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Greetings and salutations one pill makes you larger one pill makes you small but the ones that the sackler give you well you cannot trust them with all the alice in wonderland twists and turns over the last few weeks in the search for justice against Purdue Pharma on the Sackler Family for their role in the Opioid Epidemic has been one doozy talk watchers well now my friends finally finally it is a bit shall we the we dont have to wait any longer as part of a deal struck last week on september 11th of all days per group arm of the maker of oxycontin filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on sunday evening as the New York Times reports this move is up the center of the companys efforts to shield itself and its owners from more than 2600 federal and state lawsuits after voting on sunday to agree to the settlement in chapter 11 steve miller now out of the band the chairman of produce board of directors told the media quote this settlement framework avoids wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and years on protracted litigation and instead will provide billions of dollars in Critical Resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis. Better late than never Stevie Wonder late than never oh and speaking of billions it appears that a 1000000000 is exactly what the state of new yorks attorney general lateesha james is accusing the sac lawyers themselves of squirreling away in case of a rainy day like today james told the media while the sack was continue to lowball victims and skirt a responsible settlement really refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their financial misconduct and the greed and corruption the pharmaceutical industry in the unbridled avarice of the Sackler Family make for a tough blue pill to swallow but thankfully. You could take the red pill instead and start watching the hawks. To. Get the. Real deal this would be. Part of. What they like you know that i got. With. The. Welcome on the watching the hawks i am tyrrel them and. So here we are finally yes. To a place where. Theyre taking restaurants. Now kind of maybe sort of hasnt even started maybe i dont know. Is the good word for this you know its interesting because the settlement deal requires produce to file for bankruptcy and dissolve but does not require them to admit to any wrongdoing whatsoever none a new company would form from the best solution of purdue and it would continue to sell oxy cotton but the Sales Revenue would go to the plaintiffs these many states and the all these people filing today was a multiple tariff. And the company would also donate drugs for addiction and overdose treatment so thats kind of where all that sits and not a lot of these states are playing ball in new york connecticut and a few others are saying were not going to be part of the settlement were right because were we feel that it didnt go far enough it didnt go Strong Enough it didnt truly hit them hard no and thats what especially the new York Attorney general i mean thats what you have to look at and shes not the only a. G. In the country that has found that they were doing this you said theyre sort of squirreling away money so part of what it was is the settlement and the bankruptcy filing come just 2 days just today after the announcement that. New york a. G. s office had uncovered almost just almost in just over a 1000000000 dollars worth of wire transfers from her due to private accounts Bank Accounts owned by Mortimer Sackler moreover he doesnt he could have gotten away with that if it werent for those durn kids who doesnt have a brother i know but he does sound like a like a scooby doo villain so this isnt the only one there was a number in states like ohio where they had found that subsidiaries and multiple Shell Company as per day or the door the Sackler Family had been putting money through swiss Bank Accounts and you know anybody who has a skate bank account is totally on the up and always you can trust them completely so theyre kind of saying this idea that purdue had all these Shell Companies that theyre hiding money and thats why theyre doing this now is so that they actually do have billions have no way and they wont really lose anything and there be no personal personal effect for for the people that were spreading that is a grow addiction around the world that is incredible i mean im out there and its illegal you cant you cant move money blood to hide money thats wildly illegal but 1 a spokesperson for. More or body more denied any wrongdoing by family and told the media quote gores ready this is a cynical attempt by a hostile address Attorney Generals Office to generate debate amatory blinds to try to torpedo a mutually beneficial settlement that is supported by of so many other states and would result in billions of dollars going to communities and to individuals across the country that need help billions like the software from. And im sure the agio is a rural hospital. Their whole office and everyone in there and i bet all those states are a lot and cynical toward the my god youre so cynical you can show us billions of. Families destroyed all because the so the southwest could have a few 100 extra 1000000. 00. Thats really what it comes down to is that if were cynical and were a little little hostile towards you and your family mortimer i mean at the end of the day you destroyed. Alone there was a lot of other Big Companies that were going into places like india and china and went to china and tried to sell opioids addicted addicted addictive opioids to the elderly. That alone doesnt. Know that you. Have i dont know if this is going to be the Sackler Family i feel like i feel like this is one of the stories this is going to keep going on and. Probably will. In 1958 the United Auto Workers union was called quote more dangerous than sputnik or anything soviet russia might do by Barry Goldwater when they dared to suggest the idea of Profit Sharing in the auto Manufacturing Business at the time journalist mike wallace even argued that Auto Industry executives deserve their exorbitant salaries and bonuses because they bear the red and they run the company while unionized worser workers asking for Profit Sharing was an accidental threat to the free market system here is then u. A. W. President Walter Walter ruther a serious response to mike wallace well youd have a very difficult job convincing ford workers and chrysler workers and General Motors workers who are unemployed that they dont risk anything but they dont suffer a loss when the companys in bed and in bad condition they also suffer but heres the thing you need to understand that this principle is being applied in sort in General Motors in chryslers the executives are carrying in the profits now theyre not sharing in the profits as stockholders theyre sharing in the profits as employees because they run the company but theyre still employees theyre high paid employees. Over 60 years later at 11 59 pm on sunday september 15th 2019 nearly 50000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike shutting down some 33 manufacturing plants and 22 Parts Distribution warehouses from michigan to texas. And Profit Sharing low wages and exorbitant c. E. O. Salaries are at the core once again joining us now from more on the story is our team america correspondent karen fried zack thank you for having me on welfare and well this is a home its amazing to see problems you know of yesterday still front and center in problems today and so im very curious you know we saw the clip mentioning the c. E. O. And things of that nature of what those of the c. E. O. Of General Motors make these days and is there a plan for both sides to come to the bargaining table in this situation so we want to pay the price is right game to figure out how much the c. E. O. Mary barra the mayor says right ok so will she is one of the top 20 highest paid c. E. O. s and lets just lets just take a guess per year. 10. Im going to go with a cool 30. All right so kind of right in between both of that she makes 21000000. 00 she made 21000000 last year and 2 years ago before that she made another 21000000. 00 at that now g. M. Made 8000000000 dollars last year and thats kind of whats coming to a head with this so workers really want to piece of that pie especially since if you remember back in 2014 there was the major auto bailout where g. M. Was given 11200000000. 00 to fix itself those workers stayed and they helped that company come back up to where it is now and so again the talks were scheduled for today starting at 10 am everyones been following this but this you know kind of workers are trying to really hope that this is going to help because the last time this ever happened it was a 2 day walkout 2007 that was like shooting darts at a tank really did not happen and workers they are trying to they are planning to see this all the way till the end until they get exactly what they want its interesting because this this strike is very similar in whats happening is it almost word for word on exactly what happened and. 58 and what happened multiple times in the sixtys seventys and some of us remember in the eightys there was even you know these these auto workers strikes and i think theres something really interesting about the fact that they they they took they didnt get raises they didnt get extra things they didnt get the things they had worked for and were promised under that guise of well take a little less so the companies stays going tell me what is it that the United Auto Workers are actually asking for so the workers they want and you will pay raises for Financial Security in case the economy were to see a downturn at all or a recession they Want Better Health care they want safer working conditions because g. M. Has to update a lot of their plants especially now since theyre going to be introducing on the line of electric cars and things need to be updated for their secure for their safety and security they want jobs for workers who are going to who are working at the 4 plants right now that are set to close they want them to come back with jobs for them and they also this was interesting they want temporary workers to be made permanent workers because employees said that they had some of them work temp workers for years at a time when even being 3 years and you know one of the picketers was saying earlier today you know if you need them for more than 2 years theyre employed you know now g. M. This is what theyre offering theyre offering 7000000000. 00 worth of those u. S. Factory investments higher Profit Sharing Better Health benefits and 8000. 00 paid to each worker once that contract is signed but again right now both sides are at a standstill who knows when each is going to come to an agreement a good thing is very fascinating and its also interesting when you hear that ok well give you a 1000 per worker like a broad obsidian who just stay off the picket lines come back to work because they 1000. 00 at the end of those quit money thats not really going to solve long term problems for these workers and it sounds like the workers are saying we need a Long Term Solutions and long Term Employment and that kind of thing thats very frustrating and like i said this happens over and over and over again and so well see what happens now and weve got so many unions get crushed over the last. No 6 a year is an collective bargaining be something thats just ripped out of the hands of everyone from Public Employees to people like the Auto Workers Union who take who who does they stand where they take less pay they take these things when when companies are doing bad in order because they care and they care about the whole industry and whats also interesting is this is a 4 Year Contract what we have every 4 years we have an election interesting exactly and i was going to try going out earlier just work out a deal guys you know get it done you do it well you know youve already for a big you so much for coming out thanks very great work thank you. All right as we go to break or watchers dont forget to let us know what you think about topics with covered over social media be sure to check out watching the hawks the podcast which is now available on spotify apertures and everywhere else in the podcast coming up saudi arabia is on fire which must mean the white house is once again gunning for iran will continue to star. For us Foreign Policy and former pentagon Senior Security policy analyst Michael Maloof joins us to discuss all that state to watch. Where you are sir. 2009. Thats a question theyll be asking kids and grandkids for years to come down was the 1st episode of the kaiser report yes 10 years ago the kaiser report began broadcasting all over the world under the countrys billions of people. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person with those great. The church thinks. We dared to ask. Saudi arabias biggest Oil Producing facility was attacked over the weekend and now the Trump Administration is all in behind iran being the culprit r. T. America correspondent Rachel Blevins is at the white house with the story. Well new report citing u. S. Intelligence officials claim that the drone attack on the Worlds Largest Oil Processing facilities in saudi arabia came from iran and President Trump is now saying that hes ready to respond he took to twitter where he wrote quote there is reason to believe that we know the culprit are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the king them as to who they believe was the cause of the attack and under what terms we would perceive now saudi arabia has confirmed that the drone attacks on their facilities did halt Oil Production by more than 50 percent and was from did not initially name the suspected culprit secretary of state mike pompei it was quick to place the blame on a wrong he also took to twitter where he wrote quote we call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn irans attacks the United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that Energy Markets remain well supplied and iran is held accountable for its aggression but iran is denying all accusations about these attacks and the countrys foreign minister is instead alleging that the United States has delegate its maximum Pressure Campaign and so now its turning to a campaign of maximum deceit a spokesperson for a bronze. And he says that there is no actual proof the country was behind the attacks take a listen to what he had to say. As the countries that are dependent. On those that take advantage of the situation if i make such comments to reassure themselves to feel secure its rule that they can move ahead with such comments or can only say that it was baseless however the rebels then have claimed responsibility for those attacks and all intelligence officials are saying that the drone strikes did not come from yemen the United States does have a history of criticizing brauns ties to this now the u. S. Has also assisted saudi arabia in a brutal Deadly Campaign in yemen which they claim is targeting these but that has also created the world worst humanitarian crisis over the last 4 years now this all comes as President Trump is meeting with the crown prince of bahrain here in washington d. C. Today they say that in this meeting they are scheduled to talk about topics that include Maritime Security countering press from abroad efforts to promote peace in the region and Counter Terrorism now it is not clear exactly how the United States plans to respond to these attacks but republican senator Lindsey Graham is already calling for a military force against iran and trump claims that he is waiting for verification from saudi arabia in order to decide how to proceed has received backlash and criticism from independent congressman justin amash who responded by noting that under the u. S. Constitution quote the power to commence war allies with congress not the president and certainly not saudi arabia we dont take orders from foreign powers now it was just last week that President Trump announced he was parting ways with his National Security advisor john bolton and that created some hope that maybe the United States would embark on a path of easing tensions with iran but the troubled ministrations of the latest quest to blame a run for these attacks already has sent both fears and oil prices soaring. Joining us today to discuss the implications of these last few days of fire in the middle east is author and former Senior Security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense Michael Maloof thanks for joining us thanks for having me yeah but always a pleasure i mean i think 1st the biggest question i have coming out of all this is do you believe in looking at in your analysis of these events do you believe in what the administration is saying is iran behind this i think its going to be difficult to show. For one reason even though they they claim that it was iran immediately where is the evidence i remember 2003 you iraqs w m d i was at the pentagon at the time was one of the few who said they dont have that and we should not be using that as a basis to go to war well that took care of that we know the rest is history but. They would have produced the intelligence we have we absolutely light up that country and we would have had some indication to go public to say this is what they have done from this from this area that hasnt been forthcoming i havent seen it now but who these have that capability even though even though no one wants to believe them. Im going to say you dont want to believe that these very vests and besides its their country in the yemen thats been attacked by the saudis and i might also point out who these have a history of being able to get the saudis they had a pipeline about a month or so ago so they have that capability now the other thing is that iran is in the east but now experts are saying that the attacks seem to come from the west or from the northwest while something wrong with this picture so i think i think the president and also the president has made some interesting comments hes hes still waiting for verification from the saudis and thats what we want to check out here because 1st a couple of interesting things happened in the land as much as i hate i want to hire about social media but now send. A policy happens is one of the things he said in response to it trump had tweeted out that we the United States are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the king as to who they believe was the cause of this attack that matter what terms that made a lot of people really angry and a lot of people pointing out it sounds like he is subservient its a weird thing for a leader at any point in history to Say Something like that is are an intelligent if i have any after 2003 and begin i would question that as well but you are but you dont rely on the saudis i might also point out we dont have a defense arrangement with the saudis. And we didnt get the proper is basically saying you know its. Really up to the saudis to deal with this problem but if but that could ultimately drag us in indirectly but you know we obviously didnt sell them the right equipment to deal with these drones right so that was interesting because also president ial candidate healthy gabbert also went so far as to tweet that trump awaits instructions from a saudi masters having our country act as saudi arabias. Expletive as not america 1st of all the anger is right its not only its from my house. Issue its your right to point that out like we are seeing are of course we are not we should not be they are doing this kind of thing now and the iranians. Have vehemently denied but also the indications the indicators are showing it may not have been them now they may have you know they may have provided some of the technologies and know how over time but we do that for everybody elses will. Be blowback in terms of how theyre concerned to give x. Amount of weapons or knowledge this is not something to fall on our sword the American People will not support it and. There are calls in congress now that if the president is to launch anything you better come to congress for and we have to remember too is a we have this weird relationship with saudi america in you know we also from number 2 right now theres a lawsuit pending over their potential role in 911 the end of the biggest i mean i realized suddenly and there is a question about why those pages were redacted specifically and specific data in the various the kingdom and so when you suddenly have fought against honor to want to go did anybody get the memo. No because its all dollars it all has to do with dollars and at that time it had to do with oil now and and they of course are a great market. For our Weapons Program yeah thats very true a lot of our weapons so i just hope that trump is just calms down he should be listening to the chinese and to the others who are saying take a breath and he needs to do that because this is not something we go to war on now i do recall back in. The reagan years there was some limited response when we knocked out some platforms in the gulf so i wouldnt rule that out as a possibility but whos going to do it the saudis they you know given their record in yemen. Yet now having and i think over atrocity and i think that if the saudis did react then then the iranians may just take off and they i think within 48 hours they could bring to their knees really when it let can cooler heads prevail we have john paulson and Everything Else and i think i think they will if we get the you win meeting this much were not going to do any attacks during the un not the u. N. General assembly you know gosh that no no no no and i still think what is prevailing in all this is that indeed wants to meet with rouhani even if its to have a cup of coffee just to try and get something some dialogue going i like to see that happen because there is an opportunity for us to start having back channels for coming to a much Greater Police full resolution. And dealing dealing with the iranians theyre great people theyre wonderful people we do we just have to learn to live with them and in this in the same pool on the same planet but but thanks to the near cons they have absolutely poisoned the water that was planted so as we think about peoples leaders not the people for russia has given its like this so all of us people must be and around it so is the uterus and here is we shout about the people all right we forget about that theyre wonderful for him. Well i got to say thank you so much for coming was always a pleasure having you know my calling you thank you. 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