Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us france has been paralyzed by its biggest strike in years with this thursday workers are protesting in mass against the governments plans to overhaul the Pension System transport networks have been brought to a standstill with schools and hospitals badly affected as well demonstrations have been held right across the country one of the largest trade unions in france and says 1500000 people marched in support of the protest while the interior ministry estimates 800000 took part. Has been following the protest and. This is against the proposed changes by the french government the Pension System here in france the idea is that they want a model number of different systems around 42 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mean. But that pensions perhaps could be lower in the future or i
Constitution you took an oath you have no choice you have to move forward with impeachment and allow the process to take place because if you dont its going to open the door up to where every politician can now seek whatever they want from countries outside the United States and if our elections are corrupt enough believe me after this happens you might as well throw it to the wind it will be so much quickly de watkins what are your thoughts on these impeachment proceedings finally i guess moving forward in the house. You know i was i was 2nd be more shocked or i like i was i wish there was like a bill of the that would allow me to believe that i was experiencing some type of a surprise but donald trump has been an ally and a crook before he even thought about politics he was a law and a corrupt throughout his whole campaign he was a lie and a crook throughout his whole entire. So you know weve removed this law is this very screwed up thats what im sitting back and im waiting for that
Technology is changing the way we would stay with us. Now welcome to sophie visionaries. Improving our lives with every day objects the design of todays about comfort and function and today my guest is one of the most prolific designers iconic designers of our times karim rashid. Artists do all the owner hi great to have you with us today you look wonderful thank you so do you agree moscow day of the year old pink and serious side of ray of sunshine well in the winter moscow gets a bit crazy but you know most cities around the world get quite great so then they have you talking with. Us all right so i want to start over with one of your motos which is you should grasp the luxury of freedom. Instead of luxury of the physical world but then i know that you are super famous and super in demand and you do all kinds of designs for high end 5 star hotels. Where does that fit and i think thats luxury frederic all you need you made a mistake there most of the hotels i do are 2 star 3 star and
This week during the hearing but i also believe that it doesnt change the underlying fact that what the president has done since the beginning of this presidency is tear at the fabric of the presidency and all norms and really walk up to the boundaries of the law hes been challenge repeatedly in the courts and is lost on a lot of his in his administrations actions and i think the democrats are going to move forward with an impeachment that will ultimately die in the senate i think is the is one strum said dounia thing even. It was in the. Elections in the middle of. No i dont think thats obvious for a couple of reasons number one and this is one that was acknowledged not only today by some of the experts but is been widely discussed. President s all president s not just President Trump not just republican president s all president s have incredibly wide latitude in how they conduct their interactions with foreign leaders its why generally speaking we dont have a lot of examples of thos
For many years we always saw design as an elite subject or a high art but its actually not a high art at all design is should be like the dust revolution taught us for the mass market its for accessibility so wants to do stuff that you do if its not for hotels but like designer pieces how much would it cost because yes youre absolutely right anything that is a designer piece of furniture anything is like having a piece of art you know the latest thing you cannot be democratic and for everybody but thats changed now look at look at a good comparison of whats going on now in the design world is whats already happened in the fashion world the very high in. Fashion brands Luxury Brands are a lot of them are having trouble. Meaning financial trouble but also just trouble in the sense of vision a lot of dont really even know where to go anymore and there was a time when if you went back 3040 years that every fashion house had a very differ. And sensibility vision style right so it was and th