Gop establishment over the weekend. And Hillary Clinton in response to a question about Harvey Weinstein says, quote, we have a Sexual Assaulter in the white house, unquote. And, oh, by the way, her foundation not return weinsteins 250,000 in donations. Well get into that. Big day as always for politics and money. Varney company is about to begin. Ashley but we begin this hour with some breaking news. At least seven people are now reported injured and one person is missing after an oil rig exploded last night in louisiana. Lauren simonetti joining us for three hours today. Whats the latest from louisiana . Look at that picture, ashley. This happened about dinner time last night. Lake ponte cher train upon cher train, basically, that oil rig exploded. They dont know exactly why right now. The thinking is cleaning chemicals on the platform caused the explosion. Either way, you have seven people injured, at least seven, five of them were hearing are in pretty bad condition, and theyre sea
Effectively, they argue for a return to the rules that applied for most of Human History and that predate this institution, the belief that power is a zerosum game, that might makes right, that strong states must impose their will on weaker ones, that the rights of individuals dont matter, and that in a time of rapid change, order must be imposed by force. On this basis, we see some major powers assert themselves in ways that contravene International Law. We see an erosion of the democratic principles and human rights that are fundamental to this institutions mission, information is strictly controlled, the space for Civil Society restricted. Were told that such retrenchment is required to beat back disorder, that its the only way to stamp out terrorism, or prevent foreign meddling. In accordance with this logic, we should support tyrants like bashar alassad, who drops barrel bombs to massacre innocent children, because the alternative is surely worse. The increasing skepticism of our