The judge refusing to. Mental health concerns. Does not inspire confidence. That another state might not to pursue somebody else in the same way. Very very far. From the criminal. International my names you know the mail on 30 minutes of news and views start. Following a British Court blocking the extradition of julian to the United States the whistleblower supporters are turning their attention to the fact he remains in custody while the americans launch an appeal that wiki leaks cofounder will learn on wednesday if his bill application has been approved. Or why on the blocking of the extradition is of course good news for a stanch press freedom groups are dismayed thats because the judge montagne the u. S. A solid case against them and only refused to send them stateside because of concerns over his freel Mental Health arties moroccos the it has been looking at the message the ruling sends to journalists. It may not yet be true but of these a wean a songe for now has been span being
Yes clearly the world is is now doomed because rich people might have to pay our taxes scott menard head of the two hundred sixty five billion Dollar Investment Firm Guggenheim Partners told c. And b c quote its scary he went on the pain a society ending picture of the one percent where the for the for the one percent where the public would be demanding a tax hike on the rich by the two thousand and twenty u. S. President ial elections the said this is going to gain more momentum and i think the likelihood that a seventy percent tax rate or Something Like that becomes policy is actually very real upon hearing reports of proposals fear inducing impact in davos this year because you know cortez tweeted response its wild that some people are more scared of a marginal tax rate than the fact that forty percent of americans struggle to pay for at least one basic need like food or read imagine if we focus positively away from fear of the former toward solving the latter. Imagine. Wealth inequ
A protester. A very warm welcome to you watching r. T. International with meaning to our own great to have you with us this morning now our top story the u. S. State of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty Seventeen Senate election which was earlier blamed on russia it turns out that a pro democratic billionaire funded a u. S. Group they created more than a thousand fake russian bots on social media allegedly to discredit a republican rival with more on this his kellerman. The attorney general for the u. S. State of alabama is looking into Democratic Party dissin for mation during the twenty seventeen special election it appears that roy moore the republican candidate may have lost due to some shady activities that did not come from russia the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something thats significant for us to explore and well go from there its been revealed that during the special election Democratic Party oper
Coming up on the program a poll shows an. Increase in the number of u. S. Military personnel who think. Dragged into a global conflict with russia and china. Every year chiming in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r. T. International my names union oneill. Three days of mourning is underway in crimea for the victims of whedons these college must occur which left twenty people dead mostly teenagers the killer then fatally shot himself the first funerals are being held in the city of curch from where. Reports thousands. And thousands of locals of turned up for this ceremony a final chance to say goodbye farewell to all those whose lives were cut short in this horrific massacre and just the stress most of the victims were teenagers aged sixteen to nineteen making their loss so much more acute so much more painful is a lot of grief here people as well as top officials the governor to offer words of support to the families we understand one relative felt so aggr
I know youve probably heard the phrase, history repeats itself. Well, its happening right now, im talking about recent history, and its happening in broad daylight. We will talk about that throughout the show tonight with many of the people who would know best, former trump aid Sarah Matthews was at the white house on january 6th 2021, shes all Political Violence and the lead up to it, she saw how trump incited it and we are seeing that again. Voting rights attorney marc elias is familiar with republicans efforts to delegitimize elections. I want to start out of the story from arizona, last month, a meeting of the Maricopa County board of supervisors erupted into total chaos. People swarmed the meeting, the cofounder of a pro trump even commandeered a podium to announce, this is an act of insurrection. One county official described the events as a coordinated attack and this stunk with me, a Dress Rehearsal for the election so yes when a bunch of election denies loss back in 2022, and