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government that for the first time in spanish history is going to apply article 155 in order to take control of the catalan government and to hold an election on the 21st of december. let me start explaining because i think it s important to the way the catalan parliament approved yesterday this declaration of independence. half of the chamber was empty and the members of the separatist parties voted secretly, because they know they could face charges of up to 30 years in prison. so, right now, they don t have the consensus of the social catalonia, the support of the international community, they don t have the control of the territory, they don t have the control of the economy. all the key factors that we have seen over the years with other independents processes over the world, they are not present in the cata la n world, they are not present in the catalan process. but having said that, as you asked, what happens next? what does madrid do? we know what they say they are g
things go wrong, you have to take the blame, there is nowhere else to share it. and i have been hearing from the china watchers that i respect the most murmurings that even as xi as consolidated power the chance he could have a misstep down the road may have actually increased. rose: we continue with roger altman writing about president trump in the the washington post. the underlying cause of such voter anger that reflected itself in trump s election i think the economic. there are just some basic facts that frame that. rose: finally this evening, larry sabato of the university of virginia talking about the release of the documents about the kennedy assassination. essentially, this guy stood out like a sore thumb. he was a misfit, he was a sociopath, and both the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. knew it. they were tracking him in various ways. the shocker in this is that not only did the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. not communicate regularly with one another and that s putting it
mean for all of us? my guests, celia maza de pablo, from la razon, stephanie bakerfrom bloomberg news, thomas kielingerfrom die welt, and the ceo of china dialogue, isabel hilton. a warm welcome to you all. so, a huge amount to discuss this week. what an extraordinary period we are witnessing in spain. the catalonan parliament voted to declare independence on friday, prompting the government in madrid to strip the region of its powers, remove the catalan leader, and fire senior police. fresh elections have been scheduled for december. demonstrations for and against independence went on into the night, with doubtless more to come. celia, what is your reading? what on earth happens next? this is completely an unprecedented situation. on one hand, we have a region of spain declaring unilateral independence and we have a central government that for the first time in spanish history is going to apply article 155 in order to take control of the catalan government and to hold an ele