was now live to william robinson professor of sociology and latin american studies at the university of california santa barbara welcome to the program here on our national so the protest in haiti are turning more and more violent was behind the and could the president be forced out. well very possibly haiti is facing a cripple crippling socio political and economic crisis it's getting worse as you pointed out in your news segment hunger is rising inflation is meaning that food is out of the reach of the increasingly out of the reach of of poor people unemployment has a red is high and it's is rising what sparked this particular round of protests though is that venezuela has been providing funding and oil under favorable terms under the petro creevy fund and it was revealed that the prime minister jovan almost say this has been embezzling funds for the last few years he's been in power he's entering his third his third year now that was simply the spark that lit the fuse and i think these protests are going to continue they're going to intensify the country is reaching a breaking poi

haiti we spoke about the demonstrations in both haiti and just across the sea in venezuela with william robinson a professor of latin american studies he told us why haiti get special treatment from washington eighty is facing a crippling social political and economic crisis it's getting worse inflation is meaning that food increasingly out of the reach of poor people unemployment is high and it is rising the haitian government is a close ally of the united states it's a simple as that united states has pointed to stabilize and overthrow the venezuelan government for for the last twenty years and at the same time it has been propping up in the elite far right wing government incredibly corrupt government which rules over a social order which benefits a tiny minority for the last thirty forty fifty years so that's nothing new i mean it's not been not only surprised but it does demonstrate the complete hypocrisy and double standard of u.s. foreign policy towards the region and towards these two countries eighty has gone through nearly three decades now of constant foreign u.s. led intervention the

with tear gas about the demonstrations both in haiti and across the caribbean in venezuela with william robinson a professor of latin american studies eighty is facing a crippling socio political and economic crisis it's getting worse insulation is meaning that food inc recently out of the reach of poor people unemployment is there and it is wrong is that the haitian government is a close ally of the united states it's a simple as that united states is going to destabilize and overthrow the been swirling government for for the last twenty years and at the same time it has been propping up in the elite far right wing government in radically corrupt government which rules over a social order which benefits a tiny minority for the last thirty forty. so that's nothing new i mean it's not been not only surprised but it does demonstrate the complete accuracy and double standard of u.s. foreign policy towards the region and towards these two countries has gone through really decades now of constant foreign u.s. led intervention the u.s. is already intervening behind the scenes it has never started to p

please welcome, phoebe robinson and jessica williams. 2 dope queens. [ applause ] >> okay, you two, youo. >> it is so. i know, i know. >> guys, we're so famous right now we just don't have time. it's really exciting and i feel like, you know, we have done at will of seasons of the podcast that will always be available. you know, these special are amazing. we got to interview michelle obama and it's really hard to top that. >> yeah, speaking of michelle obama, you said that was the way you finished your podcast, an interview with michelle obama. you said you were impressed with her office. >> the vibes of the office were amazing. it smelled really good not just like she was trying hard to make it smell good. it smelled amazing. open candles weren't lit. >> you're bffs now. you're going on the road to help her with her book tour. >> this saturday i'm in portland with her moderating her book tour. >> i haven't been able to do but i'm really excited to, like, do that. i'm like nervous. >> she's so chill. her bessies are like, >> you had the second series of hbo specials coming out. you did

robinson, alicia keys, and ne-yo. >>> let's turn overseas. there's a lot happening with the royal family. prince williamleton were celebrating with celebrities at the baft thats. and there are new developments about prince philip, who was involved in a car accident last month. for the latest on the royals we go to lucy kavanaugh in london. >> reporter: a lot of royal news from this weekend. prince philip, the 97-year-old duke o edinburgh, voluntarily surrendering his driver's license in the aftermath of the horrific car crash he was in. meghan markle and her continuing saga with dad thomas markle, speaking out to the press yet again, sharing an intimate five-page handwritten letter meghan sent to him after the wedding. he got in trouble for staging photos to the paparazzi, in speaking to the press. in this emotional letter meghan wrote she never heard from her father, he wouldn't be coming, nor did she receive messages about the heart attack he had. daddy, it is with a heavy heart that i write this, not understanding why you have chosen to take this path, turning a blind eye to the pain that you are cau

robinson is here, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) i can't wait -- i can't wait to ask her what it's like to work with jessica williamsalso on the show, the governor of virginia joins a book club the earth is a giant bug zapper and senator amy klobuchar throws her name into the ring at one of her staffers. but first, let's catch up on today's headlines. the grammy awards, the night when white americans are remined of how much black people like to thank god. and last night's show is no different. >> music's biggest night for the grammys, and what a show. >> guardee b. won grammy for best rap album for invasion of privacy. >> grave took home a grammy for "god's plan" but many viewers upset his powerful speech appeared to be cut off. kacey musgraves took oim home album of the year, also appeared to be cut off. >> trevor: a lot of people were angry because people's speeches were getting cut off, but the show was also four hours long. i understand that you're winning an award and you want to thank everybody, but we also don't want to watch this thing for four hours. you don't want to get cut off, give it a quicker speech,

really a trail blazer, and someone recognized as serena williams, what makes her very interesting is that she's somebody who believed unlike jackie robinson that her play itself was a political statement. jackie robinson believes, and she would often speak about jackie robinson in a compare and contrast mode because she was referred to as the jackie inrobinson of her sport. she believed her play would do the talking for her. and the mere fact in this very restricted lily white world off tennis, that in and of itself is a political statement, and that had a lot of influence in my thinking when i read about althea gibson's thoughts about that. it made me realize you really have these two kinds of political acts. you have the ones who are extremely representative, the mere factou they're on the field is a political act, and then you have the ones who are with it. the ones who use their platform to speak about politics. and althea gibson you have one of the great representative athletes, and with jackie robinson you have both representative and explicit in terms of him being willing to speak out about politic, in particular after his retireme

serena williams and venus williams as the great african-american trailblazer she was.re o what makes are also very interesting is that she's someone who believed unlike jackie robinsonhat her plate itselfwh was a political statement like jackie robinson believed-- he would often speak about jackie robinson like compare and contrast mode because she was referred to as the jackie robinson of her sports, but she believed that her play could do the talking for her and of the mere very restricteddo willie white world of tennis her succeeding that in and of itself was a political statement and that had a lot of influence on my thinking when i read about as he again saidot because it made me relay she really have these two kinds of political acts. you have the ones who are extremely like representatives, just the mere fact they are on the field is a political act and then you have the ones who are then use their platform to speak out about politics and in althea gibson and one of the great representative athletes who ever lived and someone like jackie robinson you have someone representative and explicit in terms of him being willing to speak out about politics particularl