A guaranteed retirement and while bad Business Decisions and corporate belt tightening are being taken out on retire on the retirement future of g. E. s workers their c. E. O. s well they theyre still doing quite well not only to g. E. Shell out a 10000000. 00 golden parachute to its last c. E. O. The new c. E. O. Mr culps new 4 year deal signed just a year ago could net him as much as 21000000. 00 a year. My friends i think its safe to say that its a good watch or the whole. You. Want to. Treat the sick like you are real that this would seem. As if you were to fly out of. Touch with the day like you but i got. The police. To. See how. Well the watch of the hawks i am i robot and im taffeta lawless oh gee golly gee gee its interesting as we were talking earlier about this the 1st time i really understood why really got why corporate conglomerates were a bad was during a stint in the mid to late eightys and was when you had mentioned that g. E. Bought n. B. C. And David Letterman famously kind of rest on that and you know we showed up to you how to think about toaster ovens and part of what he was making a point of saying even told Johnny Carson on another and base a show that was owned by g. E. This idea of of this company that sells toaster ovens and all this at the time having control over not just what David Letterman says on a chat show but what the news says and how that is and that the news is playing and theres a commercial and he made those points and connected and so its interesting there we are 2030 years later. Its much worse and i know that there are those im shocked especially as a military contractor they are on the brink apparently if you talk to certain people i mean look back in 2000 g. E. Was one of americas most prominent Country Companies to its entire career i mean in the year 2000 they were valued at 600000000000. 00 and the fact that now their belt tightening now theyre worried just you know 19 years later about that scary time they employed over 300000 employees in 150 u. S. Back 376 manufacturing plants in 30 other countries their original pensions plan which was very good brought people to the middle class brought People Retirement they worked there employed 485000 employees allowed them to retire on the original pension plan. Well and this is where all of you know as were going into the night and the next election and the next sort of season. Here in america starting a new season soon. Next fall one of the or things that keeps coming up is this idea that you cant afford insurance unless you have in last year employed you cant afford a Retirement Plan unless youre employed and your employer kicks in well part of the reasoning that youre pushing and seeing more of this to have universal health care and a universal pension of some kind is tax them then theyre not paying for it out of iraq it and then they cant use the workers as an excuse of why they cant pay them decently they would also keep costs down so when business is changed over the years as i said things have been shifting from a portrait pension that you see more at like state and local municipal jobs so you have these as they go from traditional pensions into these 4 when katie is they effectively sort of shifted the volatility or risk volatility to their workers so were not responsible if your pension ends up not having any money on it or youll lose it all so but it made it less the 4. 00 a one case were cheaper for them to put into and they werent putting on them their. But only by 2017 yes the only 16 companies in the fortune 500 offer a traditional defined benefit plans to new wires and that was 238 those done. From the its one of the bernie made often accent i want to make sure we got you know its interesting too because the one person is kind of sounding the alarm and this person is basically saying that g. E. Could go bankrupt in the next few years its Harry Markopoulos and he was the guy who actually blew the whistle on the burns he made off the scheme hes basically saying theyre engaged in accounting fraud in the g. E. Is going to go bankrupt now you put it together 169 page report now a lot of people are saying oh well hes just trying to let you know boost his own investment because apparently when he figured this out about g. E. He then sold that information or gave that information to a hedge fund and is now short selling g. E. In the idea that theyre going to go bankrupt so everybody is making money off tragedy right now it just it breaks my heart it really does so as a lot of. Short change them yes. China has rejected us president called to investigate joe and hunter biden regarding possible corruption and Trump Campaign and administration has alleged recently. China spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry told the South China Morning Post that quote china has a long pursued the principle of non interference in the International Affairs of other internal affairs of other countries. It is that person of principle causing so much friction between china and the u. S. This week r. T. America correspondent karen fronsac has just. Its not looking good at all over in china with hong kongs leader carrie lam she says the city is survival is at stake at a press conference tuesday alam not only said that the Tourism Industry has taken a hit which is an obvious one no one wants to travel to hong kong right now but its also a tax on businesses by protesters were talking retail banks shops but whats worse better local investment manager francis lund says that investors there were in their money out of hong kong the only good sign however is that hong kongs share prices stay pretty stable Tuesday Morning when the markets open thats because investors see hong kong shares is totally cheap now but as far as tourism kerry land projects the 3rd quarter to be a really bad one no one is going to hong kong anymore and you have the golden week that is normally a huge week for hong kong tourism but retail and tourism is down by more than 50 percent and then its not sued. The. State is. Going to this time it was said. Soon are only saying hotels and visitor arrivals down youre seeing some of hong kongs own citizens theyre looking to leave the area theres reports of people who obviously arent coming forward with their full names because of political sensitivities but theyre looking to emigrate to the u. K. Or to the u. S. Its really wherever they can get to sooner and its mostly young millennial is looking to leave the area many of them wanting to have a stable job in a place thats not going to be in the middle of these riots happening many that want to start a family as well but it gets even worse all of this happening in hong kong is 28. 00 chinese corporations have been blacklist. Here in the United States now these ones here that you see on your screen there this move is just days before President Donald Trump plans to resume u. S. And china trade talks and to this what it seems like a never ending trade war now these companies are now banned from buying u. S. Products or importing American Technology so these are some Big Companies were talking about and another big company the n. B. A. Theres also this growing controversy of whats going on with the Houston Rockets again this all happening after the rockets general manager daryl morey tweeted then deleted the stand with hong kong tweet so the rockets obviously under fire now and its personal because the head of the Chinese Basketball Association meaning he played his entire hall of fame career with the team but today the Chinese Television network c. C. T. V. Theyre not going to air the n. B. A. Preseason game set to be played in the country a schedule of c. C. T. V. Programming on its website shows that 2 n. B. A. Preseason games between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer slated for broadcast again this all happening and adding to a wave of censure from Chinese Companies including a major sports merchandise for a tailor and news site that have halted its partnerships with the rockets and even having rockets merchandise and gear not showing up on websites anymore and washington for watching the hawks im fair and fronsac. Massive massive massive story and i want to hit this quick group were going into the 13th time of renegotiation with china the u. S. And china 13 times. But not so lucky david the whole executive director of the Hong Kong Apec trade policy study group he wrote an opinion piece for the South China Morning Post that this will not be lucky number 13 he wrote that in reality it is likely to prove a painful and pointless distraction forcing dislocation and costly restructuring of many complex Global Supply chains and delivering a few of the intended benefits to the us economy to its companies and its workforce harming us competitiveness and its reputation as. Reliable and trustworthy trader and best with partner partner this is blowing up in so many Different Directions i cant even keep track of all blacklist you mentioned china is now going to blacklist people i think even apps no one your phone are going to be affected by all of this well that there is a certain amount of things that are already happening and i think thats the idea of this idea of you know as i say you know we dont interfere in other countries we dont interfere in with each other and thats sort of been the u. S. Stance at the point as well we cant really get involved in whats going on and hong kong because weve also got to deal with whats going on in Mainland China so one of the things that came out about a month ago the guardian got a leak from tick tock which is the hour that everybody all the kids are playing with it is something to do with making bit of funny videos or something but heres the deal if you or anyone in any place around the world use this and that they put on your picture it will or you put on anything that. Say i support hong kong it will probably be taken down so what the guardian revealed is that the popular Chinese Network instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention square Tibetan Independence or banned religious group. Gong so that was a leak things and this is happening as i said to all users not just in china and then of course south park. Got banned and had everything taken down because they had done a story about how china movie is like the recent red dawn remake that was changed from the china invading to north korea invading the recent top gun movie had to change things on its code and so yeah so south park is no longer available in china as well. I remember back on in order to their story because its just remembering all the different layers of the coals that this is richard going to win the battles going on all right as we go to break Court Watchers dont forget what is though you think of the offer to cover the social media be sure to check out watching the horse the podcast. It is now available on spotify of music and everywhere you go see your favorite podcast coming up civil rights through the theme of love from pulls back the curtain on some of the major issues affecting the United States educational system i dont want to miss this trust me stay tuned to watch from the hawks. In this community there are people who believe that its ok to sell for excellent food on my table its really hard there are no jobs and you see that ive got kids and ask and as a parent. I can come up with arguments theres a lot of conflict in the game between the teams most of the conflicts i would say are over most around money and most of them money is made. Close one on each other. Each other is Good Business the state of california alone makes 6000000000. 00 a year of prison complexes you get some 20 alive where. You dont care and one of my cares about your so your care might anything. You. Take a listen to almost any major Politicians Campaign stump speech and it sandwich somewhere between americas great and jobs jobs youll always hear promises to spend more on education and while proper funding and accountable bookkeeping are indeed important issues to be resolved there are also a host of other needs and issues in the u. S. Educational system that are woefully ignored but equally important especially for children parents and guardians living in low income neighborhoods one of the most important is a better understanding of a parents or guardians rights within the Education System from having a child improperly labeled as having an emotional behavior disorder by the school or being unfairly or harshly disciplined to having a child denied access to gifted or talented Educational Programs based on the color of their skin or Family Income level many parents have no idea or a properly trained in how to use and protect their rights in these kinds of situations here to do that today to discuss her work in education justice and helping parents and children better understand those rights is civil rights attorney levy armstrong thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me the cream of you know from what i understand is youre actually running right now with your. Your background in law and activism in everything that youve been working on your whole life your running a clinic and educational justice in minneapolis this october what are the what are the main points that youre teaching parents guardians or children who show up to this clinic about their rights their legal rights within the School Systems in the u. S. Well particularly in the state of minnesota we have some of the worst Racial Disparities between white children black children and other children of color in terms of Educational AttainmentHigh School Graduation rates high disciplinary rates for children of color and specifically high rates of children who are designated as needing special Education Services we see far too many children of color being labeled as having emotional behavior disorder for example and being pushed out of classrooms so a big focus of the education justice clinic is to ensure that parents know their rights they know how to advocate within the Public School system on behalf of their children and to have Legal Support when needed and so part of my role as a civil rights attorney is to assess a childs. Which is an individualized Education Plan if that child is a part of a special Education Program within a school and to make sure that the eye is narrowly tailored to meet the needs of that child so that that child will be able to succeed academically too often i. E. P. S. Are not nearly tailored to meet the childrens needs and a lot of times the teams who help to facilitate the ip process are not culturally competent i have sat in many rooms with all white educators and. Seeing them talk about whats happening with children of color with a lack of cultural copy. And so as an africanamerican attorney being in the room it makes a huge difference in terms of being able to advocate and ensure that parents know their rights in those situations another issue that we encounter here in the state of minnesota are high disciplinary rates facing children of color particularly black boys are minneapolis Public Schools has been the subject of a federal investigation in terms of the high rate of School Suspensions that have impacted children of color and africanamerican boys who are more likely to be suspended for nonviolent offenses and these are problems that were seeing all across the country to yes i mean its injury you said that because one of things we came up with one of things that came across obviously going through this is is that maybe major Racial Disparity and discipline and so one of the examples i was i was just this Page Middle School in minnesota africanamerican students there were 338 percent more likely to be suspended than their white peers youre doing this work to help you know theres theres some guidance there on what black parents and students can do with dealing with that and i think your program does that but i wonder what should all of those i mean we talk about white educators and white parents what do we need to do better in those situations when we see this happening or become aware of it. So a part of my work also includes hosting workshops along with my husband in the twin cities we have a series right now called antiracism for educators and many of the folks who attend our workshops are white educators within the Public School system who are learning about these underlying Racial Disparities that exist here in minnesota as well as nationwide and connecting them to what has happened historically and terms of the levels of anti blackness and White Supremacy that have been present within our public Education Sys