Hour of the Day International pleasure to have you with us as always my names. Following months of protests full art from the unrest in hong kong is now being felt much further afield for the 1st time since government demonstrations began on the chinese territory activist hong kong official who is visiting london. It. Was. Very well the video that we just saw shows Hong Kongs Justice secretary to resign chang who was actually at the time in the u. K. Giving a speech about successful dispute resolution how she was targeted by dozens of protesters who pretty much mobbed her as she left the car now the activists were yelling murderer and they also chased her down the street to put it show of the incidents the one that we just saw shows a chain being swamped and screamed ad and at some point she was even pushed to the ground and she injured her arm and she was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment now an interesting detail is that Hong Kongs Justice secretary theresa chain is actually quite a key figure in the drafting of now with drone acts tradition bill that sparked all the protests and the 1st place now china has of course already commented on this incident with Hong Kong Justice secretary the boy into more was perpetrated organized on one communication committed the fragrance assault on the senior official of the poem called special Administrative Region it has once again proved that the rule intention was to destabilize hong kong now theyre taking such violence abroad and into the u. K. The action deserves to be condemned not always by been tied Chinese People including the hong kong compatriots but also by the British Public and the International Community unanimously there was a very formal response to this violent incidents from the u. K. Police and woman was taken to hospital by London Ambulance service suffering an injury to her arm inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances that has been norris at this stage one of the constant. Weve seen since the protests broke out in hong kong the protesters themselves the clearing strenuously about their protests are peaceful but weve been seeing. Lots of blockades can we bring in that kind of difference whats happening there well they do not seem to be asked species will as they claim to be wrong has been crippled by protests since march but practically all over the place the media continues to call them peaceful however they have been seen to be quite familiar with medieval style weaponry they are even building watchtowers and even using catapults to found off police for instance the daily mail put. The story of how protesters are using the swimming pools to tast patra bombs so it does seem that the Mainstream Media in general is not really criticizing the methods that theyre using but more somehow sort of romantic their struggle while the professor is transform Hong Kong University is into a weapons factories and armed themselves with patra bombs the media is still impressed but what they call novel methods of taking on riot police so it does seem that the coverage is focusing so far very little on the danger posed to those caught in the crossfire. A shooting at a high school in suburban los angeles has left to teenagers 3 others injured the gunfire began at a run 7 30 am thursday local time the suspect who shot himself in the head is not expected to survive his injuries right now on Police Custody in the hospital he just turned 16 on the morning of the incident. It was one and then for quick runs and then bang bang bang. It was almost as if it were to happen at like a brunch or lunch but there was less people but like people were just waiting for their classes sorry. I just heard the other kids crying we were scary we never really thought this would happen in our school. She burst out crying like crazy but i feel better because i knew the danger was gone i just wanted the whole time until i heard from him again and she was a. Of the aftermath of a deadly incident really is the bach drop to a wide ranging report by u. S. Intelligence which says that many School Shootings during the last decade could have been prevented recommendations in that document will be used in training sessions for schools right across the country however u. S. Democrats oppose the idea of drills saying they could traumatize children. My sons school is holding 4 active shooter drills this year the only clear impact of these drills is stress anxiety and confusion on the part of children and families i would end the drills or make them optional that our kids learn the right things active shooter drills are traumatizing a generation of American Children you are not expressing the urgency of ending trauma. That our kids are exposed to every single day as they go through these drills in every Single School in this country is this being to me more than 4000000 students on or went to a lockdown or drill after school in the 201718 school year that ive included more than a 1000000 aged between 4 and a leaven while thousands of even younger children also have the same experience the number of School Shootings in the United States has been overwhelmingly high more than 250 since the infamous Colombine High School massacre in 1900 in which 13 people died truly opening figures here recent Research Suggests that the majority of american teenagers 57 percent are worried about the possibility of a shooting off their school well heres what people in new york think about going to training for School Children it does take sights the little ones and then they cant focus and concentrate and theyre just too nervous just living so you know its something that we share with them at home you know sort of make them aware but dont just drive them nuts and school unfortunately its necessary my girlfriend didnt seem to be truck traumatized by it i think they should. And they remembered atom bomb drills we dont do those and its the same thing i think its the reality were facing today and fortunately i grew up doing 2 little drools and my kids are growing up doing lots of sugar drills i think life could be traumatic for kids but without a doubt i think thats why parents and teachers and psychologists a psychologist to be involved in doing this if you use on the streets of new york all we got reaction to this is well from iraq war veteran sergio culture again psychology expert gina logan. I dont think theres anything wrong with doing periodic drills i think the danger is when you have children who are away from their parents maybe for the 1st time in their lives Young Children who are impressionable some of whom have maybe been through some sort of traumatic experience in their life and you put them through an active shooter situation thats where the danger comes in especially to a particularly young child who is particularly vulnerable to such a traumatic suggestion when you get up into the High School Age in the college age i think you have a less impressionable brain someone who is mentally perhaps a little more prepared to distinguish you know reality from something that were rehearsing are preparing for but with younger children i think its particularly dangerous its totally insane actually see you do that kind of stuff and they might if its gonna its going to say during the cold war they should of dropped bombs or they shouldve exploded ammunitions next to schools to make sure they kids get underneath the tables to get ready for a Nuclear Fallout or its creating a culture of fear where you basically indoctrinating kids to be afraid of everything creates a normalization of these behaviors which is stressed which is nervousness which is exactly it is. Related theme fears over what the future might hold on how to safeguard against any eventuality how seeing this survivalist industry flourished in the u. S. On our today as well as on our web site r. T. Dot com we have a feature length report armageddon ready which looks at the growing demand for socalled doomsday shelters in america. What are you supposed to do when you wish to bash the law. We are sitting in front of a blast proof bunker i have 575 bunkers we are now building this into the Worlds Largest survival community i purchased this site in 2008 with the idea of converting it into a nuclear hardened bunker your government and our government and all the other major governments of the world know whats going to happen and when its going to. But they havent told you that they havent told me they havent announced it its a war of words on the news media now ive never seen a country so divided as america is right now so divided that people are buying bunkers in record numbers to protect their family from the unknown because they dont know where their country is going. Ok but across the atlantic from there the number of children in the u. K. Known to have suffered abuse thing to witchcraft is rising according to local government figures but since most of those who practice it come from abroad the British Government is being accused of turning a blind eye over fears that could face a sions of racism are the edwards takes up the story. Hidden under the guise of religion faith and belief witchcraft is an ever increasing threat in child abuse cases in britain the number of such incidents has risen by more than a 3rd in just 2 years as local councils say they are housing the equivalent of 38 cases every single week the Shocking Research released by the u. K. s local Government Association also highlights f. P. M. All female genital mutilation it puts numbers at a record high with 1000 children having already been abused or at risk of it in the last year one its more common incessant african communities the u. K. Did have its fast conviction for s. G. M. Back in february. Despite that life threatening and dangerous practices like f g m put as many as 60000. 00 pounds at risk every year theres a misconception that the ancient custom of s. G. M. Is a religious one even though it originated some 2500 years ago meaning it predates both islam and christianity and is not mentioned in any holy scriptures nor endorsed by religious leaders but the cultural often described as a barbaric tradition mainly occurring in africa isnt being fought as it perhaps should be as i say theres a fear of being called racist. Im so angered by these figures for so long the political power that black people have has been dismissed people are scared to tackle s. G. M. And witchcraft is this scared of being accused of racism but its racist to ignore it its more races to look away it really hurts that we still have to tell people the black kids need protecting following the fast f. Jam conviction earlier this year more measures are being put in place to help put an end to the epidemic of abuse including extra guidance for prosecutors and police down to cultural practices its down to only all ages and hes damned Political Correctness i want to know whether feminist song on this issue there is not enough we mean speaking up about this and its because when women like may speak out we are told we are racist and he has to stop thats what you have to Political Correctness has got to go at it when it reaches like a cancer and he stops people from breaking the silence we need more words we need strong words we need government and politicians and prime ministers to stand up and say that anybody anybody who is involved in this practice if there was even a remotely suspicion children need to be looked at medically but not doesnt happen either for so long abuses like f. E. M. Have been hidden doused in stick where and to but it seems like cornea talha what is maybe the only way to protect vulnerable children. German farmers are once again driven to destruction over a berlin has plans to go green and some other stories still ahead. Most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person would. The loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth stand this is just the dance the right questions and demand the right answer. The. Question. You know world of big partisan movies. And conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. 17 minutes past the hour welcome back to speaking from mexico bolivias usted president evo morales sais he wants to return to his homeland as soon as possible and pacify the nation thats while the country reels in political chaos with their all their supporters protesting what theyre calling a coup r t spanish correspondent francisco quite is covering events in the. Elizabeths when asked if thousands of people are protesting against what they believe is a coup they gathered here in the center of the past but they came here from one of the best chance of ever more alice brought histories do not recognize the selfproclaimed acting president and yes 2nd they want to restore Constitutional Order and finally they want to gain respect for indigenous symbols on tuesday send the jeannine and yes announcer south interim president that on wednesday appointed her ministers and military commanders the interim government said that the countrys problem was in the reading of Election Results on october 20th and then ever resign thereby creating a very difficult situation which they took advantage of im not even what i was fled to mexico along with many of us Party Members he was forced to step down on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims that last months election victory was rigged realize this tribe defense. Violence looting and vandalism followed some of his supporters say they fear for their lives rollason self believes bolivia needs help from abroad to restore pay. The price of plenty of confidence in the United Nations we have had extensive talks with u. N. Secretary general antonio good turners and he has a lot of social conscience plenty of commitment to the poor he should be the mediator not just the facilitator in the institution perhaps accompanied by the Catholic Church and of pope francis is needed we should add him to. It well. So far the Bolivian Assembly hasnt approved or rejected my resignation they havent approved or rejected it and i can say that im still the president the moment they approve my resignation then i am no longer president. We must recover democracy with a lot of patience and peace we must pacify believe and if im useful in anything but peace to believe that we will do it. I want to bring you know the story involving a american nation is well known american activist has been threatened with arrest after being accused of assaulting a member of Congress Though the incident happened when she was forcibly removed from a News Conference for opposing u. S. Actions in venice way Medea Benjamin claims shes being treated like a terrorist by police cars rode up to my house and motorcycles as well so around the house as if i were some kind of carers and said there was a bulletin for my arrest and i refused to go with them i said wheres the warrant they didnt have a warrant and. They stayed outside my house and in the end they didnt arrest me you know i dont know if that is the end of this or they will get a warrant and try to arrest me but the fact is that peace activists i dont assault anyone and its a travesty that they came to my house in such numbers and so intimidating the dia benjamin earlier in the creation of a socalled venice we led democracy caucus its a Bipartisan Group in the u. S. Congress created to support the opposition in venezuela and i she held up a sign saying no coups in venice we dont were bolivia democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz was speaking to the media when things turned nasty. I was taught that you know the man waving the flag not. Understanding your. Own. Material says she was shoved to the ground and threatened while congresswoman Wasserman Schultz claims that she was the only time. To be physically assaulted by opponents of freedom is really mind blowing this why i anthracis to do we needed to come together on a bipartisan basis to make sure we can bring freedom and democracy once again to the venue so when people we were at the press conference there were about 6 of us and the rest of the group was people who support the venezuelan position and when we held up our signs every single one of them was grabbed from our hands by these. Even somebody had their phone grabbed from his hand and i was just standing there and then all of a sudden i was being dragged down pushed out choked and thrown to the ground well the incident kilns less than a month after another activist was arrested in march blumenthal was detained for allegedly assaulting a supporter of venezuelas self the terror leader at one why do during demonstrations of the countrys embassy in washington Medea Benjamin says about sets a very dangerous precedent. Theres another journalist Max Blumenthal who 5 months after the embassy incident they came up to his house just like they did mine and arrested him with the war and 5 months later so they could come to my house at any time i think this is meant to leave us in a state of uncertainty worrying looking behind our back all the time and it hasnt just happened to max like partner tighe barry was falsely arrested and accused of assaulting a Police Officer it took him 6 months to get the charges dropped this is selective prosecution and its bogus they make up things against us again as a way to intimidate not only us but other people who want to. Bring things back to europe where former protests in germany show no signs of relenting the latest the fencing photos and the scent on homburg to vent their anger of pique governments new i grew cultural policies traffic was brought to a stop the city played host to a conference of the countrys federal and regional environment ministers who were discussing among other things imposing restrictions on the use of pesticides many farmers say the new stricter regulations would stifle the sector among the measures that have provoked a bomb in some pesticides and regulations to protect water from literates artes of us was with the farmers convoy. For humber. It is early and the morning d that they should be working on their lands but instead of these German Farmers have hopped on their tractors and will be rolling into amber to make a big point. As the countrys regional and environmental ministers are meeting here in hamburg the farmers want to make it clear that the shifting balance between ecology and arkie culture is putting them out of business as the ever tightening e. U. And National Regulations on the use of chemicals from wheat killers and fertilizers to roots now weve become from the German Government is so hard for us that we cannot drag on our farms we cannot have made good crops. Have followed a frozen for the for the dairies at the root of their rigorous restrictions is the protection of wildlife and habitat the farmers agree that looking after nature is the core to the job but what infuriates them more is how they were shut out of the conversation of how to go about implementing fundamental changes in their life would offer on this today we are staying here and spending a shoulder chill its a ministerial environment here in germany and we invited here to come here but she is staying involved and she dont speak to us and we needs a communication thats good support lemus the biggest problem is in the politicians dont talk to us we want to have a dialogue with them and participate in the Decision Making processes and thats thats what were here cool with hurt. The government insists that germanys farmers are not abandoned do i expect something from farmers yes they do and that is change but i dont do. To them supports in them financially what is important is that we together was our European Partners have a direct payments as an instrument to support small and medium sized farms and this is a very important signal from manuf that they have certain insurance against fluctuations but the German Government is under pressure itself by the European Commission over its sluggish and Environmental Protection record there is even the prospect of huge fights and legal actions if they do not do more having tried time and again to quietly highlight their problems germanys farmers are now having to be more tough with ever public protests while they might be outflanked by the increasingly influential green lobby and the e. U. Pushing the government for more reforms theyre determined not to lead generations of Farming Families in the process eventually success for artsy. Ok that is where we leave our stories for now but next a former Defense Advisor to president reagan has some harsh words next for americas exceptionalism we are bucket in moments with larry kings politicking. The last 6 to become my. Point does not have to be good let them use a. Lot Better Options than the last. The socalled individual basis because they need this. Strong belief that afaik society and the freedom of the individual. Is a tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in vain. It is well it is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been phased only implemented for inside venezuela things no different were going to announce sanctions against petroleums to venezuela associate. In the school of a supplement to fly down to some tackle football fan of the song oh yeah the people of the moment the focus of the who story isnt new nixon called in Henry Kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated that in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. The chilean economy scream so wants and making the economy of venezuela screed. The trumpton peach when hearings have begun for all the public to see analysis from all the angles on this edition of politics. Of the politicking on larry king the impeachment inquiry of donald trump has moved into the public phase voters now have an opportunity a big of their own mind on the president s actions based on the steady stream of testimony from diplomatic and defense experts for analysis on this what weve seen so far and for just some idea of how weve gotten to this point in the 1st place im joined by ken adelman he formerly served as ambassador to the United Nations and on his control director under president reagan he accompanied him on several summits between reagan and the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev