Not follow the normal procedure. So this meeting, we dont know exactly what happened in the meeting, but the statement afterwards from the 2 Senior Republicans from michigan certainly indicate they heard nothing from donald trump. That would change the result of the election in michigan. And that they are going to press ahead. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia says more than 2000000 children are at risk from fighting in tikrit aid agencies in neighboring sudan are planning for as many as 200000 refugees. If european government forces, meanwhile, say theyve taken 2 major towns, the u. N. Secretary general has warned that yemen is inching closer to the worlds worst famine in decades. And setting its arrows call for immediate action to stave off a catastrophe. Yemenis are already suffering after more than 6 years of war. The terrorists reduce relief and currency are obstructing efforts to avert a famine. Ugandan opposition politician bobby wine ha
Israeli media reporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a secret visit to saudi arabia. Hes reported to have met the crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. And the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o, who was in israel only last week, israeli Prime Ministers office isnt confirming or denying the reports from our force that in ramallah no denial and no official confirmation. But the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isnt just one report. It has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. And indeed, the Prime Ministers own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu is a Coalition Partner was playing politics, the Prime Minister was making peace. Now the headlines, joshua wong and 2 other hong kong prodemocracy activists have pleaded guilty to charges relating to last years protests. They will not be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. Any 40000 e
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As author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in west for we cross to peter schiff he is chief global strategist at europe a civic Asset Management right gentlemen crosswalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new york richard you know when you looking at the news about the economy looking at a lot of macro numbers and sometimes i think its very quite confusing and where the economy is going particularly when we look at unemployment permanent unemployment and jobs that are permanently lost here but the more i look at it and you gentlemen are preeminent experts here i dont i dont really think its that you are an l. Im really quite taken with this k. A recovery the rich got richer and the poor got or is that an oversimplification richard go ahead not at all i think weve already seen that now quote quite some time that lee. East to north 3 on 4 decades of growing inequality both of wealt
Unemployment and jobs that are permanently lost here but the more i look at it and you gentlemen are preeminent experts here i dont i dont really think its that you are an l. Im really quite taken with this k. A recovery the rich got richer and the poor got for is that an oversimplification richard go ahead not at all i think weve already seen that now folks like some time that at least 2 or 3 or 4 decades of growing inequality both of wealth and income and instead of that being understood as having contributed to the combination pandemic and crash were living through instead of that being understood we see the crash having made it worse the growth of the wealthy at the very top having outstripped everything we could have imagined at the same time that now over 60000000 americans have. Had to file for one or another kind of state or federal Unemployment Compensation assistance this is a system that is spinning out of control in terms of extremes of wealth inequality and income inequali