Distinct and formative discussions between a variety of topics and guests with unique political viewpoints starting with my a very own perception and perspective. Joining me today to give their perspective host of r. T. The big picture alan cook r t america sports anchor steve christakis an hour to americas correspondent in canada alex mahela bitch thank you all 3 for coming here i want to start with this riot boosting and in south dakota in his ruling against the riot boosting act in south dakota u. S. District judge lawrence pierce all wrote imagine that if these riot boosting statutes were applied to the protests that took place in birmingham alabama what might be the result dr king in the southern christian Leadership Conference could have been liable under an identical riot boosting law was put there i want to ask you 3 are we are we putting the security of our businesses and properties over the sanctity of our freedom of speech and can there be a ban. Between the 2 ill start with
Grows its own blood supply and now this is slowly integrated as part of its own living out of my own. Greetings and salyut asians today lets kick things off with some good news for a change walk watchers actually its great news for both environmentalist and freedom of speech advocates in the wake of the total access pipeline protests we saw big oil submissive legislators in both north and south dakota pass multiple new laws of the century outlaw various acts of protest especially the kind used to protest Oil Pipelines like the senate bill 189 in south dakota which according to the a. C. L. U. Gives the state the authority to sue in a bid jewels and organizations for riot boosting but it does not clearly describe what speech or conduct conduct it considers to be riot boosting essentially it could mean that if you helped organize or support a protest and then a fight breaks out at the event you could be held by nancy accountable due to your support of the riot. Thankfully a federal judge
A possible act of terror on saturday a gunman opened fire on the r. Nor Islamic Center in oslo before being overpowered by a civilian only one Person Injured police say the suspect appears to hold far right and anti immigrant views hes been charged with murder after his 17 year old stepsister was found dead at a separate location now as Prime Minister says the government has a plan though to tackle hate speech. Spanish Emergency Services of moved about a 1000 people from their homes as a wildfire on the Canary Island of gran canaria spreads and its been burning since saturday it has so far charred about 1000 hectares of land and wildfires also threatening homes on the southern greek island of elephant sauce people were moved from a tourist camp and nearby houses on saturday strong winds and high temperatures of help dozens of fires broke out across greece since friday of the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has rallied to hundreds of supporters with an upbeat message of defiance aga
Good rajapaksa led the military to victory over the tamil tigers ending 26 years of civil war. He was given a free hand by his brother then president Mahinda Rajapaksa to do so. But accusations of human rights abuses and walk rhymes. Many tamils in the north and east are still looking for answers about their missing relatives or those abducted under rajapakse as watch some complain of intimidation and harassment when they tried to speak up sherry in savior who has worked with these communities says his candidacy for president is causing concern hes seen terminator of dissent yes so in that context like you know people are a bit worried about i mean any kind of dissent will not be tolerated rajapaksa seems to be aware of such concerns telling the Party Convention on sunday that the diversity of communities. Is its strength its taken one term for sri lankans who voted rajapaksa president out of office to look at his brother as a potential leader the reason according to one political comm
Jazeera. Is the thoughts of. Advocacy manager in yemen for the Norwegian Refugee Council she told us the fighting is forcing foreign aid operations to shut down. Our main concern was that the fighting paralyzed humanitarian operations aid organizations and theyre stopped where i that affected by the violence or they were hiding in their basements because they were scared for their safety so what else it did was that the fighting cut off i told infrastructure so there was a pool to tank which was damaged which cut off the supplies the Drinking Water for the civilians. So really what they are fighting has done its mean has meant is that it stopped the movement of humanitarian workers in i didnt but also the longer it went on for more it was also shutting down aid operation in other areas of the country we would like to continue to provide food fuel to shelter i was just an odd and recently and visited a camp and people are living in terrible terrible conditions and they need help so real