he was undergoing an impeachment trial against him. what we say on the other side is rappler saying this is being used to harpoon them and that this is part of the other 11 cases as well about tax evasion and foreign ownership as a way of trying to silence journalists in this country. we must remember that rappler have been critical on the war of drugs rappler have been critical on the warof drugs — rappler have been critical on the war of drugs — make of the war on drugs where we have seen thousands