That a lot of these Network Executives are very close to the people they were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein her amy amy roebuck. Hello youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im ours on a lot could welcome to the program now 1st top story bolivias long serving president of a morale its has announced hes stepping down from office and this follows 2 weeks of intense protests in which bolivia suffered many millions of dollars worth of damage well for more on this im now joined live in the studio by our Senior Correspondent more it has been a turbulent time for bolivia clear the past couple of days talk us through what happened when it all began as a result of the election president ial election on the 20th of october livea choosing between mr. Carlos mesa the opposition candidate and 3rd a 3rd party. The initial vote count put mr morale is where head almost 10 points ahead and that is when monitors and organizations the opposition said well regularities that they had spotted fraud that the vote couldnt have been couldnt have been correct and mr carlos mesa called for for massive protests of people of millions to walk out into the streets to protest the results of this election and since the 20th of october we have seen protests that have gradually turned more and more violent 3 People Killed many many more injured many more Wounded Police in uniform joining the protesters so the country became very divided that is not to say that mr moralism enjoyed a whole lot of support in the country and believe it nevertheless mr morell has agreed with the irregularities he said that they were investigating but initially he refused to resign he refused to resign until the day when with half his government god the Vice President resigned the head of the said it was many other officials some fearing for the safety of their families who had been threatened by protesters nevertheless now that its done many believe ians are in the streets celebrate. We are celebrating the liberation of believing but the people who believe there must continue to fight you know that we came out under the streets on the 21st of october and from that day have been defined in our democracy now we are celebrating our victory. We believe in people are standing here to defend our ideas our children our democracy and our country. What what will means a discussion is the role of the military played in all of this because many many officials many protest leaders of mr morales to resign now that it was when the chief of the army came out and said enough is enough youve got to go that he resigned it is it is as of yet unclear whether he did so as zoon choice or whether he was forced to resign by the military which would make it a coup well that earlier touched on some of the reasons why he has chosen to leave lets listen to some of those remarks. I mean look at proceedings. I resigned the presidency why did i decide to resign so that carlos mesa and Luis Fernando camacho do not continue to persecute my brothers the union leaders. What do you think you meant by that well theres a. Theres a lot of violence as i said aimed against against both sides both sides accused each other of for mending that violence of enabling it nevertheless many officials from his party from the government threaten their families would threaten many resigned as i said because of that the irony here is that carlos mesa back in 2002 he was Vice President of the country. Him and the president they carried out a massacre a crackdown violent crackdown dozens and dozens of People Killed against protesters demanding nationalization of Gas Resources in the country the president then resigned mr mesa became president acting president and the year later he a year later you reside who forced him to resign was ever morales who was a union leader back then a protest leader and on a wave of public support he was to become president he has ruled the country for 14 years since and the irony here is that now the rules have been reversed that is evil morality has been forced to resign by carlos mesa who is leading leading the protest nevertheless this is this is a very turbulent for bolivia because. Theres a lot of change thats going to happen it is unclear whether mr rollins who his successor is going to run in the election unclear if mr mason will now be president and if he is the be radical radical changes in the ways things are run because with the mesa. Unlike his predecessor ever more out as a staunch critic of the United States of its Foreign Policy mr mason is on the you know the opposite he says that hell improve relations with the united. Hes involved in something of a scandal recently came back from the United States and his spokesperson the clear that he just being given 10000000. 00 by usaid the United States government which mr mason denied nevertheless you know if any other country given a president ial candidate 10000000. 00 there would have been election meddling in this case well nobodys saying hey this is the mesa denies that he got the money. As i said the deputy head of the said it is now in power she is going to organize elections the Investigation Underway to find out how exactly will the route of food was committed and punish those responsible levelers trying times ahead for bolivia certainly plenty to keep an eye on and i know youre keeping across the force thank you Senior Correspondent. Well for a bit more on this joining us live now is Daniel Schorr his press of latin american and Caribbean Studies at the City University of new york daniel thanks for joining us lets start here as mara just said that a 2nd Vice President of the Bolivian Senate jeanine and years has become interim president what do we know about her what actions might she take now. Well 1st i think its very important. It will. Ever not resign. Lawrence perry way this is cool its are violent who its our. This is. A jury for your liberalism its for the forces in bolivia. Who want to push back this ijebu the disfavor in the scenery or the workers so this court record new president. It remains to be seen but it sure seems like she will up for the agenda of the rich of those forces based in santa cruz as we know bolivia is a very divided country racially and class was and as it will says the struggle will continue. Lets talk a little bit more about those kind of macro things going on in Latin America Latin america because weve seen a lot of unrest recently in other countries as well. This was one of the leaders of the socalled pink tie you to all the socialist sort of leaders who came to power in the previous decades does that mean if were saying hes sort of been pushed out of power that theres a more of a swing towards the right and conservatism within latin american countries more specifically bolivia. It is very concerning for the entire card that it all up out that we are going to d see more stream of one giant. Because what happens in bolivia affects argentina and what happens in argentina sex brazil and mexico and so on and so forth weve seen a major victory locus or whatever in many people defeat for you. In local elections we saw the defeat of the whole image and. The long road to small. Defeated in our heena but this is certainly a concerning step back in bolivia are many analysts bolivia ones. Strongholds of these inside her and those forces because of it well more helos in his leadership and seemingly. You know there is there is a crisis for sure there. Are you you called it yourself a coup that menace what is Nicolas Maduro has also condemned what he calls a coup against morales hes been on the pressure himself in the past or do you think this situation could affect venezuela as well. Certainly that is why its United States in august forces of liberalism like theyve done everything since 998. 00 to suffocate in eiseley well have been as well in of course cuba since 959 and i think it will marlowe said it best his true sin is that hes indigenous is true saint is that he represents the poorest sectors of bolivia is true saying is that he dared to step on the big toes of the robber barons as santa cruz who are descendants of the spanish car owners who come from a wealthier background as we know there was a session is movement in some of the groups where they were applying the red yellow and green flag of bolivia they were flying their green white regional flags so these forces have been in motion for many years and this is not about a 4th term limit this is not about any elections this is about a battle for who will control the living state we are getting a full spectrum of views across this tonight and also a professor of latin american Caribbean Studies at the City University of new york thanks for your time thank you. Now with 95 percent of the votes now counted in spains general election the country looks no closer to ending months of political deadlock no party is now predicted to win an overall majority and it is the 2nd general election this year and the 4th in as many its his challenger bensky with more from barcelona. Well it does feel a little bit like deja vu as those final votes on now being counted what we do know is that no one party has been able to gain a majority here to be able to form a majority government it does look like spain will have to go into Coalition Talks if its to form a government in the next few weeks even months possibly what we know is the political gamble that was taken by paid for their son just the leader of the socialist party hasnt quite paid off for him it looks like his party has lost seats in this election however there were some big gains for other parties including the Peoples Party you saw the number of seats rise as well as the populist party vox which in a pool less stormed into the congress with just over 20 seats and now it looks like theyll have more than 50 seats in the vase particular parliament but again a very fractured Political Landscape here in spain and here in catalonia some of the tensions recent weeks have been around the issue again of independence and not came off the spanish call to madrid sentence some of the Pro Independence leaders leading into that referendum here in catalonia back in 2017 jail sentences for sedition some for up to 13 years that sparked tensions in the sparked 1 problems in the lead up to this election with clashes between protesters and the police. Q. The. Was a high Police Presence as the election took place on sunday with spanish place as well as the local catalan forces out and present as those votes were being put through into the ballot boxes many people here in spain seem to have a lot of voter apathy with the fact that this wasnt just the 2nd election this year this was the 4th general election spain in 4 years this is what some of the voters had to say. We are a bit tired but i hope that they understand that there is no other option but to take. Into account there is no way out if they think that with the repression they will achieve something we are stronger than ever well i think the parties to reach an agreement so that we dont have to vote again and that the situation in spain and kind of see some progress in repeating everything too much very tired i think im not the only one this reputation will. The results will be the same as in the past the last vote in any way hopefully there will be no more elections so its clear no party will be able to form a government a majority government on their own this is a case now of parties talking to each other but most of 2019 was spent with parties trying to talk to each other to try and form a coalition will they be able to see succeed this time well thats not clear but what is possible is that spain will be without a government until 2020. 40 barcelona while we discuss the elections with independent journalist martin droppers to find out what might come next. I think the main thing looking forward is that both the socialists you know who the acting government and their more Natural Partners then most between them theyve actually paid the price for not reaching an agreement in the past 6 months because their seat tally has actually fallen. That leaves them even far short of the you know the magical majority of them than they were you know just 6 months ago so i mean the big question again looking forward is whether theyre going to be able to settle differences with each other not only the us is whether theyre going to be able to reach out to. Get a lot of the regional nationalist parties on site at least to form some sort of a pact overwise we have yet more deadlock. The c. E. O. Of mcdonalds was fined this week for having an affair with an employee well have more details on that after this short break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic to follow the only move really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. With the ever present and constant drip. Of the free money. We would have a day of reckoning. And prices would revert back to reflect supply and demand. And there would be a catastrophic trap door opening underneath the u. S. Economy because the u. S. Wont do it for itself china will do it for the in the form of announcing as a surprise 20000. 00 tons of gold and the introduction of a gold backed cryptocurrency this will kill the u. S. Dollar better than adorning. Now turning to some of the stories that shape the week a leaked a video appears to show that americas a. B. C. News channel shelved a story on disc raced billionaire Geoffrey Epstein 3 years ago and that work anchor was recorded ranting about the station quashing her explosive interview with an accused the convicted paedophile and it a number of pavlik as are implicated in his alleged crimes. That story for 3 years ive had to say if you would for any roberts the palace found out that we have her whole allegations are false andrew and threatened us a 1000000 different ways she told me everything she had pictures everything she was in hiding for 12 years making history come out and we convinced her to talk to us it was unbelievable what we had cleared with everything. I tried for 3 years to get on to no avail and now its all coming out and i think these new well of revelations and i presume had i was so pissed right now while the video was of time by the transparency great partic bear attack its founder james okeefe shared his thoughts on the footage i have to wonder why did they not air these stories why why were that why was the shelled now this came to us from an insider within the network an insider who currently works at a. B. C. News leaked us this tape she says there seems to be some type of network of people that you know that that is covering up for this and she says she has a she thought all of it quite telling that this insider leaked this tape to project their its us and not the Washington Post the New York Times c. B. S. Or c. N. N. Because they seem to want to protect the people that were working with Jeffrey Epstein again amy robach saying that steam was blackmailing people theres a lot of powerful people on those airplanes that amy is 100 percent certain he did not commit suicide i dont know why she wont say that publicly but there she is in the leaked tape on the set of the program saying these things when nobody is looking. Well a. B. C. News has defended its decision not to broadcast the story stating that it didnt meet editorial standards the anchor amy roebuck agreed explaining her comments were made in a private moment of frustration lets have a reminder of how this story developed 66 year old multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 and was then registered as a sex offender in july this year he was arrested again then was to face trial over the alleged creation of a sex Trafficking Network charges that he repeatedly denied but a month later epstein was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide. Well the founder of project veritas james okeefe again says to spine to a. B. C. Saying the allegations were on corroborates it the network doesnt shy away from high profile claims you can see how frustrated any robot when you listen when you watch this tape it directly contradicts what a. B. C. News is saying publicly now about not having enough corroboration there theyre fine airing the allegations against maybe Brett Kavanaugh for or trump or anybody else but when it comes to bill clinton and some of these folks d that are mentioned by amy in this hot mike tape they say they just didnt have enough corroboration im not sure how a. B. C. News defines a corroboration when it comes to credible witnesses talking about Sexual Assault but the only conclusion i can draw is that a lot of these Network Executives are very close to the people they were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein per amy amy roebucks. This week also saw a major shakeup in the fast food well with mcdonalds c. E. O. Being fired for having a relationship with an employee something strictly against the Company Policy the company forbids romantic links between manages and both direct and indirect employees Steve Easterbrook took over as chief executive in 2015 after working his way up through the company and hes been widely credited with revitalizing the fast food chains restaurants the menu in a message the style he apologized and admitted his dismissal was the right decision and we got the opinions of legal analyst lionel and t. V. And radio host karyn the fact that the best c. E. O. That theyve had in a long time is now going to be out of a job because of a personal issue is really sad i mean its just the state of how we look at things today in america and this was a consensual relationship there was really nothing a licit that he did its the way it is and had todays era of me too and the like not to mention their only history of. Problems here and there what are they going to do its their law he knew what he was executive he violated and thats it you know its hard to meet people these days im sure its hard to be single im married but you know as a Single Person in america you know being a c. E. O. I dont know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people you know what is golden parachutes going to be today oh my god this poor guy were very good immediately bloody match dot com east is too busy for that and its funny how we read into it while it was consensual or nobodys saying it was rape nobodys a kludge it was a violent physical attack of course it was consensual but do you know the rule that we live in this is an era right now of matt lauer and me too i do i do know the rules out all over i mean see the era of over it all over it over it could i mean as a woman in america you are not in charge of i should judging people im tired of us judging you everybody is wrong in a relationship no im not and you know why if i was if i was in charge i think the world might be a better place because were going to sirt some logic into this minutia that has become so consuming in todays journalism and today on america perhaps the company could have some sort of agreement where you know we allow consensual relationships with some sort of agreement between the parties before our eyes and you know and gauge in sexual conversation would you please sign this here to which would you signal that yes we are and people telling people to do it every day that its a world we live in and ship staff. Who drags for sexuality what are you talking about who does it youre right you might have to you might have to you might have to have a contract year to protect yourself. Now turning to some other news the syrian president says that the wests attempt to in science a revolution in his country through sanctions has failed Bashar Al Assad shared the thoughts in an exclusive interview with r. T. And its the 1st time hes spoken to an International Channel in more than a year. What did you make of it when. The British Government sent the royal navy to intercept of the iranian vessel. They said the iranian government said it was with heating oil. For syria the sanctions from the European Union are going to hit the poorest people of syria this winter. Exactly 1st for this is bogus. This is biography by the United Kingdom and this is the core meaning of the word regime because the regime in both in going to use something similar. They wanted to effect the people in syria why because those people expected to rule with against their government during the difference to just all the war but they didnt they were supposed to be supporting the terrorists the moderate rebels with the angels of White Helmets but the people didnt this would with their government so they have to suffer they have to pay the price 1st for they have to learn that this should to do with version the 2nd this is maybe the last ditch attempt in order to push them to be against Big Government but they tried it last winter to try to before and they didnt work because the people knew the whole story and they know where their interests lies. Where you can watch the full version of that interview here on r. T. On monday as well as on our website r. T. Dot com and thats your update of the latest news and a round up of the stories that shape the week well be back here in 30 minutes time with more see that. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. The world is driven by dream shaped by one person. No day or thinks. We dare to ask. Today there are good terrorists and bad editors the bad terrorists and those in the end then who the United States deems to be a threat to look to those who work in syria the cia and the u. S. Military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. Where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military funding an army of death squads theres no anymore because theres always a small car. Or a really good. Profit. I have interviewed women civilian world and rape is a very very traumatizing thing tat happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma. I cannot remember how many times a young female marine that had been raped or sexually assaulted told me that she looked at these guys as your brother or the suspect as your brother its a kin to what happens in a family with incest. Because you know in the military when were functioning at our best a cohesive unit with brothers and sisters of the band of brothers and sisters i mean we are family when that ball and of trust is violated. The wound penetrates to the very most inner part of ones soul one psyche. I have this folder that i keep i have all my boot camp letters in it for my mom and my sister and. People and. Just going through some of the stuff and im like whats the you know i open it up im like oh my god. My suicide letter. Bomb im sorry for the grease that you must feel. Just because im gone physically doesnt mean i will be there spiritually i truly feel that god will take me without question even though i took my own life. Ive had the most broken thoughts of dreams and physical pain to remind me of the her if it acts upon me that happened while a duty a mother brother sister and husband should never live with knowing the horrible acts upon me find peace in knowing that my that the body left behind doesnt consume my soul i am free now and im not afraid. Ready to soar corded and you know. I took a whole bottle of pills and woke up strangely enough im not sure why. I at that point in my life i just wanted to be over. And think i was 2021 and then. Within the next year i tried again i went out into the garage which surprise