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Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us spain has set the clock taking a fourth catalonia Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has given the Regional Government until monday to say whether it has in fact the clarity independence from the rest of spain or royals promise to do Everything Possible to prevent the breaking away even threatening to suspend catalonia as autonomy and impose direct rule from madrid looked in a standoff spains Prime Minister is determined to not give an inch speaking to parliament in madrid Mariano Rajoy again insisted that catalonia his independence referendum was illegal and he rejected office of international mediation. The force but he left everything it is not possible to accept a dialogue to agree on what is expressly forbidden by the constitution to negotiate over the sovereignty that belongs to all spaniards and the unbreakable unity of spain. It was a clear abuse to cattle and president karl has pushed him all these calls for talks have repeatedly been rejected madrid has given him five days to drop catalonia his independence bid. This important day. It is really important those people who violated the constitution rectify this. As catalonia ignores the warning has threatened to impose direct rule many catalan lawmakers reacted with pleas for the escalation lets get any more especially in this the truth is we have two government leaders who have acted very irresponsibly we are asking them to take on the political responsibility and govern for everyone in spain and catalonia we ask that they are responsible and courageous and open the possibility of dialogue. It all means days more uncertainty on the streets of barcelona people a first rate id. Its ridiculous to reach this point because we the people pay for the politicians and its their forests theyve passed problems on to the people when they should have solved them. Even though its impossible to talk with i dont know whats going to happen nobody does. Now the ball is back in catalonia is court and across spain the waiting game continues. But it does have a few five days lets get more now from our correspondent oliver salad in barcelona all over what are the cattle on leaderships options right now in face of the ultimatum from madrid. Well it doesnt seem like there are any options that would lead to success right now for them its a very complicated situation put him on might find himself that hes going down a road with a dead end here not really knowing how to return so basically he can carry on and he can follow the ultimatum and declare independence repeat what he said there are two days ago in his famous speech. That will certainly lead then immediately to article one hundred fifty five being triggered as a spanish Prime Minister monti are no doubt whole has threatened it over and over again it would also mean the end to his political career and it will mean the end to the autonomy of the region of cut alone yes so this cannot be in the interest of Congress Puts them on on the other hand if he if he does not stus so if he follows the ultimatum if you then says ok this was all a terrible mistake i will now abide by the rule of law then he would face trouble of his own ranks for instance his Coalition Partner the fall lefts u p party has given him another all to made them all for weeks saying that within four weeks if there is no independence declared then they would resign from government he would lose his majority it would mean another and to his government so it looks like no matter what he does its a complex situation and its very clear if you know how to get out of this at this point. Triggering article one fifty five s being called the Nuclear Option in this crisis is the catalog leadership prepared for direct rule from madrid are they taking that seriously. Well its a massive threat so one might think that they have to take it seriously of course but there hasnt been. A lot of response so far from madrid following this all to made him the center left party that is one of the Coalition Partners of part of this puts them on they said they are not willing to give in at all their strategy is to continue pushing forward for a dialogue and then really hoping that some International Mediator will be found and that eventually somehow independence would be at the end of this process of a peaceful process as they hope and this is also basically the strategy of calmness put him on who hasnt said a lot in the meantime many people are now hoping that he clarifies himself and comes out with a solution here ok a lot of people out on the streets of are certainly hoping for a solution in all of this are there a possibility is there the possibility right now of more protests in barcelona well people are frustrated really there is this situation of political limbo and people feel that theyre not informed well that they dont know what the future holds for this region and also for the whole country of spain today is the Biggest National holiday of spain and if you look right behind me here there is a big stage being set up for a demonstration that is going to take place in a couple hours from now its a pro spain demonstration against the split up of spain against the independence of the lonely and if you read what it says here it says cut the lunacy is funny that means yes to cut alone but also yes spain calibra covering this for us today in barcelona thanks very much for that. Now some of the other stories making news at this hour a small asteroid is doing a close flyby of planet earth today but Scientists Say theres no chance it will hit our planet and its expected to miss by about forty four thousand kilometers so a strawman to say the close flight path is giving them a chance to assess our ability to respond to a real asteroid threat. Though being skewed seventy five margarets including a number of children who were stranded on a rubber boat as they sought to reach italy they were taken to the naval base in the libyan capital tripoli and handed over to the International Medical corps that. Telephone and Authorities Say wildfires north of San Francisco have now consumed at least thirty five hundred homes and businesses twenty two fires are currently burning in Northern California stretching Fire Services to the breaking point the death toll from those blazes has now risen to twenty one hundreds of people are still unaccounted for while the sex scandal involving hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has taken on a political dimension with former president ial candidate Hillary Clinton denouncing weinstein promising to donate to charity the money he contributed to her Political Campaign and the case has been reverberating in new york where the citys chief prosecutor declined to charge weinstein two years ago when an italian model filed a complaint that he groped her. Coffee weinsteins and that Sexual Misconduct has been an open secret in hollywood for years weinstein sat through representatives that in his stupidity and all of the encounters have been consensual but more and more women coming forward with harrowing stories of harassment he led me to his bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate. My heart was racing and i was very scared. I pulled my arm away finally and headed to the door he started following me and telling me that he could introduce me to Bob Weinstein and i could get a three picture deal and that he would green light my script but i had to watch and masturbate its a scenario that repeats itself in many of the tales of abuse the New York Times published an audio recording made by the new York Police Department in twenty fifteen where weinstein appears to confess to the Sexual Assault of an italian model but weinstein was not charged in the end the new york prosecutors say there was a like of evidence. If we have that we felt that the church past its Prime Minister who would. Suffer all actresses have now accused the movie mogul of rape and hollywood a listers have come forward with their own stories of Sexual Harassment including engineer jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow she said weinstein had groped her as a twenty two year old and such just a thing massage each other she refused. Following the allegations the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences which is responsible for the oscar awards will hold a special meeting on saturday to discuss weinsteins alleged conduct which he described as repugnant. Weinsteins also been fired by his own studio which is self came on the fire critics say his conduct was known in the workplace and in the industry but many had turned a blind eye. Weinsteins wife has announced shes leaving him and sat she was heartbroken for her husbands cannot speak to weinstein himself go into rehab. For more on this story lets bring in interest in a cushion shes a hollywood correspondent in los angeles thanks for being with us first off now the former president ial candidate Hillary Clinton has condemned weinstein now he wasnt only a major contributor to her campaign he was also a bridge to other hollywood donors as well yeah i mean hillary is sick and shocked and appalled and everybody drops him now you know he has really no friends left he paid about forty five thousand dollars or so for her president ial campaign about one point five million or so they say for the Democratic Party the republicans are happy they are so happy that they chump on the fact you know that he was a democratic supporter and for trump this whole story is a gift from heaven you know a shocking story about a bully and womanizer to use a nice word for predatory you know but on the other side of the political spectrum ok now its interesting were also getting on confirmed reports this morning that the f. B. I. Has opened opened an investigation into weinstein for sex crimes what are you hearing there. Yeah he has hired a criminal lawyer and bought obviously the Weinstein Company one has issued in a statement saying it would cooperate with any criminal investigation it sounds like Police Involvement is not out of the question of course you know but i mean one has to ask on day six of the scandal now what the company knew so the whole story is getting not clear every day but a little bit more murky every day because his what it is rather than the whole you know what did all the people know worked in the company there was there are stories about payoffs for women eight to twelve settlements they say probably more they were already known to the company in two thousand and fifteen you know so theres a lot to investigate and im sure theyre im sure hes getting nervous now ok well the American Academy of Motion Pictures is picking this up and as well its going to be meeting on saturday its called the allegations repugnant will the academy talk only about weinstein or will it take up the broader issue of how women in hollywood are treated. Well in this thought they are going to need for fifty four members and about half of them are female so lets hope for some great cheer i mean i really hope that this family pressure is growing you know when you can feel it he was never left in hollywood he was always feared in hollywood and he was feared for his masterful and super aggressive Oscar Campaign to know that to think that they will now i mean its ive hunted too optimistic i talk to show runner for h. B. O. Jennifer connelly and she said no no no this is not really the Tipping Point you know its something now we do things will change we will look back in a couple of years and it was a this is when you do all change i can only hope so you know today tingly could his friends and came out also and she said she was a joint of long list of people who told their hobbies stories and she also expressed hope that the times of the Billionaire Boys Club as she called it is over. Yet another youve been covering this Billionaires Boys Club for years now these allegations cover a period of about three decades how could this go on unaddressed for so long that so many of us would like to know. Well it makes me angry too because obviously theres a very strong support system you know up in a persons silence and theres still so much old hollywood going on you know the casting couch with this is built into hollywood the system of power and the power is usually with the men and the women are not so powerful its i mean i can i can i can only hope it changes dont forget a couple of months ago there were a couple of t. V. Hosts from fox news that were also. Claims that they were sexually harassing women they all lost their jobs so there is actually something changing right now in this actually something happened kristie that. Came up in all. Thats a great german word is it out because the thanks so much for bringing us up to date on that today. Well still right now where Iraqi Forces Push the socalled Islamic State out of mosul this summer but not before the Extremist Group devastated her side saluting treasures smashing artifacts now archaeologists are assessing the damage at the ancient royal assyrian city of nimrod but despite the destruction theyre also making some new discoveries. A surprising find amid the dirt something glimmering emerges. Peter fed snow and his team have found a golden earring discoveries like this are rare in north and the rock. Lift and this has very unexpected im amazed we used to find vessels for a story chia we assume it was a story in fact our cultural trading goods but we didnt expect to find a golden earring so the dig is taking place near the city of mosul the socalled Islamic State ravaged the region which is rich in Cultural Treasures the Extremist Group aims to erase traces of pretty Islamic Heritage in places like name rude members of i. A. S. Try to destroy the ruins located in the former capital of the assyrian empire there was much damage but the situation is not as bad as feared it wouldnt be. Many artifacts of being destroyed but on the other hand i just droid many objects that with first restored in the nineteenth seventys and eightys because theyre the ones that stood out the most. So its not why its such a shame we thought it was. So shocking the discoveries from the bronze age settlement reveal traces of a wide ranging Trading Network the cultures involved influenced each other for thousands of years i asked leaders believe people today should return to the ancient and true roots of islam and that anything differing from that should be destroyed but history shows changing and incorporating new influences is the norm. And this cant be stopped by an organization like the i. A. S. Occasionally theyve been attempts in history to establish religious economic or social monopolies through violence but they never lasted long. Order so if. You want to put it. Iraq and syria have become huge crisis with islands of safety like this one where the archaeologists are working they found cuneiform tablets gold jewelry and bronze needles in the once flourishing settlements between the euphrates and tigris river. And we found four hundred forty previously unknown settlements from different periods theyre all unexplored this will be a task for generations. In some of the science its tragic its a great loss but the entire Cultural Heritage of the region is so much richer much more than anything that the ins could destroy. As the socalled Islamic State retreats in iraq and syria it may itself be on the way to becoming history after having written a chapter of particular cruelty. Still to come on the show a german libyans tragic death in rio now a story of hope and inspiration the heart keeps beating in brazil. A look into a scandal surrounding japans third biggest steelmaker this morning in monaco looks like its going fast is fading fast. Data possibly for day job training. Im sure i. Understand the products in their model