Thanks for joining us. Has been engulfed in violent protests with. Rising prices unemployment. And Police Used Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters who. With at least one reported killed. Erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran but when. Well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the two new Zealand Government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the tennessean street was one of anger and what weve seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with us one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar to protests happening in another country namely iran what youre saying we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the Economic Situation. The root of it is just a canard its the problem of youth unemploy
Change but since then there have been no less than my own government in place intern is the all of whom have been unable to get a handle on the Economic Situation the question of course is whether or not well see these cause for vision change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like weve seen for example against him when sociology professor. Says that the different approaches to the similar protests in tunisia and their run could be simply explained by the fact that one of these countries is viewed as an enemy tunisia is on the military its a small country not many people know about that in american society. Who many in america have been the. Major obstacle for american policy in the middle east since its the whoosh of money in seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small detail that happens in a small part this. To inflate it to look as if this is the end of the vision. In covering tunisia and. The german army is recruiting an increasing number
Policy since its a month seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small deal that happens in a small port this to inflated the media to look as if this is the end of the regime so it is totally different. In covering tunisia. Protests totally different. Ecuador is pushing to resolve the case of wiki leaks editor Julian Assange hes been holed up in the countrys London Embassy for more than five years and faces arrest if he leaves and now ecuadors foreign minister says his country may seek outside help laura smith now joins us live on the program here for more details on this laura what is a court or saying here where the ecuadorian foreign minister has in the last day come out and said that the situation with Julian Assange is unsustainable and for the first time shes raised the possibility of mediation to resolve the situation where she is. Reconsidering the option and mediation we know they dont have that but that could be done in fire resistant country or i
First breaking news on how the tax plan will impact you ylan mui is live on capitol hill. Reporter treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke moments ago about the administrations first step in turning the tax law into reality. Treasury department and the irs have just issued new guidance it to employers, telling them how much money to withhold from their paycheck under the new tax law. The irs will be releasing a new withholding calculator that will be vail on irs. Gov by the end of february. This will help provide individuals with certainty, so that they are neither overwithheld or underwithheld and can plan financial decisions. Reporter democrats have criticized the rollout of this process, saying that many people could actually end up paying too little in taxes. Secretary mnuchin said that claim is ridiculous, and that this process has not been politicized. Now, the white house is celebrating todays guidance as a win that will put more money in it workers paychecks but the same time t
Across the west and its interesting to see that the languages that theyre advertising for are the language of iran and of course north korea and russia so that would be a bit of a sort of give away about which countries they want to be targeting. Donald trump drew condemnation worldwide of the week just gone when it was reported on friday that he launched into a foul mouth rant in the oval office about immigrants several democratic lawmakers there with a claim the president indeed was deeply disparaging about people from Central America and africa. Middle. East as implicitly Strong Language to sell salvador and the other countries dignity with express our strong protests and the majestic. Place such a state its good but i signed a petition on this incredible declaration because those supremacy of grace is the freshest expression like the ones that donald trump. These are. From the president United States. Just north of working with greeces. Trump took to twitter very quickly to annoy t