Is the family behind Purdue Pharma the Sackler Family but the waltons are to walmart the sac lawyers are to Purdue Pharma and b. Are reports that according to the state attorney generals negotiating with the company the talks have stalled because the salaries of rejected a demand they give up 4500000000 of their personal wealth the saddle the o. P. O. They claim settle opioid claims against the company in an email sent to state attorney generals involved in the lawsuit and obtained by n. P. R. North carolina state attorney general josh stein and his counterpart in tennessee Herbert Slattery predict that purdue will be filing for bankruptcy imminently going on to write that the sackler has refused to budge and theyve declined to offer any counter proposal. This is a startling turn when just recently on this very show we discussed one proposed settlement that would have seen the sackler pay over 3000000000 out of pocket and produced pharma put into a structured bankruptcy that could have seen 10 to 12000000000 dollars awarded back to the public over time many experts now feel however that with this new twist we could see very little money is actually find their way back in the public coffers so a big pharma once again dodging responsibility for the opiate crisis that they created. I think its time to start watching the whole x. 40. 3 the. Real thing its like. The plot of. The day like you that i got. With. The. Well the one the watching the hawks i am a robot and im typing a lot as the it is far out in the headlines again yes have they ever really left the headlines have they ever really left our systems after all these years and now it takes place today and months and years. Yeah i know i can something about it i agree talked about in the air i was shocked to think that they would actually give up that sort of family fortune in this here thing and i just dont think they well i think they go theyll go down kicking and screaming because theyre going to try to do this thing where they save save themselves like look at all the philanthropy we do we have foundation and thats the thing right like its like oh no we were going to a structured bankruptcy with a soft money come back instead oh no were going to go straight bankruptcy dissolve the company and more things i found out which you even properly predicted to me when we were talking about their software which was the fact that one of the other sticking points was this stock was not going to pay out of pocket but also the threat of losing their chinese the potential Chinese Company move move to pharma your act which you know as we pointed out its like the people who decided that a new opium epidemic would be great for china so surprised that these things happen it is well moving forward to those bringing suit paul hanley a lead lawyer for the group of local governments unions hospitals and others suing the drug industry in public court he told the media that. A breakdown in parks did not concern his group of clients and that they will continue to explore resolution of our clients claims against the south whether with or without the state within or without bankruptcy courts are moving forward regardless of what happens yeah i mean its not as if i mean i think the fact our family is just kind of seems to be as a whole thing everyone in it but as a whole seems to just be so ignorant of the fact that its out everybody knows. You saw this week in new york city during fashion week the really interesting story that comes up about the sackler somehow how big this family is so on monday so job sackler who is married to a 3rd generation secular david showed her clothing line which i have never heard of and no one ive ever known of art of l. T. V. Care of just sackler at the battery terrace for again new York Fashion Week one of the things that came up well 2 things came up one is that no one wanted to say nobody was going to have anything to do with that nobody of any any like cachet in the fashion industry was going to set their society published as our core hey told the new york press she believes that there is no way any justice even while his pals would risk sitting in the front row she told New York Post i dont think for one minute that these girls would willingly risk their reputation here is the other one so Courtney Love turned down 100000. 00 to attend this show they offered her not only a custom down makeup hair driving to and from what you should know is that Courtney Love is barely a year or so for. Many a time from her. Addiction shes been very open about this to go after someone whose husband died of heroin whos you know whose child was left without a father because. Of an opioid and then has struggled very famously as she calls herself one of the most famous junkies in the world its like how do you not know that even Courtney Love is like thats gross it was like no come to our fashion well give you enough money are you really did a whole songs about how awful this stuff is and youre like is it really still put up lights to this day talking about how they dont believe that theyre responsible. For what the labels are made the poison exactly and you even see that on the news too theyre always going to say well they played a role in what it was it would a very big world and they then they made the thing that they knew was dangerous then not only not do something to stop it but kept doing more and more kept lying to the American Public then went and lied to the chinese public and to the Chinese Government and a whole host of other governments in places like india and china and said hey youve got aging population you know what they need an addiction to pills. From president Richard Nixon and watergate to w m ds in iraq to the monthly even weekly scandals coming out of the trumpet ministration the United States has a long history of corruption and scandal in our federal government but despite all the headline making scandals coming out of washington that doesnt mean we should turn a blind eye to corruption found at our state and local levels of government take for example the wild tale coming out of massachusetts this week where 27 year old fall river mayor just failed korea the 2nd was arrested on friday for quote allegedly operating a scheme to help marijuana vendors get approval to operate in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes yes apparently the young mayor of the over 80000. 00 citizen town south of boston had orchestrated and ingenious scheme to bilk 6 figure payments from 4 marijuana vendors looking to open up shop in the city and return korea would sign non opposition letter. Allowing the businesses to operate in city limits but these arent the only charges hes facing he was arrested last october on charges claiming he defrauded investors of an app company by pocketing 64 percent of their payments to bankroll what prosecutors called his a lavish lifestyle and political career and hes even 30 yet people say bullet holes are lazy off watchers is the case of just. One yet another example of just how important it is to Pay Attention to your local politics yes i believe it is because most of the politicians you see who are the most corrupt on capitol hill well they had to learn the tricks of the trade something i learned something usually that was in local or state politics and then they learned how to game was played then they bring it to washington and see if they can be as good and dirty as washington is you know it is absolutely incredible when you see this could operate democrat mayor by the way democrat mary yea you know the quality. Was marijuana so you know. Which is sad because its like a burgeoning industry that could bring so many jobs and money. Youve got guys like base but its still like shoe shooting up their poop on where you have guys like this that can swoop in the mess that was around was another way to figure out how we can make a few extra bucks so part of the extortion scandal was he was 1st elected just yeah so its its quite a bit of. Yeah there is a whole story involved and how this all the accusations the charge its a maze and it starts in 2050 it does it does it it starts in 2015 we was 1st elected he faces 24. 00 charges now 24. 00 total charges 13 from last years arrest that you mentioned in the lead been brand new charges including bribery extortion conspiracy extortion and aiding and abetting what her broader. This is incredible he was excuse he was also a get this on top of all of this he was also accused of extorting old 3900. 00 in cash in a batman style rolex worth roughly somewhere between 7512000. 00 for a Property Owner in exchange for activating the buildings water supply great guy. Federal prosecutors also came korea demanded his chief of staff give him half of her salary which is a close to 80000. 00 in return for appointing her and allowing her to keep her job with the city whoa wow this dude seriously i mean if these charges honestly are out of them are true theres a mess this is invaluable this is like the worst parks and rec step of. It says far worse already this is worse than i step out into one of the things i was really interesting to was how much money was coming in and out of this and how much money you could have so one of the process prosecutor said an exchange for his signature to vendors agreed to pay 250000 another grade to pay him 150. 00 and a 4th 100. 00 thats not talking thats a heck of a house in most places so he actually leads out an ordinance that sought to cap the number of Recreational Marijuana license of 11 he claims that he vetoed the ordinance because its a prast competition. Which is under so here is kind of like i said they called millennium goals lazy heres a heres a kid i can call my kid because you know. Under the may he survived an effort to remove him from office last march he lost a recall vote but then was elected back as mayor the save night by finishing 1st among 5 candidates vying to fill that may or vacancy from his recall where he was so hes running for a 3rd term in november. If you feel like buy in this guy a beach house maybe elect him back to mayor because maybe its one day donna called him good on how they got reelected even after he was recall the same. Because when they put a man who you want to replace him they said no just put the same kid back in. The special election or a group somebodys been eroded but this is why you have to be running for congress and like i dont i yeah thats going to like. All over and doesnt want this dude like hes hes going to going to be as if were going to get a lot of handles on a lot of you know its got to be that is incredible the pure pleasure of the voting public this somehow works if you just keep saying ill fix the no no i got i got like this i dont know if hes quite got it we always say that this is why we have to Pay Attention to local and state election was there and also why everyone shouldnt get a trophy but if you voted you its critical to break wow as we go to break our quadrants dont forget to let us know what you think of the topics weve covered on our social media be sure to check out watching the ox the podcast just melbourne spotted by apple music and everywhere you see this in the podcast coming up our to americas latasha suite brings us the 1st part of their series. Bringing us the lowdown on californias Drinking Water we also give you the latest controversy around the protests in hong kong from argument of course part of the show for me to watch. You know. In the very pain years since crosstalk started to air 10 years i think its time to shake things up maybe change the branding maybe the format here is what ive been thinking about next season briggs related episodes filmed on an island 10 experts cited out for a trophy what do you think ok a more affordable option 25. 00 text for. One red rose another suggestion geopolitical jeopardy parity no political cookout where we will literally wrote the elites. Late night show its a rare form of these days and its cheap all you need is an old microphone in a printed banner but actually we were like yes i can do this kind of laughter politics gone wild like music. Ok crosstalk is not about hype its about meaning 10 years of talk and still going strong. Peter if you want to change something why dont we get rid of the bow tie you know that is too much. The protests continued in hong kong over the weekend despite the recent move by city leader kerry lamb last wednesday to formally remove whats rather controversial extradition bill that originally inspired many of the protests in a move that chinese english language newspaper china daily supposedly reveals the. Hidden hand of the United States government behind these protests thousands of demonstrators marched to the United States consulate urging u. S. President donald trump to liberate their city this controversy over whether the United States is or in is not acting in some way to support or even orchestrate these protests are at the center of this new report by r. T. America correspondent michelle greenstein. Resist beijing. Thats what these protesters all round here are they are demanding that the u. S. Federal government has something called the wrong on your right to democracy act the hong kong human rights and democracy act lets the u. S. Sanction officials that are obstructing human rights or democracy in hong kong these officials could have their assets frozen and be denied entry into the u. S. We have been urging them to congress to pass the hong kong democracy and human rights act marleys the founding chairman of hong kongs Democratic Party part of a coalition widely reported to have organized this summers antigovernment protest movement i asked another founding chairman and the former vice chair about the partys relationship with washington Democratic Party battle for. You know say groups different and different groups in my observation. Some people like. Mr usa official one of those people would certainly have to be martin leave whose relationship with the us goes back decades and whos the recipient of an award from the National Endowment for democracy critics of the ne d. Point out that cofounder Alan Weinstein admitted that a lot of what the endowment does today was done covertly in the past by the cia a high ranking Hong Kong Government official tells me its possible the hong kong Democratic Party has received money from the ne d. Lets go you know definitely. No. Cio you know giving money in the course of promoting democracy thats the thing we can. Additionally last month martin lee met with a state Department Official from hong kongs u. S. Consulate julie later that same day 8 i met with joshua long who appears in the press as a leader of this protest movement both he and martin lee are the recipients of another award this one from Freedom House a subsidiary of the ne d. Wang became the face of the n. T. China movement in hong kong several years ago during 20 fourteens protest movement during this time the b. B. C. Reports he was in daily contact with the Oslo Freedom Forum a u. S. Based outfit that brags about training people to overthrow governments for good to talk to a government for good you have to be organized and to plan meticulously and activists here have been involved in helping to organize the current protests in hong kong talking to the hong kong students not on a daily almost hourly basis the b. B. C. Reports that 10000 protesters were trained by this Freedom Forum before 2014 so its possible a similar thing happened in the lead up to this surge of protests and it looks more and more every day as if what theyre being trained to do is provoke the police to react and win over Public Opinion one protester even disclosed the strategy to the new york times. And sure enough after singing the Us National Anthem and marching to the u. S. Consulate asking President Trump to liberate hong kong some protesters got violent and destructive. They broke windows they damaged public property and engaged in arson and sure enough the riot Police Showed up with tear gas to disperse the crowd allowing for headlines like the journalist and filmmaker john poser says this is just the latest chapter in the u. S. Led war on china there was a war already on china maintaining the supremacy of the u. S. In all areas of Human Affairs economic. Affairs Cultural Affairs is what this particularly this really regime in washington is committed to and regina it says these protesters are actually acting against their own interests and have been manipulated as pawns in this great power conflict there is rising a few times that hong kong is being used as a pawn because president kept changing its tune some time he says this is an internal matter how far china you know but sometimes. You know the trade dispute if it were not for the trade dispute hong kong would be in worse shape you know clearly linking home call with the with the trade dispute which is actually as you say the geopolitical struck the people of hong kong do have legitimate grievances such as increasing economic inequality and the lack of Affordable Housing this sets the stage for civil unrest and gives Foreign Forces the chance to manipulate such sentiments in furtherance of their own goals damaging chinas image internationally trying to delay chinas rising political and economic influence and trying to delay the inevitable loss of us hegemony through watching the hawks Mashal Greenstein our t. V. Our fresh Water In