Good morning live from r. T. Internationals main new center here in moscow is kevin owen with a with his 30 minute world news update just turned 10 am moscow time 1st on the sex trafficking and child abuse trial of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is spilling over into the white house President Trump said to defend his labor secretary alex acosta when i was a u. S. Attorney in miami way back he signed off a plea agreement in an earlier case involving epstein which critics say was far too lenient. Its been a great really great the secretary of labor. The rest of it will have to look at we have to look at it very carefully but youre talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people so were going to look at it very carefully Jeffrey Epstein a registered sex offender is accused of trafficking and luring dozens of underage girls to his mansion if found guilty may face up to 45 years in prison now the democratic leadership is putting pressure on trump and his team over a potential obstruction of justice that. Secretary costa must step down as u. S. Attorney he engaged in the conscionable agreement with jeffrey abstain kept secret from courageous young victims prevented them from seeking justice this was now by the president of the us when he appointed him to the cabinet i am calling on secretary acosta to resign instead of prosecuting a predator and serial sex trafficker of children. A constant challenge to let him off the sea jeffrey abstain a billionaire caught trafficking underage girls between 20022005 has been arrested yet again this time after horrendous new evidence came to life beginning at least 2002 and continuing until 2000. And 13 is alleged to have abused dozens of victims epstein is well connected and hes evaded these charges for years thanks to a deal he made with the costa when he was the u. S. Attorney in miami and stead of being charged with sex trafficking and child rape he only pled guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor while serving his time epstein had up to 12 hours a day 6 days a week as work release at his Downtown Office he served only 13 months before then being released on probation during his probation epstein took numerous trips to both the Virgin Islands and new york city in his private jet and the new evidence has forced acosta to now come forward and defend his decision to give such special treatment to a sexual predator. With the evidence available more than a decade ago federal prosecutors insisted the go to jail reduces the sex offenders to monies available for the new Prosecution Office an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice so democrats just heard about this sweetheart deal and are filled with outrage well actually know theyve known about it for quite some time this is a cost his confirmation hearing back in 27 seen the lawsuit questions why trumps nominee for labor secretary former miami u. S. Attorney you know xander across to cut a nonprosecution deal with epstein a decade ago rather than pursuing a federal indictment in fact the nature of a cost as punishment if you can really call it that was never secret the department of justice has defended the actions of the office in that matter. Under both president bush and president obamas administrations so why the sudden outrage well according to Chuck Schumer timing is everything the president needs to answer for his statements he has made about his relationship with mr epstein particularly since President Trump appointed mr acosta. To such a powerful position see the issue is that a trumpet ministration official is now caught up in the outrage around Jeffrey Epstein and trump indeed does have some skeletons in his closet when it comes to the epstein case epstein visited mara largo however according to the attorney who represents one of epsteins victims trump threw him out after he started making passes at underage girls on the property furthermore trump seems to be the only prominent individual actually cooperated with the investigation into epsteins crimes trump is the only person who picked up the phone and said lets just to give you as much time as you want we will need to know it was very helpful so that does not put trump in the clear he certainly was familiar with the sexual predator however so was bill clinton the former president actually took 27 different flights on Jeffrey Epsteins private airplanes some of them without being accompanied by secret service and there are rumors circulating that there were underage girls on the plane clinton had his secret service with him and many times he did not almost every time that clintons name is on the pilot logs there are underage girls there are initials and there are names of many many girls on that. Private plane but clinton is just background noise right now epstein fits in with the anti trump chorus from Mainstream Media the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump old friend Jeffrey Epstein times to both the president and notably his labor secretary alex our costume the man who cut that deal with him that was his job then now that labor secretary hes got supporters a report of this administration so perhaps the victims in this case should be happy that donald trump was elected after all until trumps name was brought in and attached to the case there seemed to be far less interest an outrage about epsteins atrocious crimes from certain voices. Art see new york. Islamic state terrorists. Who took part in the 2015 paris terror attacks as receive 500 euros compensation for legal terms of detention use in a prison cell under permanent surveillance is the catch is something that contradicts european human rights laws are to do penskes got more this morning. So look this infamous name and the last remaining member of a group behind the worst terror attack in french this thank you. Just months later 32 people were killed in cold water native bombings on brussels major transport ups is now serving a 20 Year Prison Sentence yet its now emerged this self confessed to harvest has found himself on the right side of the legal system of the french state was forced to pay him 500 euros why well do you bring abdul slums incarceration here in france he was subjected to nor stop surveillance back in 2016 then Justice Minister explained why that decision was taken. Made a ministerial order authorizing Video Surveillance 24 hours a day and on the basis of this decree which i took after consultation with the National Commission on informatics and liberty i took an individual decision on mr disallowed to be put into Video Surveillance even the unions supported the governments position and why that scope of surveillance was justified. In this case Video Surveillance was an effective means of ensuring that the individual did no harm himself and if needed to stand trial for what he did but does lambs continue to challenge it and they won in 2017 these Administrative Court agree that his detention conditions were illegal but this information has only just come to light and its causing outrage. The french judiciary. Has condemned the state to pay 500 euros to a terrorist who caused the deaths of more than 130 people and left 400 injured on the 13th of november 25th scene this is a disgrace im appalled by the court order to pay 500. 00 euros to so obviously this legal outrage must be reviewed urgently this french stay owes nothing to islamist barbarians so what do people here in paris make of this case and. Honestly i dont think that 500 euros is a lot and i also agree with the human rights side of it but he didnt respect the human rights of the people either i believe that when you are. Creating crime that is so horrific that perhaps you should just lose all of your entailments and a privilege is known president s have an absolutely not thats not normal he committed a crime and now we have to pay him its not normal so really amazing that the french government or 2 previous 5000. 00 fine birds if we are looking to decide of the justice weve got some rules weve got some lows and we need to respect the will. Is not good at all because hes still a terrorist and should be the other way he should be charging condemned some very diverse opinions on a subject that many people were simply shocked by it seems though that abd islam has no intention of taking the money so far hes refused it so what do you can ski aussie paris to put into our guests as well we asked about the rights and wrongs of this case so this was clear cut as you may think. The issue around how we was treated by the french authorities is an important issue regardless of ones background regardless of ones you know situation in terms of what theyve been accused of the rule of law applies equally to same case in belgium actually where they receive compensation because they are in mark a restricted area within prison and they get one euro per day i mean this is ridiculous its not the fact that theyre received the one euro its the fact that the court goes as far as losing time on this issue i mean in middle Eastern Countries there is none of that well the reality is somewhat different the people who carried out those a terrorist attacks in paris and in brussels and some of them have got very serious sentences theyve been given life sentences of 20 plus years you know we look here in the u. K. Theres been many terror plots that have been foiled and the people involved have been given long custodial sentences well i think that the sentences should be the real sentences that the judge pronounces if it is 2030 years life it is a life it is 30 years or 20 years people in the street. Should not get emotional about this but they dont understand the system they have the impression that the victims are penalized while the Justice System defense criminals but youve got to take your own emotion out of it and said that the law applies equally to every single citizen and if the authorities the police are not above the law in western societies and if theyve done any particular action which is brought their authority into disrepute then they should be consequences and thats what the judge awarded damages to this individual. Court in italy is handed life sentences to 24 people including high profile officials involved in operation condor or there was a campaign of political repression by us but to pay to ship it back in the seventys and eightys and 6 of american countries 23 of the 24 were sentenced in absentia the case was initially open. 2 decades ago by families of the victims. Kidnappings torture tens of thousands killed including through being thrown out of flying planes the death flights with a cruel dose of irony the operation was also given the ariel name condo for over a decade the dictatorships of 6 latin american states were cleansing their left leaning opposition through repression and state terror now their victims have some closure but only some the executers of operation condor couldnt have excelled the way they did without help we have followed events in argentina closely we wish the new government will wish it will succeed we will do what we can to help it succeed where were you on a difficult period it is a curious to win political criminal and terrorist activities tend to merge without any clear separation when the standard must establish with auriti in hindsight as stablish authority they did oh by all means quite literally all the 6 nations became staunch allies of the us for which the political purges in latin america became a convenient way to scorch communist idea from its backyard outpost of pinochet now a household name almost synonymous with tyranny enjoyed Financial Support from washington at least through his chief of intelligence some declassified documents referred to operation condo as a legitimate counterterrorism action moreover and Rick Kissinger then secretary of state. Was briefed on the murder operations of operation condor in august 1976 the operation would last until 1989 and for all those years this cia chose not to step in to prevent the brutal violence in fact the u. S. Kept its finger on the pulse of operation condor or aiding at times with strategic planning. Brazil argentina chile bolivia paraguayan year ago i make up the nets they keep in touch with one another through a u. S. Communication installation in the panama canal zone which covers all of latin america obviously this is the Commodore Network which all of us have heard about over the last few years this cia did such a great job ensuring control of latin america through operation corndog that in 1977 just 2 years into its official phase europe took notes representatives of west german french and British Intelligence services had visited the condo Organization Secretary its important gerrys during the month of september 977. 00 in order to discuss methods for establishment of an anti subversion organization simulate a condo due to their view that the terrorists aversive threats had reached such Dangerous Levels in europe as kissinger was well aware the cia knew all about this state department knew all about this and in fact the United States helped facilitate communications between the 6 countries that were involved in this people are getting some small measure of justice and its much too late many of the perpetrators have already died you have to realize this was a vast operation thousands and thousands of people involved 7 governments involved at least you have to also remember that you have the Intelligence Services of britain france and west germany also collaborating with these governments in south america so this was that Michael Oboyle operation to silence critics silence reformers and this is her read this period in history in terms of actual justice being met it out here on earth thats probably not going to happen in most cases. This is Arts International good morning from moscow im kevin owen coming up after the break what american diabetics are having to have. To canada by the bus load for affordable medication well explain more about their predicament when we come back. After country for thats part of it its a horrible fit country a sum of all that youve got. Stock markets that are owned by lets call 10 percent of the population most of us. And theyre what else is for and its a condition that for americans dont want to cop to its hard for but the fact is now youve got 150000000 more people america. And you try and the pressure you try and leave it outside the door you try and put it in the common compartment. And so you can forget about it but little by little. These little whispers come and for me it was actually putting some into my wifes glass of gin until i saw it on the sound on the screen to the glass reminded me of how we do school in bali which was with bags of supermarkets are. People with diabetes in america so the being forced to go to canada in order to get affordable insulin a group spent 15 hours on a bus trip to buy the medication that turns out to be 12 times less expensive over the border than it is in the u. S. We spoke with the organizer. So this is when i just went to c. V. S. In minneapolis minnesota. The retail price that violets 340. 00 when i went to london ontario to pick it out at the walmart pharmacy there. In u. S. Dollars the retail price was 26. 00 so there is a huge price discrepancy and so 1st so Many Americans they just simply cant afford that i have never had to personally ration insulin but from the high cost of insulin i have had to go into debt because of it ive had to put it on credit cards ive had to reach out to family members to help me pay for it because it has gotten too expensive that i cant cover and. Because that astronomical cost but i also realize there are people that are not as fortunate as me and they dont have family members they can reach out to that can help bail them out according to the u. S. To meet his associations 30000000 americans suffer from the illness while more than 7000000 rely on insulin it comes amid a significant rise in the coast to treatment for 2012 to 16 prices a list doubled in fact the coast withhold from the charity what international told us what the tragic consequences of having to rush it in slim. The price is raised over 1200 percent in the past 20 years and theres just no reason why its been increasing to the point where people just theyre dying because they cant afford their insulin my family has paid the ultimate price of the pharmaceutical Companies Price gouging their patients. In 2017 my 26 year old son passed away. From diabetic ketoacidosis from rationing his insulin and he was rationing it because he couldnt afford it. The Monthly Price for his insulin and diabetic supplies was 1300. 00 is to such an extreme when people are resorting to some really drastic measures to be able to get affordable insulin and people are traveling outside of the United States and going to other countries to purchase it where its actually affordable John Dombrowski from center thinks that tough regulations are limiting competition in the medical industry. Sometimes it happens the United States the f. D. A. Requires pharmaceutical industry to have a certain standard of care and standards are great but sometimes Small Businesses cannot enter that market because its such a barrier by making a 1000 dollars or 3000. 00 a year in a product when i as a company want to get into that maybe we need 6 companies but we need a company and the way that you do that is again make sure theres a less of a barrier to make this product if you use competition then me as a patient im empowered to understand how much is this medication cost this product equally as good why i want maybe you know take a lesser expensive medication than the other. Donald trump on a tour to crusade again this time venting his anger britains ambassador to the United States in a series of tweets he calls a kid derek among other things a pompous fool the president also lashed out at outgoing Prime Minister treason may calling her brakes a deal a disaster British Foreign secretary and potentially the next Prime Minister jeremy hunt fired back donald trump friends speak frankly so i will these comments disrespectful and wrong to our Prime Minister and my country you said the u. K. U. S. Alliance was the greatest in history and i agree but i leave need to treat each other with respect and threes a maze always done with you so the u. S. President s enraged after those leaked confidential emails from the u. K. Ambassador exposed what he thought about President Trump and his Administration London immediately launched a probe into the embarrassing incident but that hasnt satisfied the man in the oval office further now a hunch rivaled to be Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has also been trying to smooth the path a good long term relations they think should be ruffled by this current spat ive got a Good Relationship with the white house and i have no embarrassment in saying that the United States is has been will be for the foreseeable future our number one political military friend. The u. S. State Department Also tried to calm the waters saying the president s row with london wont affect their special relationship we will of course let the way ill speak for the president s tweets we have an incredibly special and strategic relationship with the United Kingdom that has gone on for quite a long time and its bigger than any individual its bigger than in any government its something that has stood the test of time and will continue to do so well there could be further intrigue here to the british ambassadors fall and victim to a political hit job inside the u. K. Foreign office and that is what former White House Communications director told r. T. Is going underground show host rush and returns in fact the full interview is airing next. You know if you if the windows ok here clickety clack outside its a horse its not a zebra so to me that was a political hit job an ambassador darrick and theres a transition going to happen in the u. K. Government and somebody wanted to embarrass him and knock him out of that post now hes leaving i guess or starr is up in january i think it would be ridiculous for them to remove him prior to star being up but its likely now because of that maybe he wont get a Term Extension and ironically that would be a shame for the British Government because hes done a very very good job using incredibly well liked despite what the president is saying in those tweets and thats the president he is very well liked in washington though and he ambassador is not foisted upon the United States not someone with thrilled with this is predictable behavior by the president and this thing will blow over but its embarrassing somebody should get in the Foreign Office of the u. K. Government somebody should get down to the bottom of what happened and some people that you cant fire ok but if you are still the white house good 11 days inside the Foreign Office i could figure out whos doing it and we would have to send them out. At least in the us official congo been caught on camera tasering a man who they say was interfering with a crime say well mans wife recorded the incident for inside the car with the children were also sitting around watching. The perfect final this was. In the spotlight and were not trying to see that. Its. Yes nice because thats all youre going to be. Its us we were you know once asked if i could. Thats a problem that. Yes it is true he was very or was raised. Well the Police Department reportedly charged the moment 2 counts of obstructing an officer since 2014 anyone in the state of illinois can record on Duty Police Officers in Public Places without their consent there are 2 exceptions to the law though one prohibits recording interactions in a secret way and the other expect reasonable privacy for an officer we spoke to dan kadlec human rights lawyer whether the man in the video had actually broken the law or not police are allowed to secure a scene but theres no reason why someone couldnt film their own doing. Or even film the scene and laura her even if someone were truly interfering with the crime scene there is no reason to pepper spray them and to use that kind of force from what i saw from the bigio it was definitely Excessive Force it seems to me the police in this country feel they can use any force they want to accomplish any ends they want thats just not true you know in the end they are supposed to protect and serve and they each need to use the least amount of force necessary to do their jobs and in this case i think they went well over the law and it in again i think that violated. This mans 1st amendment rights because they seemed to want to shut down his family when she has a constitutional right to do i guess he took the risk theres no question but i think in a Civilized Society shouldnt have to risk life and limb for doing what your Constitutional Rights say you can do and that that i believe the case youre. 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