In salyut age. On tuesday january 26th the longtime washington d. C. Yes man and didnt blink it was sworn in as u. S. President joe biden secretary of state approved by the senate to name a landslide 78 to 22 vote lincoln took to twitter to announce his exuberance at being given the reins to u. S. Foreign policy writing quote my career has come full circle i started at the state department in 1993 and today its the honor of my life to lead the departments women and men as the 71st secretary of state. How sweet how sweet naturally blink in the rest of us corporate medias conveniently purposely forgotten by blinking his role as iraq war cheerleader when he was the democratic staff director for the u. S. Senate Foreign Relations committee under then chairman joe biden during that lovely little run up to the exercise in the u. S. Quagmire building known as the iraq war or as code pink Medea Benjamin elegantly tweeted out so we will have a president who supported the invasion of iraq and a secretary of state who supported the invasion of iraq in the United States there is no accountability for supporting the worst Foreign Policy disaster in modern history only rewards. And speaking of the United States quagmire building one of the 1st challenges mr blinken will face as secretary of state will be the United States role in the humanitarian crisis that is saudi arabias war sorry intervention in yemen just this week Common Dreams reports that over 385 groups from around the world came together with a joint call monday to end the war and on the ground demonstrations took place in approximately 30 countries calling for the end of the yemen war this comes as the enter American Commission on human rights just received a petition from the families of 34. 00 yemeni victims of u. S. Military actions within the country claiming that 6 drone strikes and one special operations raid targeted Yemens Al Bayda government during the obama trump administrations inflicted catastrophic damage on 2 families catastrophic damage my friends that included the deaths of 9 children. So today let us examine the United States role in the ongoing devastation in yemen as we start watching. On a city the streets. That are so lets see this is joyce state. Great city this least systemic deception is the late show which. Some things are just as. Well if were going to watching the hawks. And i would be and i made sure i bring up yemen today because it is kind of one of those tragic quagmires and tragic as they say a humanitarian crisis that is kind of lost in the shuffle of all the other humanitarian crisis the worlds been dealing with and i dont say about like i mean its a little comic when you say but its true were dealing with so much but yemen is important because this is one of those kind of Foreign Policy situations that is going to be hard on the by administration moving forward babe gotta pull out theyve got to do something to say were not going to take part in this sort of you bring it up because its not receiving the attention it should in major media but also because weve had a longstanding history of mistakes and human mistakes that have been very costly not only in terms of american dollars but also in terms of the lie of the people there and i think that you know it when we look at things from a geo Political Landscape and the new administration has brought in people who are supposed to kind of turn the tide from some of what weve seen in the past and i think it going to be interesting to see what we do in the air in the region now specifically looking at some of his newest appointments because they also kind of were involved but they definitely were whats interesting is that actually joe President Biden has filled a lot of cabinet positions actually with people who signed the letter back during the Obama Administration and to me blinken was one of them calling for the u. S. To withdraw any kind of involvement in hell. Bring saudi arabia in that kind of coalition in the in the war in yemen but you know thats going to be one of those things that you know what you say in a letter is different when youre suddenly in the drivers seat and youve got saudi arabia this huge u. S. Ally in the region saying what do you mean youre going to walk away from us over here what do you mean youre not going to help its terrorism you know theyll always weigh about blood but weve got several things that have happened you know that transpired between that letter and now when it comes to saudi arabia and one should be americans americans understanding of how we should pursue many levels of communication with them remember he wasnt murdered and mutilated it was something that letter was written it was really having themes saudi arabia actually have any level of penalty from the United States based on that alone and i think that we are in a different space now in the way that we view saudi arabia and knowing that you know when it comes to terrorist cells and certain other things they have been part and parcel of that there has to be a response there has to be able its also interesting to of whats going to happen with this petition by these yemeni families to the interim Record Commission on human rights look at the if they find in favor of the petitioners and say that the u. S. You dont violated human rights in these airstrikes and in this special operation special operation the attack that they did there they wouldnt necessarily force any changes in u. S. Military and military operations but it would put pressure and thats sometimes all you need is the right kind of pressure to see these changes and not to even when going up against the you know all consuming force of the u. S. Mint military Industrial Complex you can still make change and i think youre absolutely right and a thing that made the environment in the ferber to do something for human right now is they are one of my good friends was just appointed one of the spokespeople for the state department for this year and written several letters and has been you know published multiple times in terms of her advocacy for human as well so i think that were going to definitely see some level of positivity come out of there and. Its interesting too youre also seeing pushback from congress to. Of role of democratic reform he told the media quote ending this war and providing the relief that is necessary to civilians and yemen has to be our highest priority it has to be across nationality across religion and across party weve seen this call it actually youve seen republicans call for this to a mistake around pauls called well that you know is also called for the ending of the war in yemen you know its one of those weird things that strikes me like afghanistan where its or iraq where its everybody wants it to and everybody wants to see this stopped yet no one will know what will because people the americans think that when American People rise up against and they feel like because there isnt enough attention being paid in a media about this people dont necessarily know whats going on i think that when we raise that attention then you actually have advocates out here pushing for thats the only time elected officials actually respond very true very very true. On the campaign trail then democratic president ial nominee joe biden promised he would address this to make racism now during his 1st week as president he find an executive order on racial equality hes also putting into private prisons as r. T. Correspondent reports some believe this is a step in the right direction while others say its simply not enough. In my campaign for president i mean very clear. Its a moment arrived as a nation a moment Many Americans have been waiting to hear on tuesday biden signs an executive order addressing what he calls racial inequity and to give perspective he brings up one of the most historic moments of 2020 biden reflects on the changes made through the death of george floyd saying those last 8 minutes and 46 seconds of floyds life open the eyes of millions of people all across the globe it was the lead on the neck justice and it wouldnt be forgotten. He stood there conscious and tens of millions of americans and in my view it marked a turning point in this countrys attitude toward Racial Justice another familiar face from the Obama Administration susan rice bidens Domestic Policy Council director gave a preview of the new administrations plan to tackle Racial Injustice one of the main points she made during the News Conference was investing in equity for Economic Growth they need creates jobs for all americans if we closed racial gaps in income and opportunity these same economists are best made we could add 5 trillion dollars to the u. S. Economy over the next 5 years and add over 6000000. 00 new jobs and the binding administration also ordering the department of justice to end its reliance on private prisons the new president saying he acknowledges the central role the government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies this will in turn lead the Justice Department to not when you contracts with privately run criminal detention facilities i did also calling on the department of housing and urban development to promote equal housing opportunity the new orders asked for the government to respect travel sovereignty helping to east from a nation against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community over the chrono virus pandemic one biden says we have a long way to go he believes these are the necessary steps to help put an end to Racial Discrimination was 37 executive orders or resign critics question why some type of Police Reform wasnt one of them were porting for watching the hawks and tossed sweets are 2. Out of a busy week for mr joe biden and the 1st couple with a lot of executive you know executive actions and things like that but do you believe it has enough chiefs that are were going to see that change were going to see the federal government truly you know divest and get out of the private prison business i think one of the things that people arent really highlighting here and i respect a lot of what joe biden is. Doing specially with the housing and the Racial Equity the Racial Equity piece but specific to prisons though this is not new joe biden is continuing what was started by the Obama Administration which is the exact same thing and then it was rescinded once came in so what this does not do with actually eliminate private prisons entirely what it does is eliminate a certain level of federal funding that was given to them that doesnt mean theyre still not going get funding from other sources and it doesnt you know cut their you know their legs off either the other concern though is for a lot of our a lot of our federal prisons as well and what happens and what happens there because that wasnt addressed at all there are still major inequities in the sentences that come in federal prisons there are still some guidance that he could give to the states because a lot of the the majority of africanamericans and latinos who are incarcerated are actually not in federal prisons at all they are in state prisons so i think that you know theres still a ways we can go with this and i dont think that its often highlighted in a new plan even though president obama didnt call that Racial Equity it was something that he did as well i think its interesting too that you brought up the state prison aspect of this because look this doesnt youre right this doesnt affect states that have contracts with private prisons you dont no matter what the u. S. Government in all of its forms its going to take a lot to get off the private private prison spigot because that lobby is huge at this point and so much money is spent and the other piece is that even the under this legislation or under this under this this piece that we see right now this policy it doesnt affect immigration in these prisons private prisons are still going to be able to contract for Immigration Detention Centers that i think is one of the hugest blind spots that is true especially when were looking at all this push back now with these reports about ice not implementing the you know about we saw the judge rule against the bible ministration of the deportations are still there come over but its you know its going to be interesting plus at the end of the day we have to remember 2 executive orders are law like if you want to see real change its not in the executive order that donald. Kind of like lol to even the both sides of the media believing the next executive orders a lot of that it really makes this big drastic change it really doesnt i mean you saw biden come in and pretty much rescind most of what donald did through executive order on the 1st night exactly and i mean thats a thats thats the miracle of executive orders on the one hand they help people to fulfill short Term Campaign promises on the other they are etched in stone and its very its whereas its very hard for you to go back on a bill that its become law its very easy for you to retain an executive order so really if you want to see real you know Racial Equity in this car its got to come if you got it and its not worth it and got a clue right now and not have a congress that is built to or ready for war in the position right now to even care about Racial Equity because we have far too many people on the right who dont even want to believe that we have a problem with race in america is that right now i just saw it just so even if the lets say the democrats are people pushing for you know Racial Equity in this country Racial Justice in this country or Police Reform you know even with the 50 percent 50 votes in Congress Plus you dont coddle as a tiebreaker you still dont think that thats going to get through now and i think that they will fight tooth and nail because theyve got to go back to their constituents and midterms are coming up there are far too many republicans who are not going to take a stand on Racial Equity because they dont think its going to play well in their districts you know its sad to see that its sad to see that that even when you think that like ok for those that voted for democrats saying ok we believe theyre going to carry the torch on this they ran on carrying the torch on that the even to this day theyll bill still far in that pushback and Congress Even when they have the votes to do it absolutely. All right as we go to break remember you can also start watching the hawks on demand through portable t. V. It is an app that is available now on all platforms so dont hesitate please download it coming up water protect the woman with who joins us to discuss the latest protest against a fossil fuel pipeline in northern minnesota you do not want to miss this story so stay tuned for watching football. Secret prisons are not usually what comes to mind when thinking about europe however even the most prosperous can be deceived within the zeros on their way to view houses were allegedly preserved were located only cia people have access to the story from investigators covered the darkest dealings of the secret services but i mean. You go. In. For justice. Minnesota is home to some of the strongest fighters for Environmental Justice known to be a pillar of environmental awareness campaigns and honoring Natural Resources while the state doesnt always practice what it preaches with big and oftentimes lofty climate goals minnesota also endorsed one of the dirtiest fossil fuels parthians oil and this hasnt gone unnoticed climate activists have been raising the alarm water protectors have changed themselves inside a pipe section to hold construction because they believe fossil fuel infrastructure is killing people and planet Earth Science is on their side not to mention the sovereignty of indigenous communities also on the line as workers continue to dig deeper into pipeline 3 indigenous environmental activists have steadily opposed the project in the Canadian Companies efforts to replace an aging pipeline with a much larger one that stretches across Alberta Canada up in through dakota minnesota and wisconsin. In bridge the Company Behind the project has a well noted history of oil spills and other significant environmental disasters but line 3 in particular raises issues related to cultural maps as well the proposed line runs through numerous sacred and significant sites where the Indigenous People the twitter account aptly named resist line 3 provides up to date information about the project in advocacy efforts currently underway but despite advocacy to stop the pipeline project it seems to continue unabated. Activists are now calling on President Biden to stand up for those on the front lines of what is deemed bottle racism and the Climate Crisis by stopping line 3 in a letter submitted to