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the region in northeast spain is expected to declare independence this week following a vote.viva! >> reporter: chanting viva espana, thousands are pouring onto the streets. these people are marching here in barcelona in favor of catalonia remaining part of spain. >> we don't agree. we are spanish. we are catalans but also spanish. >> reporter: they call themselves the silent majority but today they were hardly quiet and polls suggest public opinion is split. last week 43% of eligible voter here's cast their ballots, an overwhelming 93% favoring inpen pence. spanish police smashed their way into polling places confiscating ballot boxes and removing voter, some by the hair. >> if they're so sure that they're the majority. >> liz castro is an american and resident of barcelona and volunteers with grassroots group pushing for independence. >> i call this spain. >> yes, i don't. there's a different culture, different language, different foods, different customs. >> reporter: plus catalonia is well off and contributes to 20% of gdp. >> americans in 1776 felt like britons weren't li

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the catalonia region in northeast spain is expected to declare independence this week following a votet weekend. many catalans complained that they give a lot more to the spanish government than they receive in return. seth doane is in the regional capital, barcelona. >> viva espana. >> reporter: those who opposed last week's vote found their voice today. chanting "viva espana," hundreds of thousands poured on to spain's streets calling for unity. many of the people in this crowd here are telling us that their voices were not heard during that october 1st referendum. these people are marching here in barcelona in favor of catalonia remaining part of spain. >> we are spanish, we are catalans but also spanish. >> reporter: they call themselves the silent majority. but today they were hardly quiet. and polls suggest public opinion is split. last week 43% of eligible voters here cast their ballots and overwhelming 90% of them voting in favor of independence, despite draconian measures ordered by madrid to try to stop the voting from taking place. spanish police smashed their way into polli

. >>> it was a violent day in northeast spain today as thousands in the catalonia region voted in an independence referendum. both the spanish government and the high court declared that vote illegal. for those that want independence, it goes back centuries, and today, hundreds were injured while trying to vote in clashes with national police. nbc's matt bradley is in barcelona. >> reporter: in spain's catalonia region, voting became an act of protest. and that protest became violent. after thousands of police raided voting stations, confiscated ballot boxes, and beat back angry voters. >> i never imagined in my head, in my mind, this violence in any country. >> reporter: spanish police say they were the victims. assaulted by civilians just for enforcing the law. dozens of police were injured. but despite scenes of brutality, some polling stations like this one in central barcelona were allowed to remain open, and they saw huge numbers. most are divided on independence. theirs is one of spain's richest regions and many here complain they give more than they get. the region is already

another controversial independence referendum is set to happen tomorrow, in the catalonia region of northeast spain tens of thousands of catalans are planning to vote in the banned referendum, even though police have sealed off many of the schools being used as polling stations. but supporters of the ballot barricaded themselves in schools last night and plan to stay there, to keep them open for voters. police have ordered them to leave by dawn. spain's constitutional court says the planned referendum is illegal, and spain's central government says the results will be invalid. in madrid today, thousands rallied for spanish unity, and against tomorrow's planned vote in catalonia. >> sreenivasan: on pbs newshour weekend sunday, did gerrymandering in wisconsin go too far? jeff greenfield reports on the case that's headed to the supreme court on tuesday. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm hari sreenivasan. good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the che

taxes one of the reasons getting catalonia against spain northeast region wants to go it alone will look at the economics. class carmageddon what's behind the collapse of australia's auto industry. so billionaire us president don't trump wants to reform the u.s. tax system but his plan looks more like tax cuts for america's wealthiest and some of the world's biggest corporations although it's yet to be fleshed out it is based on the idea that the cuts will pay for themselves with the economic growth they generate in the years to come yet in the history of us tax cuts that has never happened they call it supply side economics it's been done before and george h.w. bush famous famously called it voodoo economics it's likely to push up the deficit and opponents say it will deprive the government of money to spend on things like health care or social programs or the tax policy center calls it a giveaway for the rich those who earn more than four hundred thousand dollars a year get rates chopped for more than thirty nine percent to thirty five percent. and trump wants to slash tax for big busi

that we're talking about roughly twelve thousand square miles northeast parts of spain known as catalonia barcelona is considered the capital of that region it's home to more than seven and a half million people and accounts for about twenty percent of the spanish g.d.p. so it's no surprise that the spanish government wouldn't be up for their secession and spanish prime minister mario no real jorge told press that the cut the lines were fooled into taking part in an illegal vote leaders have also spoken out condemning the violence however still backing the spanish government independence leaders though say the catalans have spoken and have won their right to independence and now at it wasn't just the protesters and voters clashing with the police either in her own a riot police even turned on the local firefighters where they were there protecting those crowds actually the police began beating the firefighters with the tons they dragged women out by their hair they stomped on protesters who were already down the spanish national guard were also deployed but still they chaos shut down more

tax is one of the reasons getting cancer lonia against spain northeast region wants to go it alone will look at the economics.

spain. the catalonia region on the northeast board we are france voted earl-- earlier to break away from spain. many the catalans-- seth doane is in the regional cap wall twns following an emergency a meeting of spain cabinet we learned the central government in madrid is seeking to seize control of top government functions and positions here in catalonia. that could include the police, the media and its finances. at least until new elections could be called within the next six months. also the cat yoanian leader carles puigdemont would be stripped of his job. it would 23450ed to be approved by the senate, likely on friday. on the other side those seeking quips said they would not be quiet about lousing control, 50,000 people took to the streets in barcelona on saturday in protest. meanwhile puigdemont who has yet to explicitly declare independence continues to threaten to do. so he will be working with his parliament to plot their next move. and some separatist leaders are calling for civil disobedience if madrid, indeed, takes control here. reena? >> ninan: thank you, seth. this past week th

the political turmoil has prompted many companies to move their headquarters out of spain's richest region in the northeast but not every business is willing or able to leave. a banner on the town hall of sub adele reads freedom for political prisoners this catalan city isn't just the stronghold of the region's independence movement but also its industrial heartland due to the city's wealth spain's fourth largest bank was founded here. even though the bank has now turned its back on the region most mid-sized companies are staying in catalonia. take this supermarket chain for instance right in the middle of the political crisis its management announced it would be making two hundred million euros in investment opening nearly thirty new stores creating one thousand new jobs. they want to know us and we're also building a company head office right here in the heart of catalonia we won't move our headquarters anywhere else that will keep the wealth in jobs in our region that's exactly what we want that going up and i think that as many see reports of companies leaving the region is cheap propaganda that's beca

catalonia is in the northeast portion of spain.ckdown. spain's king accused organizers of breaking principles. >>> richard smith testified before congress yesterday. he apologized for the data breach that affected more than 145 million americans. lawmakers pressed him on why it took so long to inform consumers and fix the problem. >> i did not know the size, the scope of the breach. >> how does this happen when so much is at stake? i don't think we can that can, excuse me for saying this, fix stupid. >> put a happy face on your department's actions and depart with a golden parachute. >> smith will testify before the banking committee later today. >>> cbs news radio reports that the u.s. is defending its decision to kick out cuban diplomats. it's the latest fallout from the unexplained attacks that have harmed at least 22 american government workers and their families. yesterday secretary of state rex tillerson expelled 15 cuban diplomats because he says cuba failed to protect the u.s. staff. >>> and "newsweek" reports on antibiotic

. >> the northeast region of spain.im wilcox with our partners at the bbc is in barcelona with what spain's emergency action means. >> reporter: well, it was described as the nuclear option, and many people didn't think it woulsd happen. the government in madrid has decided to invoke article 155. what does that mean? the 1978 constitution. it's never been used before but effectively it's imposing direct rule on catalonia from madrid. this is a huge moment constitutionally for this country. it follows that referendum deemed illegal by madrid here on october 1st. they say, what are you doing, that's illegal and against the constitution. ever since it's been a case of cat and mouse. a few days ago they declared independence ald then suspended it saying he with madrid. madrid gave them a deadline of eight days to revoke that decision. that has passed and now a direct rule will be imposed by na drid. the cabinet meeting on saturday to decide precisely which measures they're going to impose. jeff. >> tim wilcox in barcelona.

referendum on sunday some eight hundred people were injured in clashes with police spain's representative in northeast catalonia said he apologized on behalf of the officers that used force to deter voters and a spokesman for the central government also struck a more conciliatory tone in a statement today listen it growth will result in most we all know that the security forces were carrying out the judge's order to prevent a vote that was the legal. they were acting because the local police had failed to do so. they went in to prevent voting and not to target voters he said if you don't buy the fact some people did suffer the consequences of that is regrettable. you don't have to go get a lot of money. meanwhile two senior catalan police officers and two leading separatists have appeared in court to face addition allegations the four accused of failing to enforce a court ban on holding the referendum they will have to return to court in the coming days after a prosecutor presents new evidence catalan leaders have said that regional leader carlos bruised a man will address the regional parliament on t

live in northeast, trish hartman channel 6 >> thank you. >>> following a developing story out of spain tonight. more than 840 people have been injured including two dozen police officers following a referendum on independence from spain. the polls have now closed in catalonia, but there was chaos earlier in the day. as spanish national police entered polling stations. the government is opposed to any break away moves by the northeastern region. the top court declared this illegal. >>> oj simpson is a free man after spending nine years in prison for a robbery. the former nfl star walked out after midnight. the spokes woman said simpson was up beat and happy as he left after signing paperwork. the 70-year-old was granted parole back in july. he faces restrictions during his five years of parole supervision including disclosure of where he plans to live. >>> world news sunday will have the latest on both stories coming up on action news or after action news at 6:30. >>> police in chester are looking for a suspect who shot and called a man inside of a home there. the action cam was on scen

to quadriga where the focus this week is on spain which is facing its greatest political crisis in decades separatists in the catalonia region in the northeast of the country have stepped up their push for independence from madrid but the central government has firmly rejected the separatist drive and a large number of councilman's have themselves also made it clear that they want to remain part of spain in a key development the head of the council on government has suspended a declaration of independence saying there is still time to. sew a question on quadriga this week barcelona against madrid spain a break up and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by gabriela gonzales soria from d.w. spanish desk who says catalonia should state a part of spain but the rigid approach adopted by prime minister oha is only strengthening the council and independence movement also with us is mounting laming from the berlin daily the target spiegel the two argues that council only a must remain part of spain but only if negotiations lead to very far reaching autonomy and a woman also to marry can pretzel his bowling ball but says she feels

as we end today's show by looking at the escalating conflict in spain over sunday's independence referendum in the northeastion of catalonia. more than 800 people were injured after spanish police stormed polling stations and tried to forcibly prevent people from voting, firing tear gas and physically attacking prospective voters. the spanish government says the referendum was illegal. it had seized control of ballots and fliers, raided the catalan regional government's offices, and even shut down pro-independence websites. late on sunday night, the catalan regional government said 90% of catalan voters chose independence. the catalan government now says it plans tm spain within 48 hours. spain says it will neither recognize the results of the referendum, nor a declaration of independence. the escalating conflict is being described as the biggest constitutional crisis in spain since the end of the franco dictatorship in the 1970's. for more, we're joined by two guests. in cleveland, ohio, sebastiaan faber is with us, professor of hispanic studies at oberlin college and author of the forthcoming book "memory

indeed the central government could suspend the northeast regions of the anime it's seen as a last resort but the spanish justice minister has confirmed that spain could suspend catalan autonomy if carli declares its independence next week always puts a bit of a van or seize an international affairs correspondent who believes that spain could be expelled from the e.u. . in december they would search and step in and then. exclude themselves and membership if the e.u. would accept such as she duration that is the and. as a as an international organization we can never accept that the e.u. member state uses the army against its own people we should also not forget that the reason and the circumstance that straight stream became a member was. to and delete data should such a scenario would be a catastrophe to strain to call it a loan you're obviously. absolutely. the king of saudi arabia has landed here in moscow and historic trip it's the first time the kingdom sitting moment has made an official visit to russia the move seen by many as an unexpected shift in foreign policy can someone will meet with the russian president vladimir putin with huge o

the central government can suspend the northeast and regions autonomy in fact it's seen as a last resort but the spanish just as minister has confirmed that spain could use its constitutional power to suspend catalan autonomy he added that the measure is being considered if the regional parliament declares independence next week we spoke to live in our cities say former international affairs consultant he believes spain could be expelled from the e.u. if it doesn't tread carefully here too there's a lot of irons in the fire here. in december going in they would search in step and then they would then they really exclude themselves and membership or if the e.u. would accept such as she duration that is the and for the new. as a as an international organization we can never accept that the e.u. member state uses the army against his own people we should also not forget that the reason and the circumstances that straight stay in the game. was among other things too and in the data should such a scenario would be a catastrophe to strain to call it alone you know obviously and for the european union absolutely. senate intelligence committee says tha

us now working its way steadily towards the northeast but is joining quite a bit of cloud behind it as well this actually is fairly good news because in spain and portugal we've had a lot of wildfires recently and fortunately it looks like the rain will help against those then because this area of cloud should bring us a fair amount of rain and some of that's going to be quite heavy that's where the sand on wednesday on thursday begins to pull away towards the east but ahead of it we've got this huge area of high pressure so for most of us in europe it's actually following and settled and pretty warm at the moment as well vienna all the way up at around twenty degrees that fine sunny weather also extends a bit further south so most of us along the northern parts of africa seeing that settled spell too but not quite all of us because the rain that's working its way across spain and portugal is also just nudging its way into the northwestern parts of africa too so expect a fair amount of plaid a few showers there in parts of our area on wednesday and it turns heavier on thursday. with. hello again you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder