Well, Russell Brand might have disappeared from more traditional Media Outlets over recent years and he is no longer in Hollywood Films but he has built a huge following across social media on the likes of instagram, twitter and youtube he has millions of followers. On youtube in particular, he has over 6 million subscribers. He post videos near daily and he has monetisation on them which means that youtube puts adverts from other companies before and after, sometimes in the middle as well of those videos, viewers will be familiar with them. He gets a cut of the revenue from those adverts. I contacted google yesterday which owns youtube to ask whether or not that was under review given the serious nature of the allegations. As you say, Russell Brand denies them but they are still serious allegations. They didnt respond yesterday but this morning they have come back with a statement saying, we have suspended monetisation on Russell Brands channel for violating our creator responsibility
County government. Chief Investigative Reporter tone any kobaleski. Thank you fur joining us. For the next 30 minutes, we investigation holding the powerful accountable. We begin with your money, mispuz yoouzed by one of the areas biggest transzit agencies. It comes after years of claiming financial trouble. Hiking fairs and reducing service for riders. So the investigative junt finds hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable transactions that insiders say paints a very different financial picture than what weve been told. They dont want you to ask yes, they just want you to do what they said. David ramirez worked in the finance department from 2001 to 2012. It operates the bhugt for cal tran and the transportation authority. In many case, my scenario, i know whats going on. It included preparing cal trans financial statements. He was repeatedly instructed to make changes to financial records he believes were illegal. He says those changes were tended to inflate the agencys exme
The county government. Here is chief investigative reporter, tony kovaleski. For the next 30 minutes, we investigate uncovering corruption and holding the powerful accountable. We begin with your money, misused by the biggest transit agency, sam tram. It comes years after claiming financial trouble, hiking fares and reducing service for riders. We dug through records to fine hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable transactions. Insiders paint a different picture than we have been told. Here is vicky nguyen. They dont want you to ask questions, they want you to do what they say. Reporter he worked at sam tram from 2001 to 2012. Its on the worker bees, the grunts who know whats going on. In this case, my scenario, i know whats going on. Reporter his duties include caltrains financial statements. He was asked to make changes that were illegal. It was to inflate the expenses to ask for more money. We had to increase expenses where there were no expenses. Reporter the finance manag
Engine. And the driver turn off the engine. Reporter she showed us the huge tire mark s in her lawn an officers helped him out of his truck. Officers responded out and located the vehicle that collided with a tree. They determined mr. Aldon smith was the driver of that vehicle. Through vary investigation, determined he was driving under the influence of alcohol. Reporter smith is also accused of possessing marijuana. Police say smith had to take a breath or alcohol test and was booked into county jail. He was released on less than 6,000 bail and headed to 49ers paractice in santa clara. Coach harbaugh said smith did not appear distracted during practice and will play in sundays game against the colts. Hell be back to work playing on sunday. Reporter harbaugh said he was disappointed to learn of the new charges against smith and said he encouraged him to get back to work and face his teammates. Teammate vernon davis said he had not spoken with smith about the accusations and was aware o