Hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered im Peter Lavelle this spiral downward depending on who you believe in the media the civil unrest in america is the result of systematic racism this explains protests and rioting but it does it the commanding heights controlling the Financial System media and the Business World are loath to admit it its the economy stupid for them race always trumps. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Jason Nichols in able to consider. He is a professor of africanamerican studies and in new york we crossed to Margaret Kimberly she is the editor and senior columnist at the black gender report as well as the author of the book prejudicial black america and the president s are right process rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok was 1st go to margaret here in my introduction i said that race always trumps class and if you look at Mainstream Media particularly the liberal media that is the me
Luck and browbeaten to leverage. Freedom of speech takes a bit of blow online as facebook blocks a group from thailand criticizing the king for social media giant increasingly choosing which protest movements deserve support which will be silenced them. Both the democratic and Republican Conventions pass in increasing disarray with democrats refusing to back their Party Platform and the g. O. P. Not even presenting an official platform at all. They just turned 11 am so good morning from russia wednesday the 26th of august live from arties will do you say its q. Here in moscow and ive got the latest round up for you to stick around to 1st track in this 100. Protesters in the u. S. City of commotion defying a state of emergency curfew designed to cool days of unrest rallies erupted after police shot a black man multiple times reports suggest one person has now also been killed and 2 others injured in overnight clashes. I. Was. Told. Later go to local journalist mike nichols on the line h
This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss im sorry mom to say ok in washington coming up japans longest serving Prime Minister announced his plans to resign on health and well the country continues to grapple with such a comic turmoil and nearly every organization in the us joint protest for Racial Justice but what does this mean for the multibillion. Have a lot to get to so much that started. The u. S. Commerce department reported americans increase their spending by 1. 9 percent in july extending the markets record breaking rallies well this is the 3rd straight month of consecutive gains for spending well this is the primary driver of the u. S. Economy this also comes weeks after the extra 600. 00 of Unemployment Benefits expired Commerce Department data also showed income rose by point 4 percent in july. Why after 2 months of declines meanwhile Credit Card Company capital one cut borrowing limits on credit cards while some customers had their limits were cut do
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Youre watching the weekly here on R T International bringing you the days news along with the biggest stories from the week just gone. We start and valorous where another huge protest against president Alexander Lukashenko is underway you can see live pictures just behind me from a central minsk where thousands upon thousands have turned out people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks now accusing look shango of rigging the election in his favor it has gone up reports from its. People behind me on the Independence Square of the the russian capital minsk they have been chanting slogans like leaves calling on the president of some example of the shanku to go long live belarus right now and theyre clapping and my cameraman is just going to zoom in to show you the sky. Of the protests right now we have a really good Vantage Point so you can see for yourself people are flocking i can see them flocking from all sides now the opposition has been promoting this action as a rea