One of its most successful chief executives ever after he admits to having a consensual relationship with a colleague our guest debate the socalled inappropriate affairs in the workplace. You know being a c. E. O. I dont know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people but do you know the world we live in this is an arrow right now of matt lauer and me trying to do you know it was out all over it means youre. Watching the weekly here on our t. V. A recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. A leaked video appears to show that americas a. B. C. News channel shelved a story on disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 3 years ago and that working girl was recorded ranting about the station quashing her explosive interview with an accuser of the convicted pedophile and its a number of powerful figures are implicated in his alleged crimes. Had a story for 3 years ive had to say are you with Virginia Roberts that the palace found out that we have her whole allegations are false andrew and threatened us a 1000000 different ways she told me everything she had pictures everything she was in hiding for 12 years making history about him we convinced her to talk to us it was unbelievable what we had cleared with everything. I had i tried for 3 years to get on to no avail and now its all coming out and i think these new well of revelations and i presume had i was so pissed right now that video was obtained by the Transparency Group project veritas its founder james okeefe shared his thoughts some footage i have to wonder why did they not air these stories why why were that why was the shelled now this came to us from an insider within the network an insider who currently works at a. B. C. News leaked us this tape she says there seems to be some type of network of people that you know that that is covering up for this and she says she has a she thought all of it quite telling that this insider leaked this tape to project their its us and not the Washington Post the New York Times c. B. S. Or c. N. N. Because they seem to want to protect the people that were working with Jeffrey Epstein again amy robach saying that steam was blackmailing people theres a lot of powerful people on those airplanes that amy is 100 percent certain he did not commit suicide i dont know why she wont say that publicly but there she is in the leaked tape on the set of the program saying these things when nobody is looking. A. B. C. Has defended its decision not to broadcast the story stating it didnt meet at a tourist standard the anchor amy robach agreed explaining her comments were made in a private moment of frustration just a reminder of how the story developed 66 year old billionaire jeffrey obscene was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 and was then registered as a sex offender and a lie this year he was arrested again and was to face trial over the alleged creation of a sex Trafficking Network charges he repeatedly denied but a month later obscene was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide they found our project veritas james okeefe again says despite a. B. C. Saying the allegations were unverified the network doesnt shy away from other high profile claims you can see how frustrated amy robock when you listen when you watch this tape it directly contradicts what a. B. C. News is saying publicly now about not having enough corroboration there theyre fine airing the allegations against maybe Brett Kavanaugh for or trump or anybody else but when it comes to bill clinton and some of these folks d that are mentioned by amy in this hot mike tape they say they just didnt have enough corroboration im not sure how a. B. C. News defines a corroboration when it comes to credible witnesses talking about Sexual Assault but the only conclusion i can draw is that a lot of these Network Executives are very close to the people that were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein per amy amy roebuck. Democrats in the u. S. Have failed to push through a bill to keep the identity of whistleblower secret it comes as the president s son term junior tweeted the alleged name of the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment inquiry against him socket tell reports on the fate of those who dared to speak out in the u. S. For the democrats impeachment must now seem tantalizingly close all they need is the final piece of damning evidence to seal the deal and to Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer he has come out arguing for the protection of whistleblowers only rather of one Intelligence Officer who is insider info could make or break the impeachment dream the calls to make public the whistleblowers identity are despicable whistleblowers should be protected period period thats quite the radical departure from his previous comments on those exposing government abuses and each day that snowden is allowed to room 3 is another twist to the merits snowden is a one of the few picked up by the media he chose the path of raising his voice and going clone ball unlike the hundreds of others who chose the path of least resistance you see they quietly launched official complaints hoping for the system to reform but they were out of luck because as a damning report from an intelligence watchdog shows the cia and n. S. A. Wouldnt 189 out of 190 cases of whistleblower complaints by had to send you the link but the report was shot down i wonder if mr hume appraised or even remembers all those whistleblowers who ruled against what the name for example rich barlow bring about now living in a trailer in remote montana with his hunting dogs back in the late eightys bhalo worked for the cia now he found himself in a patriotic di lemma when he uncovered what he said amounted to the u. S. Helping pakistan become a Nuclear Power including by selling Band Technology and though he followed protocol he became the victim of a smear come. Pain disgraced and discredited barely able to scrape together a living i was disgustingly patriotic and i thought the government is allowing pakistan to develop and spread Nuclear Weapons and i got destroyed for trying to stop it what about former u. S. Marine affronts gayo he thought hed found a way of reducing the number of u. S. Troops dying in iraq as a result of improvised explosive devices all that was needed was a simple swap of patrol vehicles and given that r u d s were responsible for over 60 percent of all american losses in the country between 20032008 surely the pentagon would have been interested the response was more of. An automated response hes not obeying our instructions hes hes gone off the reservation as we often say. And weve got to stop him from doing that and just as it took gail 7 years to restore his reputation it took just a few months to discredit Peter Van Buren raising 24 years of loyal Diplomatic Service from beer and found himself on the wrong side of the table when he shed light on state department mismanagement im waste in iraq what happens when youre thrown out of the government and blacklisted is that you lose your security clearance and its very difficult to find a grown up job in washington you have to step down a few levels to find a place where they dont care enough about your background to even look into why you washed up there the list of nameless faceless and unrecognized whistleblowers goes on and who to blame them for choosing to do to free fall their complaints because if you follow and manning all snowdens footsteps sure you might end up with your name on a plaque card and become the face of the fight for transparency but you might also find yourself. Baas and while youll sitting in prison think about how your brothers in arms only have a how to one and 190 chance of success whistleblowing protection should actually exist in all countries because it helps the country to have people tell the truth about corrupt officials United States pretends to have laws that protect whistleblowers but they often either dont work or they are deliberately sorted and certainly the government officials do not want anyone ever telling about things they do illegally the governments are basically wanting to control saying and control Public Opinion they put John Kiriakou in prison for telling that for instance is that the cia was torturing so they normally absolutely do not want to protect whistleblowers and they actually hate anyone who tells the truth about their illegal activities schumer about him alongside the washington elite needs to clarify his position on whistleblower as if you are a whistleblower you need to accept that harassment prison selfimposed exile just being consigned to the forgotten pages of history are all on the cards unless of course you happen to be that rab breed of whistle blower who finds himself in the right place at the right time with just the right expose. This week saw a major shake up in the fast food world with mcdonalds c. E. O. Being fired for having a relationship with an employee something strictly against Company Policy the company forbids romantic links between managers and both direct and indirect employees Steve Easterbrook took over as chief executive in 2015 after working his way through the company hes been widely credited with revitalizing the fast food chains restaurants and menu and a message to staff he apologized and admitted his dismissal was the right decision weve got the opinions of legal analysts lionel and t. V. And radio host karen turk. The fact that the best c. E. O. That theyve had in a long time is now going to be out of a job because of a personal issue is really sad i mean its just the state of how we look at things today in america and this was a consensual relationship there was really nothing alyson that he did its the way it is and todays era of me too and the like not to mention their own the history of problems here and there what are they going to do its their law he knew what he was executive he violated and thats it you know its hard to meet people these days im sure its hard to be single im married but you know as a Single Person in america you know family is c. E. O. I dont know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people you know what is golden parachutes going to be today oh my god this poor guy were very good immediately bloody match dot com we see each is too busy for that and its funny how we read into it while it was consensual or nobodys saying it was rape nobodys a kludge it was a violent physical attack of course it was consensual but do you know the rule do we live in this is an era right now of matt lauer and me tonight do you know the rules out all over i mean see the era of over it over it. Over it good how youre it i mean as a woman in america you are not in charge of us judging people im tired of us judging you everybody is wrong in a relationship no im not and you know why if i was if i was in charge i think the world might be a better place because were going to sirt some logic into this minutia that has become so consuming in todays journalism and in todays america perhaps the company could have some sort of agreement where you know we allow consensual relationships with some sort of agreement between the parties before our eyes and you know and gauge in sexual conversation would you please signing this here to it would you signal that yes we are entitled to when people do it every day how its a world we live in and ship staff. Who signs contracts for sexuality what are you talking about who does it right you might have to you might have to you might have to have a contract year to protect yourself. The syrian president says that the west attempt to incite a revolution and his country through sanctions has failed Bashar Al Assad shared these thoughts in an exclusive interview with r. T. And the 1st time hes spoken to an International Channel in more than a year. What did you make of it when. The British Government sent the royal navy to intercept of the raimi investment as they said the iranian government said it was with heating oil. For syria or the sanctions from the European Union going to hit the poorest people in syria. This winter. Exactly 1st for this is by oversee. The. United kingdom resume and this is the. Meaning of the word treason because the regime in the gangs of youth something similar. Yes they wanted to effect the people in syria because those people expected to rule with against their government during the difference to just over the war but they didnt they were supposed to be supporting the terrorists the moderate rebels with the angels of White Helmets but the people didnt this with their government so they have to suffer they have to pay the price 1st for they have to learn that this should be. With a 2nd this is maybe their last ditch attempt in order to push them to be against Big Government but they tried to tried it before and they didnt work because the people in you know the whole story and they know where their interests lies. You can watch the full version of that interview here on r. T. On monday as well as on our website r. T. Dot com. Now still to come paul theyre open in spain as the country vote in yet another general election 4th and theres many years after the break. What politicians do. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Want to. But youre going to be pretty much what the fuck are you to be. Interested always at the waters edge. There should be. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race is on all sides very Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. Welcome back spain is holding its 2nd general election of the year and its 4th since 201514 parties are on the ballot they need 176 seats to win a parliamentary majority people have been lining up to vote since early this morning and polling stations close at 8 pm local time once a shot of course well bring you the results as they come in. The social media platform tech talk is reportedly being investigated by the u. S. Government over security concerns the video sharing app is chinese own and popular among teenagers its also one of the few to challenge the monopoly of tech giants such as facebook and google. The sound im now going to get many. Ill be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same ill have to tell you either youre getting old like me or its just that your Online Habits need an urgent update take talk a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and Instagram Twitter and co youve been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. If it wasnt for his app store majesty the song wouldnt have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but heres something that may surprise Old School Folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty tick tock is that chinese app. So thats why the top democrat senator in his late sixtys is more up to speed than me 110000000 americans who have information with and the Chinese Government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u. S. Government is already up to reports say theyve launched a National Security probe into tick talk and the worries are the Chinese Government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor whats on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasnt given up american born facebook speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all its only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or Services Like whats up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections to talk the chinese up quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. Censored now just let me show you what the people behind ticktock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is subject to chinese law we are not influenced by any Foreign Government including the Chinese Government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both its time to stick in the u. S. China trade wars ill tell you what this year has shown these has still it could easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer one of the wall way if i want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of while these top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now. 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