Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the consulate is only the latest sign in a growing trend of countries being punished by the u. S. State department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967. 00 sanctions and place 7967. 00 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost a stunt to shing list that includes not to. Countries but even individuals People StoresSmall Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of all china but then there are the secondary sanctions aimed or targeted at countries who dared to do business with any of the above mentioned so whats the result of the us as recent penchant for sanctions here is how the economist one of the most respected magazines in the world describes what is happening because of the us increase in sanctions quote all inspiring and shocking they have in turn prompted other countries to seek to break free of American Financial had germany thats the economist even the usually hawkish atlantic magazine is using headlines like this boom time for u. S. Sanctions the explosive growth in their use has prompted questions about how much is too much so we ask how much is too much. How much is too much when it comes to sanctions its a question were asking here on the news with rick sanchez because we believe it really is time to do news again. This is the list of the questions we think youll be asking tomorrow after watching our newscast today is the u. S. Over sanctioning and what backlash might we expect why religious statues including one of jesus being desecrated will be cold at night team surge continue or are there finally signs that its starting to level. All right here we go with the latest International Incident between the United States and china which seems theres a new part of this every day that occurred this morning at the consulate in Houston Texas as you saw in some of those videos that we showed you it appears now though d that even the hocks are 3 asking questions about whether the u. S. Is overreaching when it comes to sanctions too many sanctions too many cats to get torey actions against countries all over the world we begin our Coverage Today with veteran journalist and boom bust cohost thats one. Where u. S. Sanctions have been used for years by the u. S. Government in order to control rogue nations without having to go to actual war at least thats what the u. S. Public has been told for decades now the truth is though that sanctions have grown to an enormous extent over the last few decades theyre now saying sions are not only countries but on individuals and businesses and companies all throughout the world and the United States continues to expand its use of sanctions the question now how much is too much according to the u. S. Treasury department there are just under 8000 sanctions in place imposed by the u. S. Government again these could range from sanctions on people like mexican drug lord chapo guzman to entire governments like the government of iran as well as irans revolutionary guard and the government of venezuela so how does the u. S. Get away with imposing so many sanctions but the answer is easy the u. S. Dollar is the worlds reserve currency and that means very simply that the u. S. Has the ability to financially punish any thank you company for corporation and yes any nation that does not been to its will i think about it this way businesses around the world that will never do business in u. S. Dollars all have banks that do and must use u. S. Dollars a little history here even though sanctions have been used for decades including against cuba in the 1960 s. After 911. 00 the Bush Administration greatly. Increase the use of sanctions as part of the war on terror and 22 and under the Obama Administration the use of sanctions increased even more overpass use and ramped up in 2014 with sanctions being the socalled weapon of choice against iran at that time the Treasury Department says there were about 6000 sanctions in place today again we have nearly 8000 thats the trumpet ministration has taken the use of sanctions on individuals and specifically on companies to a whole new level so rick back to that question of how much is too much think about it this way brics nations brazil russia india china and south africa they have all been working actively for the past 2 years it continue to work every day to detach themselves from the supremacy and the authority of the u. S. Dollar they do this on a regular basis through relationships with other countries the creation of new currencies and that also includes Digital Currencies it would be almost ironic if the power of the u. S. Dollar which makes us ancients possible was weakened and ultimately be thrown because of an overreach caused by again u. S. Sanctions but the news with rick sanchez im buttons one grudged of thanks so much for setting the table for a spell its go do whats really going on in the reaction were joined now by christiane i George Galloway and econ professor Richard Wolffe professor wolf i want to start with you have we gone sanction crazy. Yes i think so i think theres. Mammoth evidence the sanctions do not worth and some crimes are counterproductive rag an unintended consequence that. Theyre really moody jill really independently at what the very word or not does not constitute a kind of political theater mr trump and the republicans arent necessarily misdirected thank you jim from their golden years theyre now going to beat up on china and make them big. You know a lot of all of that would rank sions which will look at the average person is no dear. But they really almost every year theyre easy to get around well they. Make the rest of the world nervous very strange way in which your politics between leading countries in the world george im thinking of a playground somewhere and some small school anywhere in the world where there is a big guy who beats a bunch of little kids all the time and eventually all these little kids get together and they say you know what were not as big as he is but maybe if we get together well be able to fight that big bully is that whats going on right now all over the world because of these over sanctions. Well thats a brilliant analogy is whats happening on the day will come when it will coalesce into an Unstoppable Force heres another stopped rick todd do you a remarkable ones my calculation is that the United States is currently sanctioning 39 countries with a combined population of 2000000000 that means every 4th person in the entire world is currently on the United States sanctions now weve got an old saying he if everybodys forced clos nobody is forced plus if youre sanctioning everybody then the day is definitely coming when you wont be sanctioning anybody at all your means of doing so will be done on the class the playground bully will himself find himself on the ground of the hands of the others kristie yesterday we lead with his story which i think is one of the most interesting stories that ive covered in quite some time china and iran are signing a 25 year pact what does it say to you that those 2 countries are doing this and do you believe its related to this. Conversation were having about sanctions. Absolutely and i think it fits perfectly with this entire narrative because the enemy of your enemy is my friend thats a very common saying and if both countries are being punished by the u. S. To iran with all the massive sanctions and the china with this increasing trade war and tensions and everything and now with the constant being closed both of them are now finding a common enemy and so it does push the 2 sides closer together and one of the biggest point is that in previous administrations and in previous years everyone was actually quite ok with the u. S. Issuing on these sanctions because the u. S. Was issuing sanctions alongside of its allies however now with the entire trumpet ministration all of these sanctions now appear to be unilateral and this is increasingly frustrating for european allies who feel like their economic interests are being harmed but sometimes sanctions do work guys professor wolf it worked in south africa it was a country that seemed to be exploiting africa pardon me blacks their natives. The sections made them kind of change course correct. Yes but look at that next part of south africa was almost totally isolated in the world sanctions applied by the United States there were a lot. Were consequent upon the fact that many many people around the world. Thanks. Thats a system called last goal its exactly what you are. Claiming they did mention when she said United States is doing all of this by itself or i could only add to her why is. That if you put sanctions as easily as quickly as this country is now do we. Have to go through that morally and. Do when will it be politically good for mr trump or people like him to strange and luxembourg or italy. Or warningly. As. Political it is that i will politicians deployer kristie i know that diplomacy is not your expertise but im going to ask you this question because i know youre an expert on so i know american affairs. The fact that the United States this morning shut down the chinese consulate in Houston Texas one of the most significant cities in the United States what do you make of that what do you think the reaction is going to be in beijing this was unexpected and it was a complete slap in the face because theyre essentially being forced to shut down the entire console within 72 hours and this is something that has never been done in the last 40 years and in fact this is one of the most important console one of the oldest ones ever established in the u. S. So china isnt that said that they are definitely going to retaliate if the u. S. Does not reconsider and withdraw this and they said that they are most likely will be will be shutting down the u. S. Consulate over in as well in retaliation and this is more symbolic than actually significant but it is a complete silence in the face and it shows the complete lack of trust and the entire escalation between the u. S. And china because this entire thing was done without any sort of communication at all so it just shows you how deteriorated this entire relationship is so it begs the question on how much further this entire decoupling will go george i want you to have the last word on this because im thinking other president s and other administrations here in the United States have used sanctions in the past but it seems of late anyway that this particular state department has been almost if i can use the word if youll allow me correct me if im wrong all those using it through happenstance and almost in a brutal way in the way that theyre using sections right now do you agree. Mike pompeo then goes on to are looking like he just walked off. All of these. The public in the country comes and goes to look at each other. And shake their heads. Themselves as this great america. Around the world like a bull in a china shop if youll forgive the pun given the events. And the owner of the all these china shops finally going to say if we dont stop these people then all of our china shops are going to be trashed. People are asking themselves well whos next will one day be next nobodys going to stand. How much is too much and have we reached that plateau its the question we discussed what a great problem you guys are fantastic thanks to all 3 of you for this wonderful discussion. This is the news with your watching our special coverage when we come back a look at the string of attacks on Christians Jews throughout the United States whats going on whats the cause. Our culture is. Dominated by street electronic. Until. Society politics. And political politicians. Are 2 parties are in reality. Corporate and those who attempt to. Run universal. 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A welcome back im rick sanchez there appeared to be a string of attacks on christian and some catholic some bulls specifically in miami for example a statue of jesus christ was actually beheaded prompting the citys archbishop to call for a hate Crime Investigation meanwhile in california fires devastated a 2 hour 49 year Old San Gabriel Mission 80 firefighters battled a fire which eventually destroyed the churchs group roof the church has been at the center of controversy for its connection to the 18th century catholic evangelist june a pair o. Sarah including one some protesters criticized his methods in converting natives pope francis though has canonized sarah did so 5 years ago for more on this complicated story here is parties john hattie. Jesus be headed the statute in this picture taken by the archdiocese of miami was outside a Catholic Church in miami when it was vandalized july 15th a statue of the virgin mary was defaced outside a Catholic Prep School in brooklyn 5 days earlier both incidents the latest in a series of other attacks on religious statues in churches in the United States on july 15th vandeleur vandals defaced a statue of mary in Colorado Springs colorado with red paint july 11th could tennessee someone. Knocked over and beheaded a statue of mary outside a Catholic Church in chattanooga and also on july 11th police say a man drove his van through the doors of our lady queen of peace church and Ocala Florida setting the church on fire once inside fortunately there were no injuries and Police Arrested the attacker who is now facing attempted murder and hate crime charges the rising wave of vandalism targeting churches is certainly discerning for both Church Officials and police the department of Homeland Security in Miami Dade CountyPolice Investigators are all looking into the incident in miami representative Chuck Fleishman of tennessee tweeted this about the incident chattanooga writing quote this is a disturbing attack on catholicism and religion sadly it is among a series of attacks on Catholic Churches that have happened in recent days i hope that the perpetrators will be brought to justice but i also pray that they will find their way to god as well Authorities Say some of the vandalism appears to be possibly teens doing tagging such as the red spray paint on the mary statue in Colorado Springs sort of 13 a reference to the mexican gang southern united rozza but it follows the growing trend of statues being targeted and torn down by vandals trying to make a political point according to officials or those simply trying to get their work of destruction posted on social media like this vandal beheading a statue of Christopher Columbus and waterbury connecticut whatever the case the latest attacks in florida tennessee and colorado are being investigated as hate crimes as the investigations continue for the news with Rick Sanchez John hardy. But. Out on this a little bit further with steve gerber hes the host of the steve gruber show steve should we has a tape or be mindful before we start making too many connections in this case to the wave of protests weve seen around the country or do you feel like its the right time to make that connection. Well rick it looks like to me that you have a series of attacks not only in this country but you look at how many in france and across europe as well christian symbols are being attacked by a variety of people maybe just to get on social media maybe its something deeper but its a continuation of the attacks on the social fabric of western civilization quite frankly you behead Christopher Columbus should knock those statues down it began with confederates the jews as you know rick and for myself im not concerned about the removal of confederate statues from the city square in america i think they should be moved to a more appropriate place like a museum we dont put up statues of people that would that took up arms against United States but as the president pointed out not that long ago how long until washington and jefferson are targeted he was mocked for that but sadly donald trump was right the mob sets its sights on the next target in the next and the mob always need something to seed it there always has to be a victim there always has to be a target on our attacking jesus i just before we go off on saying that the mob as you said is attacking jesus i dont think we have enough evidence at this point to make a connection after all the jesus that had gang symbols next to it and as a Television Journalist i can tell you that throughout my entire career ive been doing stories on drunk teenagers who went to cemeteries and desecrated stuff right so should we be a little careful but i want to of the matter is mob whether its strong teenagers or a mob somebody has been i guess empowered if you will to be had columbus. To go after jesus to go after mary to go after Catholic Churches and other churches as well somebody is empowered this happening does go hand in hand with the idea of defunding the police around this country. Rick thats clear yes drugs teenagers are one thing and maybe there is some of that thats fair to say but maybe thats a lot more because of people you know attacking statues from seattle to new york and all points in between is a lot bigger than a few kids getting drunk and getting liquored up and knocking over a headstone i think you would agree with that what about the fact that the spanish did in fact you say that you dont like the confederates because they fought against our country the spanish when they came to parts of latin america where i hail from and i guess in that sense im spanish as well i think its a really horrible things i mean they do capitated People Killed people raped all the women people i mean you know youve read the history books what about that yeah ive read history books average bodies had a bad past the irish were abused the arabians were the iraqis the israelis everybodys got a bad as there is nobody on this planet that is made it to where we are without having their ancestors attacked and and criminalized and and frankly murdered along the way rick and were going to reset the whole world into redrawing lines give manhattan back to the native americans of south dakota too it makes no sense to me thank you steve great conversation its always good to have these kinds of passionate discussion i know youre having a dinner tables all over america my friend i appreciate it. I want to introduce all of you now to steve us thank you. By far one of the finest and upstanding young men that we know go on go on. A good life sure play along so you got some highlights i do i do i have. Standing im going to show you some impressive ups and highlights for all of the m. L. S. Tournaments is back so lets take a look at how it all went down so much impact d. C. United 31 minutes its been scored this until that goal right there so if youre tied there are only. Is that shot from distance and it deflects out there of d. C. United beside himself because it deflects often for an own goal or 2 as an own goal you scorn yourself and im showing it to you 3 times because that was the only goal of the game and that goal right there impact beat d. C. United with one mil and that eliminated d. C. United from the m. L. S. Is back tournaments so you know its funny the goalie would have stopped it if that had not screwed it up for him exactly in an effort to help her yes bill hamid the goalkeeper there was going in the right direction the ball switches are actions after its all his own player and you get the own goal you didnt do it yet but the knockout stage is now going to be set by tomorrow night the top 16 teams but you see united will not be playing anymore in it but i have some more news for you out that highlight is doing good so far you thank you one for one youre going to love this one because that was also a disney world now we know the n. B. A. In the disney bubble down there is about to start and the exhibition game started today but we have our 1st images now of the court that theyre going to be using and then kill or socalled bench but this is the league motto now is a whole new game playoff probably aladdin the disney movie a whole new world but everything is is new except for the Court Dimensions of course those going change but the courtside broadcasters will be courtside the stack will be doing their work from inside what some are calling a penalty box of the court and broadcasters going to look if theyre not going to be. And then why would we then call them courtside broadcaster exactly so a lot of things are not going to be theyre going to be many feet back from the court in their own little plexiglass type of box along with the stat statisticians in their own like a hockey penalty box imagine that so and then no traditional bench so this will be instead of the 2 rows well have spaced out folding chairs theyll be assigned seats to the players and the staff and instead of the players sitting shoulder to shoulder talking joking during the game so its going to be a different of your own chair so you only get to sit on your sweat somebody elses sweat exactly yes so its not a big i mean yeah theyre doing a lot of and of course boy you see black eyes matter where you matter all of the things yeah and so there will be some and now this is a point. There will be no National Anthems no starter introductions warmups may not even take place so we wont there wont be any you know kneeling during the at them because there wont be any of them however there should be were expecting to see some silent protests of course for the black lives Matter Movement a lot of the players will be wearing names of victims of Police Brutality on the back of their jerseys so was but well be seeing some protests you know its funny to see the way theyre bringing this all about and i do wonder if its really going to be able to capture the imagination of people watching at home you would think it would because if they produced it properly who cares if fans are there you know i just want to watch a basketball game yes and a lot of the players will be miked up so well be able to hear stuff that we dont normally hear sometimes you hear it over the crowd but its typically hard so well were going to get a live i was about to say theres a 5 2nd delay because there were just like the n. H. L. Is planned on doing 2 and im not sure about the m. B. But they are planning on doing a 5 2nd delay here because the players do let some choice words fly sometimes and we cant be hearing over the airways but they are planning on also as youve seen in soccer games internationally pumping in crowd noise and things of that nature and the Minnesota Twins play tonight they do against the chicago cubbies yes im just saying but you have one more story you know thats the last night of exhibition games before the end ill be kicks off tomorrow or you know its Opening Night of great next summer camp or spring training tonight but the nats and the yankees tomorrow but the blue jays as we talked about before Toronto Blue Jays being expelled basically from canada they cant play home games there were denied by god the governor of pennsylvania tom wolfe denied them the chance to play at pittsburghs park with the power so theyre still looking for a home you know what he said. Basically is that pretty much yeah thats on the up here all right thanks buddy particularly good stuff interesting you know. Thats where i wish we could bring in more but were out of stuff so. Its time to do news there. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. We go to work. Straight home. According to even fox news trying to is like going to the polls this is because joe biden is such a brilliant vanity or because of the harmony consensus of the 10 demi has been badly handled by the president still another theory from rand is a populist in 2006 feet as he governed as. This is to bust the one business show you care its afford to miss branch of war in washington coming up the United States has made the call to shutter chinas consulate in Houston Texas further chilling relations between the worlds 2 largest economies straight ahead we analyze the rising tensions and how markets are reacting to the growing rift plus