Tiktok parent byte dance as hopes for a partnership with,el can avert u. S. Sanctions soft Bank Shares Jump as they agree to share to nvidia for 14 billion. The Japanese Investment company is looking to go private japans Ruling Party Leadership race setting him up to take over as Prime Minister placing the countrys longest serving premiere shinzo abe. Thanks for joining us. Let me take you to the European Market but we havent got 6,000 points which is very difficult territory in recent months so the dax chasing almost half of a percent and looking solid. Near 5,000 points last week and holding on to that leadership with another. 7 italian stocks also in the green. We saw last week that these markets would try to hold on to some of the gains despite selling on wall street very serious patches of volatility on the u. S. Markets but european stocks did try to put a little bit of distance between themselves and the market action. Lets take a look at the better performing parts of that mark
Surveillance and the sort of central question i want to think about today is can intelligence agencies operate in a Democratic Society and be successful at protecting the government and its citizens while also upholding those same Citizens Rights . Especially the right to dissent. In other words, are liberty and procurity compatible . No doubt, there is a need for intelligence communities to operate. Threats exist from foreign and domestic sources, those threats are real. They have been real throughout u. S. History and they can come from across the political spectrum. But for over a century, in addition to taking real threats to the lives of american citizens, bureaus and agencies within the United States government have surveilled those who have expressed what the Cato Institute described as, quote, Strong Political views that run count toer to the prevailing government paradigm. This challenges the notion by those who support a state of some sort if you have nothing to hide, you hav
A wave of city hall Corruption Cases that expose americas pay to play problem here in california Los Angeles City councilman jose was are has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act for allegedly selling the city to several Real Estate Developers including the wealthy head of a Chinese Company seeking to build a 77 story skyscraper downtown now in exchange for approving or stalling large building projects which are reportedly received more than one and a half 1000000. 00 in bribes including Campaign Contributions lavish dinners and even stacks of casino chips jesse many people think political corruption like this only happens in nonnative member countries which we refer to as the 3rd world but this right here is an example of perfect and good Old Fashioned homegrown corruption yes it is brigitta and i think there is something we need as the United States people need to understand. We are no longer exceptional in the Un
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In 5 months hoping to thrash out a deal on a massive rescue plan on 7 year budget. And you can find plenty more stories on our website r. T. Dot com were back now with a reminder of the latest headlines. Are just the. One for. The world according to cherish. Today we discussed political corruption in several states across the country and a new partnership between iran and china sit tight the show starts. The war. I am british santos for our top story today we look at. A wave of city hall Corruption Cases that expose americas pay to play problem here in california Los Angeles City councilman jose was are has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act for allegedly selling the city to several Real Estate Developers including the wealthy head of a Chinese Company seeking to build a 77. 00 story skyscraper in downtown now in exchange for approving or stalling large building projects which are reportedly received more than one