a meeting of the spanish cabinet being held in the regional capital demonstrators have been trying to block word since early this morning but the cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister pether sanchez went ahead anyway and agreed new infrastructure spending for the region. all right well joining me now from the news desk is pablo foley ileus to talk about this developing story good to see you pablo new protests in this regional capital barcelona violent clashes with police as well unfolding on the streets there what more can you tell us about that what if you are you're absolutely right there's been also many roads have been blocked across the region it was organized by this grassroots movement the c.d.r. so we saw twenty roadblocks in and around the car. today causing of course a lot of disruption for people let's not forget this is friday just before christmas a lot of people traveling from spain for