Well welcome to you youre watching our national with me nikki erin its great to have you with us and our top story this hour following months of protests for a lot from the unrest in hong kong is now being felt much further afield for the 1st time since sunday government demonstrations began on the chinese territory activists have attacked the hong kong official who was visiting london. Was. Was very well the video that we just saw shows Hong Kongs Justice secretary terrys a chain who was actually at the time in the u. K. Giving a speech about successful dispute resolution how she was targeted by dozens of protesters who pretty much mobbed her as she left the car now the activists were yelling murderer and they also chase her down the street to put it show of the incidents the one that we just saw shows a chain being swamped and screamed ad and at some point she was even pushed to the ground and she injured her arm and she was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment now an interes
Protesters are saying is is not being felt want to give you a sense of what thats been like for the average chilean outside of the capital lets take a look. At a small fishing village just south of santiago chile. And other fishermen are getting ready to head out to see. Things here appear calm but a state of emergency remains in effect in the country and its a subject thats on everyones mind. Whats happening in the country isnt about politics this is a social problem. If any president has announced reforms to social programs in an effort to calm the crisis but who says says people have lost confidence in political leaders are yet to seem to not have. The president of the republicans only patched a wound but there is still a wound underneath until that wound is treated and heals the problems of our country are not going away. She days latin americas most developed nation but over the past. Protests have highlighted a growing anger among the citizenry. The unrest began over an increase
30. 3. To see. What they like you know that i got. This. Its a. Good dialogue over debate is about the wallace myself bring you 2 distinct and formative discuss and discussions between a variety of topics and guests with unique political viewpoints starting with my very own perception and person perspective. And joining me today to bring their perspectives and perceptions of the host of the world according to just the former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura watching the hawks on social media producer springer n r t america producer brant sadler thank you all 3 for joining us i want to start and talk about obviously priorities and lets start with the lack of priority here in the United States regards to our voting systems ill start with you jesse how bad is it that our federal Election Commission the f. E. C. Will essentially essentially be toothless come august 31st the stuff coming sunday because no one has bothered to appoint new commissioners to these 6 person group. Well as i see i
A quick look at the state of our voting systems in the federal Elections Commission and youd see that the integrity and sanctity of those systems. Really quite cut of the top priority for us to the federal Elections Commission or f. E. C. Which supposedly serves as a bipartisan watchdog for sort of Campaign Finance laws here in the u. S. Well thanks to President Trump and the u. S. Senate in action on appointing new f. E. C. Members as of august 31st the commission will no longer have enough commissioners to legally meet you has my friends the New York Times is reporting that the resignation of vice chairman map us peterson will effectively freeze the f. E. C. Is governance leaving it one person short of a quorum and then and thus unable to take on some of its most basic actions including Holding Board meetings starting audit for making new rules in levying fines for Campaign Finance violations but thats not the only election issues facing the country we also saw this tweet featuring a
Well thanks to President Trump and the u. S. Senate in action on appointing new f. E. C. Members as of august 31st the commission will no longer have enough commissioners to legally made it has my friends the New York Times is reporting that the resignation of vice chairman map us peterson will up that the bully freeze the f. E. C. Is governance leaving it one person short of a quorum and then and thus unable to take on some of its most basic actions including Holding Board meetings starting audits making new rules in levying fines for Campaign Finance violations but thats not the only election issues facing the country we also saw this tweet featuring a video of an electronic voting machine malfunction in mississippi go viral reminding us all that as of now there are still 8 states using Voting Machines that do not leave a paper trail. But but i dont want to just pick on the United States its not just them that has issues with their priorities my friends not when we see headlines like