Failing economy forces frustrated Hong Kong youth to the streets
Rick Sanchez explains the issues behind the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, arguing that “the gravy train is over” and that the youth, angry over the island’s economic stagnation, were manipulated by anti-Beijing media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Then Michele Greenstein joins live from Hong Kong with the details. Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof weighs in on the US military buildup in the Pacific. RT’s Paula Slier reports on UK PM Boris Johnson’s suspension of the Parliament to quash further Brexit debate and geological and anthropological theorist Randall Carlson weighs in on the discovery of an 8,000-year-old boat-building site in Britain. Plus, the freeing of Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky.