A very warm welcome you are watching r. T. International with me nicky. Well this weekend marks the one Year Anniversary of the Yellow Vest Movement with rallies taking place across the country 120. 00 demonstrators have been detained in the french capital alone so far police have now evacuated the square in paris where the main rally was on raveling earlier one journalist also suffered facial injuries during the protests arties stand off was there among the crowds. It is not a war zone it is the french capital this is placid its ellie and initially the protests here the yellow face protests here it was sanctioned it was it was authorized by the by the local government and the municipality but now you can clearly see that they have revoked that permission and the police they have been moving in trying to disperse the protest now as the police has lately become more aggressive theyve been using an extensive amount of tear gas they have been using flash bangs as well to disperse the crowds now for instance what im holding right now this is one of the canisters from from the tear gas launched by the police at the protesters its things like these there are hundreds of these chatted all over this square now some people have been injured and we saw at least 2 people with blood on their faces probably with busted noses some people have been passing out because of the sheer amount of tear gas in the air and the police now as you can see theyre using Water Cannons to disperse the crowd to disperse this protest it makes it really difficult to breathe so you can see all of the people with the breast paraders like these with masks like these because well they came prepared theyve been saying that their strength is a in numbers and b. In the fact that they dont have an organizing body so they can organize a sporadic protest in any parts of paris to which the police would have to eventually respond but this has been so far the most massive the most violent protest in paris to date now this is a symbolic of course this is a symbolic date. This is a symbolic day for the protesters because its the one Year Anniversary weekend so theyre kind of celebrating in their own way and for them its its a message theyre sending a message that one year on the yellow 1st movement is still here it hasnt gone anywhere and it does not intend to. But whats the general feeling about the ongoing protests in france according to the latest poll more than half of those surveyed still support the other vests or 63 percent say they dont want the rallies to begin in earnest again Shola Dubinsky looks back now at 12 months of protests. France once revolutionary now a catalyst for a few years populist movements a country where protest is in the blood and over the last year a nation defenseless against the yellow vests paris landmarks of triumph left defaced and its iconic streets smashed and looted it even left the most jaded well shocked. Bored. Makower it come to power with his own moiety of a french revolution it was one of reform he would not to fall on his sword as others before him by not giving in to protest movements but even he was forced into a treat the primed carbon tax hike was abandoned he opened a state purse to boost low income households mark or even he said he was there kindred spirit. Its been the yellow versus leans been in favor of higher salaries and the more Effective Parliament than i am. But for many yellow vests those promises were empty a little in a 1st mccrone didnt the way they were and the promises that he backtracked that there was a tax in this but not to be company had the resources to offer it he also promised 100 years extra for people a minimum wage. Age but in the end were realized it was only for those in Social Security the anger continued to spill out onto the streets while some yellow vests were caught up in the violence for the most part to protest his argue their movement had been infiltrated by extremists. Its the radicals who go out for violence its an adrenaline kicks for them it makes them feel good i suppose but there are also people who become violent because they are being attacked by thicker skins at least battlefield all you just could you keep trying to discredit the movement by showing images of darling trash and cars and also to make sure that the rest of the population dont join the movement they go to the police dont understand that it is the government owes them money but instead of marching with us they killed the protest of this. Mosque youre looking at the violence made a big impression on me to get the police against our guys ive been to every protest in paris and i saw things i should never have seen people were hit in the back for the forces of peace and order they have been left scarred by the pilots there was a port is. We had been there this is what this stuff and the type of fire inside it. There the french policeman were very very close to use their weapons to get out there was also the other the 3 of there was a charge of Police Officer so there are there were exhausted there were there was a concert out from the money as a protest of. We almost got one member. And according to this police union the problems were compounded from the very top. It was a mess. It was a mess. We had but. We had but the ship that was your job in fact. But leadership implies a problem feed meanwhile for latisha developed the struggle continues but shes also where the weekly protests may have lost some of their English Impact so how will the universe movement adapt in the future to change the system she says leads to the inside to a dissident was when i decided to join the local team because if we can find the problem from the outside we should do to from the inside i also invited the other young leicester activists with similar we used to do the same if they become a counsellor or a deputy they will be inside the system and when we brought in change it. What ever your view on the Yellow Vests Movement one thing is indisputable theyve had a profound effect on france over the last year now could be a Pivotal Moment to see if they will continue to burn a torch under the Current Administration this weekend we may find out jollity will ski r. T. Paris. 5 people have been killed and Dozens Injured during a protest in bolivia according to local Health Services supporters of ousted president evo morales claim Security Forces opened fire on a demonstration with live rounds. Thousands of mostly Indigenous People took to the streets in the central city of slick harbor previously 10 people have been killed in clashes across the country since the political crisis erupted after octobers election supporters of either murali is are demanding the resignation of selfproclaimed interim president should mean an years roll as was supposed to step down on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims that last months election victory was rigged violence looting and vandalism soon followed and some of his supporters now say they fear for their lives. But meanwhile bolivias selfproclaimed leader has been accused of racism over and now deleted tweets she wrote some years ago when yours apparently disrespected indigenous holy day what a new year saturn ists no one replaces god. We want the racist lady who was automatically proclaims herself president to resign that is why we have said resign. That socalled president is usurping our country we want to respect. The editor of the news website opera monday believes the new government is trying to exclude the countrys Indigenous People from politics. There is no Indigenous Group at the age in her cabinet i think this is clothing decision shays a lot about him in the us and we values and interests sheesh poors Indigenous People the most important. Who ever moralities and his Party Movement to socialism i think the new government the south proclaimed govt is trying to put the Indigenous People out of the political game because it is necessary to boot ever more alleys out of the game and the Indigenous People have been acted on by this new government including by the army. Because Indigenous People of 40 percent of the kountry and this conservative forces which have organized the coup did know that in order to give is that belittling to dis new government they have to put the Indigenous People protest out of the streets they need to control Indigenous People they need to violate their rights in order to give i would create stability to the new government. From the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who is a key witness in the trump and placement inquiry has said she has no evidence that the president in criminal activity in ukraine really have a no this was questioned during the 2nd open impeachment haring. You have any information regarding the president tonight is states accepting any groups. Now you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the United States has been involved with at all. Now. And is kind of welcome now reports that could be some impeachment fatigue as audience numbers frank and comparison to the trunk scandals. As impeachment inquiry hearings against donald trump continue on capitol hill the new star witness is marine yvonne of it and she is a former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was removed from her post 6 months ago now donald trump definitely does not hold her in high esteem thats what he actually tweeted during her testimony every whim or even though a bitch when she started off in somalia how did that go then fast forward to ukraine with a new ukrainian president spoke on favorably about her in my 2nd phone call with him it is a u. S. President s absolute right to appoint ambassador has now she testified that she was not part of the biden family scandal regarding natural gas in ukraine and furthermore she was not part of any effort to leak information from ukraine during the 2016 election furthermore she testifies that donald trump is intimidating her and that hes responsible for all the wrongdoing and so is what amir putin well i mean president putin must have been aware that there were concerns in the u. S. About russian meddling in the 2016 elections and what the potential was for russian meddling in the future. You know classic for an Intelligence Officer to try to throw off the scent and you know create an alternative narrative that maybe might get picked up and get some credence yes fitting in the name of the russian president is what you do if you want to catch a headline and the media is keeping up the hype the calm before the impeachment storm washington is bracing for a blockbuster day washington on edge all day for this 2nd day of impeachment hearings it was a storied day on capitol hill with the 1st public impeachment hearing of president tonight history on the hill as House Democrats make their case against president an attempt to remove the president of the United States from office now you would think that that would be front had line news but is the u. S. Public really interested not too much 13000000 americans watched the 1st round of testimony according to the nielsen ratings now thats one in 20 certainly sounds like a lot but compare that to when former f. B. I. Director James Coleman got up to testify about how he was fired by donald trump 20000000 americans watch that thats roughly the same number as tuned in when Brett Kavanaugh was being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice amid Sexual Assault allegations you would expect americans to be glued to their t. V. Screens now there is an actual impeachment inquiry open after all articles of impeachment could be drawn up the senate could be faced with the choice of whether or not to convene an impeachment trial and the stakes are significantly higher but the American Public seems far less interested i wonder how Many Americans know or even care about the key witnesses you never heard of the master youve been a bitch have you ever heard of george cant. Are you watching the trumpet pietschmann inquiry hearings on t. V. Does it interest you at all. Why do you think fewer americans are turning into watch the speech because its its a fluke easy yeah sure its fake you know i mean like 23 years since hes come into power if you like that one can fire you for the way its going on and i think you have you know this is a big colossal waste of time. And Richard Brecht terrible here it was more so like you know sensitive to the public and this one is just everybodys either this or theyre so yes it seems that the donald trump is a bad guy a show has been airing from capitol hill for a few seasons already but americans are now yawning and saying havent we seen this episode before. R. T. New york legal media analyst jennifer demolished this says of the 2 often interest actually comes in handy for us democrats. The American Public i think the public in general is getting bored with some of the narratives that have been pushed against donald trump. Has been shown to either be completely false or unfounded in facts but there are some important things that have come out one of those i think is that is the fact that well what for one thing she didnt have any firsthand knowledge of what this is about and she wasnt even in her post for several months and so the fact that she was there was just to showcase her as somebody who could say things that would maybe paint on a trumpet a light i think a lot of this has really been planned i mean after that you know these hearings started out with 45 minutes of the democrats of adam schiff and the democratic attorney being able to question her and again when we hear these questions what is this is just praising her and talking about her roic life story and her parents after that theyre supposed to be there is theoretically generally a 5 minute recess or a break which turned into 3040 minutes and even if you were that were turned in at the outset would have just tuned our become bored with that and but what the democrats in the house have done is completely turn it on turn it on its head they think they the public is dumb they think the American People are dumb and so they just keep saying these things theyre making up their own elements of legal facts that are absolutely already solidified within the american Justice System still ahead this sunday on on t. V. As the clock takes to facebook dominance the influential media its full lashes out at the competition 18 about. The world is driven by a dream shaped by. Things. We dear to ask. The west in the western mindset is in decline the us is in relative decline china is rising your some people see it is rising other people see this as declining its likely that the sort of western mindset and western culture will decline relative to eastern culture thats thats probably whats going to happen although you cant say for certain but i think anyone that says that something will or wont happen is pushing it a bit. Come back facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has taken a chinese social media video sharing platform to talk things rapid growth could soon overshadow his brainchild about trade the rival is nothing less than a threat to democracy takes a look at what might be behind the animosity. Social media its a market like anything else with its own competition the difference is cocacola doesnt come out and say that pepsi is for nazis and b. M. W. Doesnt come out and say these satan worshippers theyre a little more whats the word grown up facebook however says its competition is a threat to democracy when you get knucklehead. And i see 3 major threats on 2 recently the internet almost every country outside of china has been defined by american platforms with strong Free Expression values but theres no guarantee that these values we went out. A decade ago almost all of the major internet platforms were american today 6 of the top 10 are chinese and were beginning to see this in social media 2 1st things 1st your new dads wondering how exactly a lip sinking app threatens the more crecy but just think about it a little longer. Another is changed it still doesnt make any sense so why would he say this. Now it does make sense facebook is eating dust in 2016 zuckerberg tried to buy musical dot l. Y. The predecessor of take stock talks collapsed facebook walked away then the chinese boarded and take stock exploded leaving facebook envious of the numbers that were being pulled in so as would any businessman zuckerberg smears it why are Services Like whats up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections on tick tock the chinese are growing quickly around the world mentions of these same protests are censored even here in the u. S. Is that the internet that we want. First off Mr Zuckerberg protestors in hong kong a using telegram to coordinate which is a russian app just before you Say Something stupid again but serious accusations could it be could take talk really be censoring lip sinking in hong kong the Chinese Government does not request the ticktock tons of content and would not have jurisdiction regardless and stick stock does not operate there to be clear we do not remove videos based on the presence of hong kong process content in try to but try to smear it so now zuckerberg trying to copy it and has facebook has launched a virtual kloden of take stock. Now that weve established whats what we can ask ourselves if theres any cause left the zuckerberg wont use to get his hands on more money i dont know if he knows i mean do you think he knows what it looks like to everyone outs the c. E. O. Of facebook complaining about censorship or Mr Zuckerberg i will say there are a great many. Americans who i think are deeply concerned that facebook and other Tech Companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship in may of 2016 years mota reported that facebook and purposefully and routinely suppressed conservative stories from trending News Facebook that has purged itself of conservative voices but the naming of a trump impeachment whistleblower that sold out its community to the highest bidder information that was used by dictators to clamp down on opposition and he tells us the chinese lip sinking op is a threat to democracy. By the delays and false starts britain is plowing ahead preparing for life after the brags that the home office has even released an app to help e. U. Citizens stay in the country but research is a warning that is vulnerable to hackers. The tools we used to typically very easily accessible and require very little technical skill to use it means any type of bad luck to could perform this attack without sophisticated Technical Knowledge very personal and Sensitive Information is being handled and millions of people using it so you would expect stringent Protection Measures similar to banking apps the app is meant to replace a lengthy bureaucratic Application Form for u. K. Residency as of now its been downloaded by more than a 1000000 people it allows applicants to submit passport photos and check the validity of biometric information it also requires they submit more personal data like names phone numbers and addresses or researches found however the hour plaques protection from our where attacks which could allow thought either criminals to still personal information theres also a high risk that hackers could alter data in the app however worrying it sounds to carry out all of that a device that would already have to be vulnerable privacy activists down Technology Expert bill new told us more. The company in question didnt actually find any vulnerabilities and we do not know whether there are particular vulnerabilities within this application what they did find however was that the correct procedures and safeguards hadnt necessarily been implemented this means that if the phone was already vulnerable in some way the application wouldnt be able to detect this and wouldnt be able to protect users who may be vulnerable theres an element of scare mongering here but potentially the scare mongering isnt such a bad thing because it can point towards the importance of having certain tests and certain breaka within the development of Certain Applications that have really Sensitive Data you dont get much more sensitive than passport numbers and photo id these are the kinds of pieces of information and data that is if it falls into the wrong hands it can be used very effectively in order to fight your identity and steal your identity things are going to get her an Author International a back and better minutes with the latest. You know world of big partisan movies lot 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. And in another one of. The ways or both of us who. Benefits from norfolk to. Plus weve got 2 dogs its hard not to think of the other disappeared this moment the walk they call it and i know just how much benefit. This is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights his way. Through our lucan the feet will found his will to support it and run the whole 1000000 adults look at the. What i think is this is the fund that is a complete. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. 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Is the need to trade travel trade communicate and over the millennia weve all figured out that being transparent being open and having an obvious store of value to trade with is what has kept the species going arc toward what journey and progress oh what does it all mean stacey of course open trade and free trade throughout the millennia has relied on honest money now that we no longer have honest money you prefer a transparent readable knowable sort of entity on the other side of the otherwise dodgy trade deals and fiasco and i turn to this headline here chinas top trade negotiator we want to get reelected the mid to endless levitation of stocks with incessant a trade deal is close headlines chinas long young to former vice minister of Foreign Trade and point man during chinas 15 year talks to join the w t o told an audience during Credit Suisse is China Investment conference and chens and that quote we want to be reelected we would be glad to see that happen specifically long explains that the us president s daily twitter posts broadcast his every impulse delight m. P. V. To 67000000 followers around the world making him easy to read and the best choice and in opponent for negotiations donna doesnt want to globalize america doesnt really want to globalize russia doesnt want to do this they dont want me american to lose them they want to trade china wants to trade russia wants to trade trump wants to trade the enemies of trade are conflict in a war because they love war in the same like the trump opposition parties in america are the war party as told to gabbert as describe them and this is just not the way it works within the human spirit and the human d. N. A. We want to treat and we want to be transparent thats our nature