Episode
VICE News Tonight: Episode 23
Overview
VICE News reports on how a small Texas town coped with a 1980 church shooting. Rodrigo Duterte is causing turbulence in the South China sea. Asylum seekers refusing to leave an Australian detention center have been told "force may be used." Plus, does it really take a genius to play 3D chess? And if so, is Donald Trump really playing? Rodrigo Duterte decided to appease China this week by scrapping construction on a newly formed sandbar in the South China Sea. According to Philippine Defense Secretary, the military “tried put some structures near Philippine-occupied island, the Chinese reacted” and Duterte said, “let's pull out”. Asylum seekers refusing to leave an Australian detention centre told to relocate or ‘force may be used’. They have two days to leave the site. It’s been more than a week since food, power and water supplies were cut off. Then, VICE News gives an examination of 3D chess, both as a political metaphor and a board game.
Details
- Series
- VICE News Tonight
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2017-11-10
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Episode 23 is Episode 23 in Season 2 of VICE News Tonight. It aired on 2017-11-10. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 22
As President Trump wraps up his first official visit to China, he does so promising deals he says will benefit American businesses, two of which relate to energy. China is notoriously polluted, but it’s also getting famous for something else: green energy. VICE News examines the billions of dollars China has invested in renewable power.
VICE News examines how Congress plans on dealing with lawmakers facing pressure to change boys with regard to sexual harassment law. The country music industry continues to re-evaluate its relationship with the NRA and gun culture, in the aftermath of the Vegas shooting. VICE News meets with up and coming artists keen to build a career pro gun control, and the NRA's country music star of the month as he promotes his new single, “Guns and Roses”. The Justice Department announced today that it’s taking emergency action to crack down on people trafficking in synthetic opioids—specifically, chemical variants of fentanyl that don’t technically qualify as illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. Plus, an inside look of the technology powering Bitcoin.
Episode 24
In Marawi, the Philippine Government has declared an end to the five months of heavy clashing between ISIS fighters and the local Special Forces. VICE News travels to the Philippines to examine the aftermath.
Saudi Arabia has opened a new front in its regional proxy war with Iran — by threatening to force Hariri out of office. Then, we report from India, where the seasonal smog is literally choking New Delhi. Plus, VICE News caught up with the stars of the most-watched daily show on Youtube - Rhett and Link from 'Good Mythical Morning'.
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Episode 25
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Episode 20
VICE News travels to the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi to see how Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov is trying to win over young comrades. Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security decided to rescind Temporary Protected Status for 2,500 Nicaraguans currently residing in the U.S. Although the status is supposed to prevent them from being deported during crisis, in some cases, it’s allowed people to stay in the U.S. long after the crisis has ended. But with Donald Trump in the White House, those people are wondering how much longer that protection will last.
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Episode 26
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Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi, broke the world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction at $450.3 million. VICE News went to Christie's for a private viewing of Salvator Mundi with contemporary Brazilian artist Vik Muniz.
Plus, the Bangladeshi man helping document the Rohingya refugees on his own watch.
Episode 19
After nine months of secret collaboration, a global team of over 380 investigative journalists released the findings of one of the largest troves of leaked documents in history last week: the Paradise Papers.
The investigation, shepherded by the same team that released the Panama Papers, offers unprecedented insight into the clients and business activities related to a Bermuda-based offshore services law firm called Appleby. VICE News Tonight on HBO went behind the scenes from Day One of the Paradise Papers, with exclusive access to the investigative reporters working in secret across continents to expose an unseen world of offshore accounts, hidden money, and financial maneuvering at the highest levels of politics, business, and finance.
Episode 27
By the end of this century, an estimated 13 million Americans will be forced to move because of rising sea levels, flooding and erosion. The federal government has no contingency plans for climate migration. VICE News travels to Newtok, Alaska to talk to people who are the forefront of climate change.
With Robert Mugabe on house arrest in Zimbabwe, VICE News examines what that means for first lady Grace Mugabe. VICE News explores a policing software called KeyCrime that began in Milan to crack down on the overwhelming amount of crime in the city.
Plus, David A.R. White is the cofounder of Pure Flix—and he’s probably one of the most prolific and successful independent filmmakers you've never heard of. And, the House of Representatives narrowly voted on Thursday to pass its version of a tax reform bill.
Episode 18
When the Boy Scouts of America announced it would soon allow girls to join as Cub Scouts, concerns were raised about the plan potentially posing an existential threat to the Girl Scouts. VICE News investigated whether that is the case.
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Over the past year, the art world has convulsed with disputes over cultural appropriation and whether urban art galleries are a tool of gentrification. VICE News looks at how that conflict flared up this fall in New York City, with the opening of an installation whose subject was the gallery itself. Plus, YouTube star Filthy Frank is releasing an album under his real name and an insider look at the strategy making Nigeria the world’s Scrabble powerhouse.
Episode 28
Although home healthcare is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States, the workers are some of the lowest paid and least protected in the country. VICE News travels to Georgia, where domestic workers weren’t guaranteed a minimum wage until 2015.
If the GOP’s new tax plan becomes law, there’ll be plenty of big winners—including large corporations and the heirs to wealthy estates. But there’ll also be quite a few losers, and among that group, oddly, will be graduate students.
The London Parliament needs urgent repairs that will cost some 4.5 billion dollars and take at least six years -- and that’s only if lawmakers vote in favor of moving everybody out during the renovation. A debate on the matter is scheduled for December. Meanwhile, the asbestos-ridden, Victorian relic they’re debating the matter IN is falling apart faster than repairs can be made.
Episode 17
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is suing the state of Mississippi for inequitable education, but they are taking an unusual approach. House Republicans have unleashed their long-awaited tax bill. and President Trump responds to the NYC terror attack. Plus, Ashley & JaQuavis Coleman are the youngest African-American writers to ever debut on the New York Times bestseller list. We met them in Michigan.
Episode 29
Mugabe ignored a noon deadline to quit as head of state and now faces impeachment, an attempt to force a peaceful end to his 37 years in power. VICE News followed a resistance leader to a Harare rally to get his reflections on the future of the nation. Former cult leader Charles Manson died yesterday in California. The convicted murderer was serving life in prison for his infamous role in the 1969 slayings of nine people in Los Angeles. Before his death, VICE News spoke with Jeff Guinn, author of the definitive Manson biography.
Then, VICE News explores how Senate members are surviving sexual scandals, more specifically Al Franken after his recent allegation.
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