For a good morning welcome just gone 10 here in moscow youre watching r. T. International Court Documents reveal that a Big Pharma Company conspired to aggressively push its opioid painkillers this is led to allegations that the farmer caused americas biggest drug epidemic well the company is also accused of damn playing the risks of addiction and this led to doctors prescribing its pills to patients even with only minor pains as more. The usa is in the midst of an ongoing Opioid Epidemic. With the. In response to the Opioid Epidemic 48 different us states have taken action against produce pharma a drug manufacturer owned by the Sackler Family now even the company itself admits that those affected should get help as soon as possible while purdy far more is prepared to defend itself vigorously in the opioids a geisha the company has made clear that it sees little good coming from here so its a geisha and the pills that people and communities affected by the opiate crisis need help now now its certainly commendable the focus on helping victims rather than simply avoiding blame but the 1000000 emails that have just been released show the Sackler Family and produce pharmaceuticals in a rather negative light Richard Sackler then the president oversaw the creation of some Public Health advocacy groups its implied that the American Pain Society and the now defunct American Pain Foundation operated almost as front groups then president Richard Sackler explained his motives our goal is to buying these organizations more closely to us than here to for but also to align them with our expanded mission and to see that the fate of our products are next to it we found up with the trajectory of the Pain Movement and these organizations works to convince the u. S. Public that pain related issues were not being properly addressed however thats not all the emails have shown dr Kathleen Foley a neurologist who was also a paid speaker for produce pharma urged Richard Sackler to expand and to collaborate with other Drug Companies who stood to make a profit from an expansion of pain awareness. Im thinking of an alternative strategy of bringing together all the members of the pharmaceutical industry who have drugs out there and trying to come together as a sort of hes if recognizing that your particular drug has been recently identified in the newspapers as a drug issue the Pain Awareness Campaign may have resulted in giving some people a temporary buzz but the pain felt by us society in the aftermath of the resulting Opioid Epidemic is far greater interior is clear that purview pharma and other manufacturers from very early on were interested in one thing that was their bottom line they were really indifferent to the well being of patients who would actually be taking the opioids that they were peddling and their wanted gender was to make money so pilate manufacturers played a major role in the current american hope you would have to demick they were not the sole and to do responsible for the epidemic but without their involvement i highly doubt this epidemic would have come to pass it was their misrepresentation of the risks and benefits to pain killers that led 1st and foremost to an epidemic of overprescribing painkillers for minor chronic pain conditions which ultimately gave way to the curb appeal the current to epidemic of opioid addiction an overdose death we have asked but a pharmacy comments on this story a lawyer so far we havent received a response well its not just. Being accused of prioritizing profits over Peoples Health later on in our bullets and look at chemical giant monsanto has been trying to discredit its critics. A group of military experts is calling on congress to force the disclosure of the number of u. S. Bases overseas in their letter they describe the information currently provided by the pentagon as limited and frequently incomplete. The pentagons annual a base Structure Report provides some information about the number and size of base sites overseas however it fails to report on dozens of well known installations in Countries Worldwide and frequently provides incomplete or inaccurate data many suspect the pentagon does not know the true number of installations abroad but only my colleague jacki spoke with a retired u. S. Army colonel and signatory to the letter and write he says that u. S. Citizens are often surprised to learn of the location of American Military bases. So were seeing this letter requiring asking the pentagon to be more transparent about its u. S. Overseas bases why did you choose to sign that leathered well im a u. S. Army colonel i spent 29 years in the us military and i think its very important that american citizens know how many bases we have where they are and how much it costs to run them most americans dont realize we have over 800 bases now and that we have new bases that are being established particularly in africa do you think that this is a problem thats specific to the u. S. Do you think other countries are more transparent about the amount of bases they have well there are very few countries have bases outside their own countries i mean the u. K. Has the french have some russia has a few mini china has a few not many but its primarily the United States overwhelmingly has the overseas bases or bases in other peoples countries in that letter it says that there are some 800. 00 insulation throughout the world and those roughly cost u. S. Taxpayers about 20000000000. 00 per year but do youre implying in this letter that thats not an accurate number how much bigger do you think is the actual amount of money that is used from u. S. Taxpayers well we think it may be double that up to 15000000000. 00 that are being spent by the u. S. Government to. Equip train have military operations for. Men and women in our military and also department of defense affiliates that are assigned to these bases you know we have large numbers of bases still in germany and japan and south korea but most people dont realize that we now have some in Eastern Europe right on the border of russia and in fact the military exercises that the United States has been having both in Eastern Europe and in scandinavia is one of the concerns that we who signed that letter. Have do you think that disclosing such information as the number of military entities abroad will enhance u. S. National security or could it be a risk is that why its not necessarily about transparent well thats probably what the pentagon will be saying but we would say as citizens we need to know where our military we are surprised sometimes when young men and women are killed in places no one even knew that we had a military installation there when Officials Say some 800 u. S. Installations are located in up to 80 countries around the world but the signatories of the letters say the number could be hugely understated is because they insist the special report should be included in the 22020. 00 National Defense authorization act its meant to increase transparency and avoid Excessive Military spending. Ok with you some live pictures now from hong kong where people there hundreds of people are marching through the city in defiance of the authorities which banned an antigovernment rally that was planned for today despite the weather as you can see its pretty bad there quite a few people are turning out the official reason for the ban is the violence thats been seen in previous demonstrations in the past weeks and months or Police Warning that those taking part in the march that they may face prosecution this is. There is no information about any arrests at this stage well on friday 2 more protest leaders were arrested on suspicion of organizing unauthorized rallies but were released on bail one of them rose to prominence 5 years ago during the Umbrella Movement protests. Was. Was. On you all right no matter how they felt that there was. A war who we just saw there is one of the leaders of the current protests but apparently he cut his teeth protesting not just at the demonstrations 5 years ago i was trying to explain. Hes only 22. 00 but hes already backed himself at least a few lines in the history books joshua wall has already served several prison sentences hes a leader of a Political Party hes followed 5300000 users on twitter is invited to speak on the most Prominent International news channel clearly your message to anyone who has demonstrated previously is disregards to come out and demonstrate again. Yeah thats what our police bring us now on the phone is prodemocracy activist from Hong Kong Joshua wa he was an independent inquiry into police abuse youve been very critical of the Police Tactics he has just got out of prison at 3 and a half hours ago just so how does it feel to be free to issue a warning is frank hed love a bit of western support i hope u. S. Politician days should take a more active to support hong kong democrat high station to ensure the interests of you asked citizens in hong kong that and the prolific go and Economic Freedom in hong kong can still be guaranteed in the future and apparently hes highly admired by many in America Joshua wall went to washington in 2015 to get an award from Freedom House and n. G. O. S which power gets most of its funding from u. S. Government grants and a couple of years american lawmakers nominated the young man and his associates for the noble peace prize this month it was revealed his in touch with american diplomats in hong kong after he was photographed meeting the political unit chief of the local u. S. Consul general the activist said he thought theres no big deal about it even went to washington several times so whats so special about mit in the u. S. Consul chinese authorities though have been making it clear they are firmly against other countries getting involved in the hong kong situation. We are strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to carping remarks in the g 7 leaders statement acting as the backseat driver on Hong Kong Affairs we have time and again emphasized that Hong Kong Affairs are purely the internal affairs of china and no Foreign Government organization or individual has the right to intervene however some of the protests skills George Szell Wong and his fellow activists have. Theres leaves were picked up from abroad in the build up to the 24. 00 to hong kong uprising the folks from the socalled owes low Freedom Forum share their protest expertise with joe show wall and co today hes calm for the Democratic Political reforms are the only way forward for hong kong and he says he wont shy away from challenging the most senior officials at home and in beijing in a prank that will present donald trump as common to all new current tensions between hong kong and china saying that the anti beijing protests should be handled in a humane fashion. I think it will work for the great. God would be a much bigger trouble i think it would if it werent for violence i really believe john wants to make a deal and they know it puts us in a very bad position if theres not a humane way of handling the problems and id let him know that the. Handle at a humane fashion meanwhile the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its discontent with the white house for showing empathy with what it calls radicalized protesters we spoke to china specialist andrew learn he says the unrest in hong kong is being stirred up by external activists still reports of some of these voters those little tools of the trade in the or slow Freedom Forum. Which of course is involved in a lot of these theres a world trade in whole trading bill does this ready on tactics of some of. The establishment the socalled civil disobedience that its so i think that and also there are funds. Supported by where is the International Organizations including the National Endowment for democracy of the United States of course you know as this is a democratic country and this organization is an ngo the you support the boss sees around the world but on the other hand is to link the rectally. Of inputs but only had it was the old doubt that the militants are highly trained to look at the way that their formation and the bone in it also policy in those of the ministers and so on. Now the Us Democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has been making his case as to why he should get his partys nomination but some of the stories hes been telling while campaigning a back when he was in afghanistan have turned out to be not entirely true and not for the 1st time. The. Young navy captain up on the mountain the color are brown in afghanistan one of his buddies got shot fell down a ravine of the sky climb down or a green card this guy up on his back under fire general want to me to pin the silver star on to. I love this place i want to look whats not to like about from on terms of the beauty of it and what it leads down to. Watch with populace can support can come up to seem the last Vice President they once knew that in some some you covered. International leaders spoke among you had people like margaret that you had people like the i know everyone of these leaders except i dont know the new Prime Minister of a of of england he looks like down trump i dont know. 4 kids who just as brady just as challenge white kids and saying time finish shes a friend shes been my friend. Now from high school she attacked in alabama to the latest on the war in yemen with goats that plenty stories still to come you know so. You know worlds big partners through things a lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than that. We need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. Global insurrection against banker occupation which started that really before occupy wall street before the revolution in cairo before obviously the all in france or the protests and theyre all connected all these protests are connected theyre all connected to a rebellion against the out money and banks theyre all global and structure is bankrupt. And. When it comes down to it it is not actually that i think one can say oh well the russians are all bad this certainly is not the case that the west is all good theyre all absolutely things that the west needs to be doing and what i would like to see is much much less totally counterproductive rhetorical struggles we see against russia that its you know its its become an easy way of all getting certain the audiences to approach you is to come up with cheap russian bashing that helps move. 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