The News with Rick Sanchez - April 08, 2019

Jewish group laughs/cheers at Hispanic immigrant stereotypes

President Donald Trump mocked and denigrated asylum-seekers from Latin America before an audience of Republican Jewish Coalition. Rick Sanchez found Trump’s comments and his audience’s response alike supremely disturbing.

National Army marching on the capital of Libya

Rick Sanchez discusses the enduring fallout from the US-backed coup against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi which has by now culminated in a second civil war. As violence continues to escalate, the Libyan National Army is marching on Tripoli and aims to overthrow the UN-backed and unpopular “Government of Reconciliation.” Then RT’s Yulia Shapovalova joins with the details.

Chris Hedges: Who is destroying and/or saving America?

Rick Sanchez explains the economic impact of migrants on the US. Then Pulitzer prize-winning Chris Hedges, host of “On Contact,” joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the “penny capitalism” and “regional capitalism” that the US Hispanic population engages in and which fuels true wealth creation. He contrasts these forms with the “corporate capitalism” that decimates communities as well as the planet. They also discuss the dearth of critical reporting on the topic in corporate media and the reasons behind it.