Good afternoon just gone for here in moscow he with r. T. International protesters in the newly formed autonomy in seattle are considering their next move having seize control of the area after it was abandoned by Police President trump has threatened to send in the army if the local authorities fail to resolve the matter. We never let this happen in seattle if we have to go and were going to go and to go because you were going to do it but to go to do it hes got Great National guard troops to iraq you can do it but one way or the other its going to get burned these people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city our political agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitzs law and order initiatives its simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal for the capitol hill autonomy so much formed at the beginning of the week by black lives matter activists they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle and to hit a police freezone this dizzy loach explains now what life is like inside the commie. I am down here in the capitol hill autonomous zone also known as chavez and the mood here is coming a peaceful bit you can see it over here. Weve got people really get some food and over here we also have free pizza shrinks water all types of snacks weve got people handing out bags with masks and Hand Sanitizer literally everything you can think of and over here is the memorial that is set up to all of the people that weve lost or during the george floyd brazilian as theyre calling it thats what the law says over there theres a good constant 24 hour vigil people can light candles and you know say their prayers see you know just just hang out this is the West Entrance to the capitol hill autonomous zone back there we have the the precincts which is where this is where most of the violence was inactive by the police for the last 2 nights the last week or so this is where most of the stuff happened and there are still 4 main barricade points and inside is the autonomous so people are anticipating on staying as long as possible there have been several tents that have already been set up people are preparing to stay overnight main goal i would say that i could say right now is that people are they calling for the defunding of police you know nationwide weve seen this minneapolis city council. Already you know completely just then vote to disband many apples police were calling for the same thing here in seattle were calling for a complete defunding of the police a completely allocation and to black and Brown Community is where its needed the most and so that is definitely a goal of people. I would say the number one. Well for rate now. Black lives matter protests are continuing in other parts of the city on friday thousands of demonstrators marched through to streets in the socalled silent protest the rally came on the same day a federal judge ordered police to temporarily stop using take gas. Against the protests in seattle. Ok lets go to london now weve got some live pictures there behind me where several anti racism demonstrations are being held today many assented around the boxed up statue of Winston Churchill empowerment square which last week was targeted by activists who sprayed he was a racist on it police have imposed new restrictions demanding the protesters to leave the streets by 5 pm local time to prevent violent clashes especially as county demonstrators are also planning to protest what has been a bit of tension in the center of london already so lets have the latest James Brown Like reporter is with this good afternoon again james when i spoke she just under an hour or so ago you mentioned there had been scuffles there in Central London whats the situation i. Guess only we here in Parliament Square which has been the designated Meeting Place for all the far right groups whove come up here supposedly on a pretext to defend britains Cultural Heritage box theyve also been quite ready to use their 3 months twice already with charges that the police involving the use of glass bottles. And we saw 2 of our fellow media professionals walking past us with bloodied faces so there have been interest here already they say that they are here to defend the monuments from which you may see behind me and that has been a source of great controversy with the black lives matter protests a large part of protests are now in hyde park and theyll be moving towards Trafalgar Square later on but last week there were attacks on scratch rules for instance the slaves. Great added cost in bristol his statue was taken down and rolled into the river and here in Parliament SquareWinston Churchill was a racist graffiti on to his pedestal now in response to that and other attacks on statues marilyn and speak on decided to board up that shoes which has proved controversial and has elicited an angry response from Prime Minister boris johnson. Youve got a situation in which the statue of Winston Churchill who is a National Hero has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack and that to me is both absurd and and wrong should not have a situation which people who are protesting on one basis are vile that the attacking the Police Public property. And weve actually already been out on the streets of london finding out what people here think about the boarding up of the statues. I guess people are here to defend certain statues and i suppose people defended it people try to take a. Look at things from both perspectives theres a lot of good history behind it people dont want to talk about the bad history and thats one of the issues as trying to be changed i didnt. Realise a lot of things hed done i never learned that. He outside. People should remember that was a lot hot but. Nothing a lot of nice touches should be taken down at the gags or balls and something odd that the past i think is we think that this is the sultan for all the people who are living. Up to it to cd. But for now things are pretty quiet well as quiet as they go. And you get with people seeing football giants in the background but there is quite a lot of cold being drunk here its also very hoarse the large mass of protesters will be making their way down towards Trafalgar Square which is not too far away from here when the protest or officially supposed at 5 pm the police will be trying their utmost to make sure that the 2 sides do not meet. Ok james thanks for that the latest there from Central London from reporter james brown lets hope its a states peaceful this afternoon thank you. And i were in the u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the fight against confederate statues on capitol hill she has even sent a letter to the joint committee on the library asking for them to be removed or made the nationwide demonstrations against racism can you imagine jefferson davis. Treason it makes region against United States of net and this tragedy i feel good because their state like him here this comes amid the Current Campaign in the country to take down symbols of the confederacy in Norfolk Virginia a statue of a confederate soldier has been removed after standing on its place for more than 100. 00 days however officials things cites the state the decision to take it down was made out of safety concerns import smith a man suffered serious injuries after being hit by statue toppled by demonstrators in tiple for statues of being beheaded in the city we discuss the war on monuments the host of r. T. Americas contact story on contact shy chris hedges. I think its important to remember what the historian carl becker wrote and that is that history is what the president chooses to remember about the past so Historical Monuments are an expression of power indication of who has power and thats the power to choose our history is remembered in public places. All of these confederate monuments the ones that youve seen coming down mostly in the south of course. Were put up in the late 890 s. The early 20th century. To a centrally remind of black people during jim crow and the period of lynching. Of the power and celebration of White Supremacy and there was a very conscious effort to exclude figures. Not just in terms of black leadership or those such as not turner and others rose up to rebel against slavery but also white including generals who didnt. Support segregation and White Supremacy or protests or also i still have. Another u. S. States 2 with the heart of u. S. Commerce no exception new yorks or protesters come out peacefully to support the black lives Matter Movement of the protests coincided with the womens empowerment march and ended with a joint platform crowds gathered in manhattan reportedly starting out from the tower people were saying Holding Placards and chanting demands various demands including defunding the Police Justice for george floyd and a particular focus to on the lives black women but aside from public support the black lives Matter Movement has the backing of major u. S. Companies too including Amazon Microsoft and starbucks however it does seem their actions arent speaking louder than their words Saskia Taylor expect transfer Century Companies live in fear of cats culture alone tweet to i misjudged jokingly 20 hoss sentence in the court of Public Opinion so with black lies much of protests sweeping the globe every business is clamoring to see a part of find the problem is theyve got to do a background check on themselves just found out starbucks is key to ring to the comfort of their racist customers but i asking their stuff not to wear anything in support of black clothes matter so i wont be visiting them and theyll be telling everyone i know to boycott them as well that by the end of the tire was. It was too late because by then incensed activist had gotten a parking space not if you die the car is history and sure enough starbucks got schooled by its oh hypocrisy stop bots use a scoff at the extract and buy all slaves and what tomorrow kenyon costa rica and panama. Remember when they wrote lets talk about racism on the cops remember in the close to half a day because 2 black men were arrested for being black at a starbucks as we always thought they were only about black lives matter when its convenient lucky for starbucks so its not taking all the heat as other companies also suffer from selective memory fashion powerhouses i secretly prada tweeted how how sickened and somehow did they work by inequality and how they were companies with ethics which could be seen as false up the ties and given that if you google though you might stumble across words like child labor best rotation black face as the vocal obviously the most influential fashion magazine well now its promoting voices and brands in the black community which probably came as quite a surprise to the publication brazil director who recently celebrated her 50th birthday with than own problematic slave themed party the world of big tech is also massively promoting black lives matter not on 10000. 00 men will be welcomed by the movements banner and jeff bezos is publicly naming and shaming customers who send him mean emails because of the companys starts which would be a full proof plan to boost your popularity than to make another couple of 100000000. 00 if it wasnt for the fact that amazon makes a tidy sum from its dealings with the police it is opportunistic offenders on to use this moment to make empty and hypocritical statements when it is similar tenuously building the backbone for Many Police Departments across the country the company perpetually policy isnt acknowledges that are clearly targeting and harming black and brown communities added into the mix that only 8 percent of its managers in the us are black and you will see why slapping a barrier on your home page doesnt quite make the cut. As a black woman i feel like it is time to boards theres a help us troubles Everyone Wants to join in and profit from us and while microsoft has started posting messages from its like employees that is going to runs out of material pretty quickly given the less than 5 percent of its entire what force is black so we get it big look couple of pages hit an emotional peak that bathroom and a social media stunt the pundits will laugh it up and the books will stay balanced but it looks like they went to posted another black sweater on its the ground they forgot to put a potluck on that was it busting with scab to. Get out of an hour so mad at 1300. 00 medics when that thousands of protesters could be in danger of contract and gave it 19 all because gas is helping its transmission from person to person will have the tides thing. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing Dramatic Development the only really im going to resist ill see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Again you with r. T. Now there is concern that tear gas could dramatically increase the spread of covert 19 among protesters the issue has been highlighted in an open letter signed by almost 1300 u. S. Public health and medical professionals it comes amid the nationwide protests against racism thats been raging for 2 and a half weeks opposing the use of tear gas smoke or other rasputin irritants which could increase risk for covert 19 by making the risk of tree tracked more susceptible to infection exacerbating existing inflammation and in juicing coughing from Coronavirus Related Health concerns there are other issues too for example prolonged exposure to tear gas or a large dose of it especially in a closed setting could lead to blindness we can also result in severe chemical burns to the throat on and lungs or failure which could be fatal however philadelphias Police Commissioner does still argue riot control agents such as take gas remain the safest way to disperse angry crowds. The deployment of t. Gas was a means to see if we diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation and restore order when it became increasingly clear that all the measures when effective in accomplishing that necessary objective said verona just lancastrian of the scene and came out of nowhere does believe that concerns about the use of take gas at this time a justified actually when we look onto the dispatcher track inspection they are very easy to be cross mated and one of the contributing factors for the call of august is right and take the whole world on nice they didnt for 5 months as a test for us to treat will of course we should so anything that can expose the respiratory track or create additional damage to the spirit of traction is something that would certainly help divide us to any trade into the body otherwise we could probably protect it so therefore ready to construct a straight exacting section and im excited all are certainly good at keeping the upper respiratory tract healthy is love are important and having to tear gas is certainly not a good choice in this condition in particular so someone who is infected with a groan of ideas or as asked them all or d other commodities in terms of this critic tracking sections or other are community diseases if they want to be under the tear gas or similar kind of attack or even that mean that david because feeding more and heart coughing can lead the hardest to trouble you any longer going to meet it is just that we are really a joke so this means the largest transmission would be even more and to explore many people in the vicinity how it would be a lot more exposed. Last week as Health Minister decided that the country needs taking precautions ahead of a potential 2nd wave of the corona virus however there are still dance and concern about how the 1st way was handled. It is true that the swedish rates of mortality are comparatively high on certain days or weeks however its also true that these kinds of comparisons tends to be a snapshot of the pandemic on a certain period of time weve managed to flatten the curve the Health Care System has coped well as expected the mortality rates are decreasing slowly but steadily sweden took a much more relaxed approach compared to most other European Countries with no Strict Lockdown imposed but there have been increasing questions about its success with even the state epidemiologist admitting that there were too many fatalities the whole situation sparked outrage from opposition parties. The government and the Public Health authority have been given chance after chance to correct their mistakes despite this the delays and the hand wringing remain the swedish government has deliberately allowed a large spread of the disease in difficult crisis we will always be leaderless as long as this government is in power. There have been obvious fundamental failures in swedens covered response we didnt get protective equipment to cure homes in time although everyone knew that their residence where the most vulnerable well according to a recent poll has been a significant drop too in support of the governments response to the virus it shows a fall of 18 percent since april and see for an online newspaper and a former member of the social Democrat Party is actually surprised there hasnt been more criticism. We have the high mortality rates i mean. Of most countries. We are in a situation that other European Countries are denying us the right to go there even our neighboring country wont allow us but they will allow the norwegians and the danes and i have understanding for that considering how the switch government has handled this chronic crisis. But this is a fact and testing was never important in fact the Government Authority that the government now sort of blames they said testing is unnecessary so just these 2 things prove more lies that the governments actions in this crisis has been wrong. And its pretty obvious for the opposition parties to use that against the government because they have failed in most ways so not only do they see the active politicians but the people of sweden see it also its quite unbelievable. That the social democrats and authority hasnt gotten more critique than it has nothing use today the International Criminal court has slammed washington for sanctioning the organization saying the court is effectively the last hope for the victims of atrocities. An attack on the i. C. C. Represents an attack against the interests of victims of atrocity crimes for many of whom the court represents the last hope for justice the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei are nice sanctions in response to approach even to u. S. War crimes in afghanistan he often gave a speech to almost entirely dedicated to the greatness and exceptionalism of the United States with more is kind of poppy. Donald trump has announced that sanctions are being imposed on the International Criminal court its being alleged that the institution violates the sovereignty of the United States trump ministrations taking the following actions. First were authorizing the imposition of economic sanctions against i. C. C. Officials directly engaged in i. C. C. Efforts to investigate u. S. Personnel or allied personnel against that allied states consent and against others who Material Support such officials activities instead of having the International CriminalCourt Monitor human rights around the world it seems that the United States government will take on this task all for its own mike pompei oh the u. S. Secretary of state recently came out with a report describing religious freedom around the world and he touted the United States as the ideal in the speech mike pompei out trotted out the old image of an exceptional United States that stands above all others when it comes to liberty and freedom our nation is so special its the greatest nation in the history of civilization especially the challenges like the ones that we are confronting here in the United States today will be managed head on the will be a political process this thing gauged of the be wide open debate and are our Core Principles the the fact that we respect every human being because they are made in the image of god will be reflected in the way that the United States response to these challenges according to mike palm peo american discourse is free and open its only an other countries apparently that mass protests are taking place. 5. 5. Catley its only in other countries that peaceful protests are dispersed with tear gas and dissidents are arrested and held without charges only in foreign lands as the political elite ignore the needs of the people and plow ahead building a police state no. Not in america only 6 years ago congress was overwhelming would prove Police MilitarizationNancy Pelosi Eliot Engel and over 350. 00 lawmakers of both parties joined together to vote against representative graysons amendment to end transfers of military equipment to mobile police in 2014 and of course america always respects the rights of journalists and freedom of the press we have received numerous reports of journalists attacked harassed and arrested and detained in the course of their work over the protests in the United States against systemic racism and Police Brutality only in other lands to allies watch in horror at the mis handling of protests we all watch in horror and consternation whats going on in the United States only in foreign lands we see citizens begging the United Nations to speak up for their rights the undersigned family members of victims of Police Killings and Civil Society organizations from around the world call on Member States of the Un Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis born out of the repression of nationwide protests you seem the United States is exceptional its got a perfect record it does not need an International Criminal court and its got solid ground to stand on and criticize other countries yeah well these days even many staunch u. S. Allies might strongly disagree with that. R. T. New york times the company the south knew not brings you up today to here not even back again. Join me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Claim has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs the people who are chronic pain and believe that their prescription is working for them and the remedy be certain to. Price that they pay closer dependency and addiction to opiates the long term use that really isnt scientifically justified and ill study actually suggested that the long term effects may not just be the absence of benefit but actually that they may be causing long term. There was a clip of your school or yesterday. Also a good question is clear but the way its always at the k. I was sober for a little. More what are the elite. Like nothing to me its in me. Most was just a lot of lives it was the open doors of the limits of which you would live in nearby new idea of bridges in their lives and even up most of kosik away the scotian so wide with so wonderful doors if your mobile knew we had to do so. Because you were at their 3rd or so pretty as look started to go brides if only other good wishes as laura is a little relieved. That it got to so severely as it was was the source of their live work well watch and watch as im sure id look with several. That i will pick up on yourself in your opinion but it would have to. Do the portable. Woodring somewhat only a corollary it would and should serve. The more he did more apart from being a high flying businessman and president of the Russian Chess Federation country for a lot of also not just private collection of soviet hot with nuclear the for security of the but a willingness to do most of the burden for. Them reflects the somebody