coming up on our team america fire and fury about was the threat made by u.s. president donald trump to d p k r leader kim jong un as tensions increase between the two nations. today marks the third anniversary of michael brown's death a shot and killed while unarmed and ferguson the story sparking protests which still reverberate today people are pretty much off the coast beaches shoreline for even a hiking trail i mean just sweden coming out to explain the latest facts of the opioid epidemic.

good afternoon it is wednesday august ninth four pm in washington d.c. i'm on your part until you're watching our team america we begin today with roiling tensions between the united states and democratic people's republic of korea could it lead to all out nuclear war trump posted he's renovated and modernized u.s. weapons adding america will never be overtaken as the world's greatest superpower then he issued this strong warning to d.p. r. k. . north korea. may give one threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. counting then cited the need to contain u.s. military threats in announcing it was rigging plans to strike qualcomm where the u.s. hosts several to teach it bombers a statement released by the korean people's army promised quote

a preemptive retaliatory operation of justice if the country detects signs the u.s. is planning to strike d p r k r t's and least two has more. before trump made that statement to the reporters well the washington post published article quite explosive article claiming that their reporters have read this latest u.s. intelligence defense report which claims that north korea has already built nuclear warheads small enough to fit on missiles at the same time the report put the arsenal of north korea at sixty nuclear weapons which is more than previously thought now this washington post article did not provide any evidence to prove how the reporters got their hands on this document this spite that it's been picked up by the mainstream media and why they reported on top of the washington post article things got to a boiling point on tuesday when the u.s. flew to b. one b. bombers over with its allies in south korea and japan and it was after that drill that trump made that statement saying that the u.s. will respond to any threat from north korea with fire and fear and that prompt

appearing on to released a statement saying that it is now considering striking a u.s. base in guam it's true that throughout the past couple of years and this year alone north korea has conducted numerous missile tests that angered the international community but at the very same time the u.s. is also stepping up its military presence in the region significantly we're talking about sending an air carriers conducting regular military drills with its allies japan and south korea mainly sending in troops and sending in fighter jets and in terms of rhetoric while trying to have long has long been very aggressive towards north korea some won't even go as far as saying that he's being provocative towards pyongyang tensions are certainly higher than ever and it's gone far beyond just a war of words and china and russia from the get go have been calling on all sides to remain calm and to seek a political solution to all of this and not you zealand and australia both u.s. allies and countries in the asia pacific region and both could suffer greatly if a conflict is to break out between the u.s. and north korea won't they have come in and weighed in on trump's latest remarks on

north korea have to wait and see whether or not trump will take their advice but certainly the escalating tensions on the korean peninsula has got a lot of people very worried in the international community and this to r.t. moscow. stay tuned for our interview at five thirty pm eastern with author and director of nuclear studies institute at american university peter cosmic live from nagasaki japan. today marks the third year anniversary of michael brown's death brown was an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed three years ago in the streets of ferguson many people were outraged by the events that transpired forcing many it's a question the role of law enforcement and the justice system ashley banks will bring us more at five pm. as the opioid epidemic drastically stores across the u.s. deaths are among users aren't the only thing increasing around towns are two of the toughest we went to massachusetts where needles from drug users are turning up in

places you'd least expect. many refer to the u.s. as opioid epidemic as a modern plague and according to the c.d.c. the number of heroin related deaths has nearly quadrupled and as a byproduct of that health crisis there is another one in the making use needles are turning up all across the country and all those who don't even use drugs or at risk for disease. in the scene of serenity and natural beauty. it's startling to know endless amounts of needles are all around it's an issue about that's not only that everybody has to take serious to washing up on the shores. of this poison so for me and just your words from neighborhoods transit camps are popping up infested with needles. our ports of hypodermic needles turning up all across the country is staggering at an alarming rate here in law massachusetts just outside of boston you don't have to go far to see just how vivid

the country's problem is the only problem the harbor dharmic needles are coming down every day we're like what's going on in. rocky moore sent had to clean water projects he's been cleaning the merrimack river for the past fifteen years in the mud for the last four years rocky says he's noticed needles in the water here in there but he says the number of needles he's seen in last two have been unbelievable but when you start seeing a lot of the needles then you know there's something wrong. according to morison part of the problem are these homeless camps since the majority of them including intensity are near the water the camps all along with the needles in them regularly washed up acting as a large conveyor belt the river transports these needles off the river and even into the ocean needles on. just turning up in areas where homeless reside we travel to iraq your area and at plum island we discovered a used needle within five minutes of hitting the beach jimmy murphy father of three was shocked to know needles were in places like plum island where his kids one of

them just six years old were merely yards of the needle we came across it's very scary and it's very much a part of real life and it's like you've got yourself has this this reality and it is yeah this is supposed to be a nicer part of town how surprised are you to hear that this issue isn't just some other places where there's homeless counts but it's actually here on the beach it's very very surprising and shocking and i think it's pretty telling where you know it shows that it's the epidemic is everywhere and i don't know what digital's of the same whether george charros has run a business near plum island for the last several decades he says needles haven't been an issue in the past but now people are finding them on the beach and turning them and there's a lot of people want to be you know occasionally go bring up a. needle it's the heart of times they don't want to touch it don't even get a container and scoop it up or or take a. napkin or something and put around and that's what kills you when you find this

toys when you find kids toys that are here around heroin a while shocking it's nothing new as these images reveal massachusetts coupled with new hampshire are reportedly the fastest growing states in this epidemic across the country to california epidemic there is worsening to an entirely new level in the city of san francisco alone there were reportedly two thousand one hundred syringes found in march twenty sixth jean and just one year later this past march a whopping thirteen thousand syringes were found and many worry it's the children at risk for these blood borne illnesses just seventy five miles south in santa cruz an eleven year old girl reportedly stepped on a needle in a swimming pool in two thousand and fifteen eleven point five million americans. abuse prescription opioids in two thousand and fifteen resulting in a whopping fifty two thousand deaths in overdoses that year an all time record and authorities say expect that number to rise they're going at it all wrong morrison

points to his local needle exchange program as another part of the equation how many illegals are being all over the river bridge because this puts my guys and my volunteers in jeopardy true so i want to learn more what's going on out here in the find out i read to a gentleman down there and he says you know why he says this is the company radio national the middle so according to the national academies of sciences engineering medicine while the improper disposal of needles is a huge continental exchange programs they have helped lessen the number of people getting hiv or hepatitis from sharing needles by providing clean ones we reached out to the greater lawrence family health center for comment the same clinic morrison said was passing out free needles while they initially agreed to an interview they declined at the last minute however an employee who wished to remain anonymous tells us they have programs aimed at educating people to help get needles off the street kids that morrison was opposing also contain bleach water and caps for the needles to they can be safely disposed according to the employee programs

like theirs are the reason why the number of drug users getting hiv hepatitis has dramatically declined so the question remains if they had not clean needles helps stop one epidemic how do we prevent it from creating another shortage join us tomorrow as we discuss the root of the cause of the opioid crisis sweeping the country and over massachusetts the toxic sweeps r.t. . coming up on our t.v. u.s. led coalition denies bombing in iraq a shiite militia near the syrian border we've got that story right after the break . i think the average. you were just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories in our critics can't tell you know why because their advertisers more let them. in order to create

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picture. would you have for breakfast yesterday why would you put those for the face. of like you neal and what's your biggest fear. of the day i mean so let's talk a little bit bored you say if you. want to. it's one topic doesn't. now i've moved to do due to pushing more. welcome that are to america and i. rocky's shiite militia says at least forty of its fighters were killed and thirty wounded during an attack near the syrian border monday several of iran's elite revolutionary guards were also reportedly killed the

deputy head of the militia accused u.s. forces of carrying out the attack adding they were hit by artillery fire in syria's area while the u.s. led coalition tonight any responsibility for the incident calling the allegations quote and accurate iraq's prime minister says the government has launched an investigation noting quote the international coalition has no authority to carry out bombardment without the knowledge of iraq who are both iraqi prime minister and self-proclaimed islamic state attributed responsibility for the attack to. to talk more about syria iraq and the region let's turn to shod he's a historian and director of international studies at trinity college his latest out at counterpunch is titled appetite for war the us israel and saudi arabia versus iran v.j. welcome to the show you begin your latest article with a quote from secretary of state rex tillerson stating quote our policy towards iran

is to work towards support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there certainly sounds like foreign interference no. well yes and of course you know the united states has been into gaming. for about a hundred euros ever since the first iranian parliament was declared between ninety six and nine hundred eleven so it's no surprise to you once more u.s. secretary of state their list senate committee that the united states' policy is essentially to overthrow the government it's important i think to see that this is not a threat for the future but it's almost a statement about the presidents because the united states has over the course you would know of the last few years of them did to destabilize the government in iran including of course perhaps having

a hand in the assassination of four iranian nuclear scientists between putin and twenty two. as part of their effort to ramp up tensions with iran the administration has consistently threatened to pull out of the joint comprehensive action plan concerning the iran nuclear deal one of the main accomplishments of the obama administration do you take that risk seriously and where might u.s. around relations go from there. well you know honestly on the air it's very hard to be completely rational when analyzing the trumpet ministrations foreign policy you know one minute he's threatening war against iran the next minute he's threatening war against north korea these are both extraordinarily complicated you know antagonism that is to say the antagonism between the united states and iran or the antagonism between the united states and north korea you know one should be i think quite sober minded when dealing with these conflicts but mr trump seems i think

hell bent on somehow provoking war either with north korea all with iran the question of iran i think is very serious mr trump has made it clear to his inner circle that when the next round of the certification for the nuclear deal takes place which is in october is most likely going to be nicer to be creations if you deny certification which now seems pretty certain he would send that denial to the u.s. congress and then within a few months a speech will open up for mr trump to undertake some kind of military action against iran and if the united states believes that military action against iran is going to come with no retaliate ssion i think it should be quite clear that it it's mistaken because it looks you know like the iranians have built up it by listing rifat of capability and they have already said that they would like

a hundred kilometer you know breathing space or radius from the iranian border if they have the ability to strike american targets in iraq in bahrain in qatar enough going to spawn and you know if the united states strikes they would likely strike back this is a very very dangerous flashpoint there's a divide however within u.s. foreign policy at least when it comes to who the real enemy is a middle east. some say it's the islamic state others say for example this week former secretary of state henry kissinger declared defeating the islamic state might lead to a quote radical iranian empire he notes the u.s. and russia partner with opposing sides in the middle east how do you assess his view and how much of it is based and a cold war era mentality. well it's certainly the kind of cool binary thinking that me so you know from one hundred forty five to one hundred ninety one but there's something quite i think

a level and that needs to be pointed out you know mr kissinger who is developed you know an expertise in essentially dividing the world in order for the united states to emerge as the supreme power here utilizes if sectarian logic to understand the middle east in other words he is suggesting that isis somehow is the sunni champion which is an extraordinary part if you asked that i think sunni majority countries in the region including the kingdom of jordan i think they'd be quite surprised to hear that isis is essentially been given the task by mr kissinger of being the champion of the sudanese on the other side he sees iran as a shia country and some of the falls it's this view that the middle east is you know stuck in an eternal yes you need to go back to lou and that if the united

states decimate so weakens isis the so-called champion of the sunnis this is going to embolden iran why this is i think quite a misleading view is that the middle east cannot be primarily understood based on sectarian divides one has to also see i think of another standpoint the very real conflict the political conflict between saudi arabia and iran this is a conflict about regional follows but it's also a conflict about the understanding of governance saudi arabia is committed to monarchical rule iran is committed to republican rule in other words to have some sort of democracy and i think these to be regions in the region have been in conflict for a very long time going back to the country. dream gotta love do not assert it and the master rides against the saudis you know the position that the knesset rights took from the nineteen fifties to the nineteenth if these has now been taken over

by iran in other words this is a political conflict to reduce it to a sectarian or religious conflict is very dangerous and i'm afraid the united states has been leading this kind of experience game for quite a while essentially to emerge in this order as the leading followed in the region we have a little less than a minute left but i want to ask you considering iran intervening to end iraq in syria on the same side as the u.s. to fight the self-proclaimed islamic state and our fears of iran or at least the u.s. as stablish many fears about iran are based in security what's that about well i think it's about power in the region i think there's a fear of some of it driven by saudi arabia's pattern oil about iranian republicanism and other parts of it i think driven by quite the legitimate fear of israel that the iranian group so proxies are iranian backed was is such as

hezbollah have studios a position on the israeli border i think this kind of pattern oir this view of the iran is really driving the policy and it's bringing the middle east beyond chaos to something far more dangerous i think what the peace movement around the world should be pushing forward this stein is for saudi arabia and iran to construct some form of grand bargain to bring the tensions in the region down not only for the sake of syria and iraq but also cause yemen he gets a shot historian and director of international studies at trinity college always a pleasure to get to talk to him thanks a lot. current authorities have arrested a man suspected of poly a car into a group of soldiers in the north of paris this morning six were injured two seriously the suspect who was driving a black b.m.w. was detained on a motorway after being chased by police are two charlotte dubinsky brings us more.

suspects he was driving the car involved in the attack has been arrested on the highway between paris and belongs to a man it's been confirmed that the man arrested on a northern highway in france between cali is the suspect that police have been searching for he was arrested by elite forces and we understand that he was shot five times during that arrest and a police officer was also injured as they tried to apprehend the man he was the person who they believe was behind the attacks which took place just a few hundred meters behind me at the opening of a soldier's barracks at around quarter past eight local time in paris this morning the local mayor has described this as a deliberate act and said this is what he saw take place. there were a dozen officers at the entrance at seven fifty seven in the morning when a car which was parked at the end of the road rammed into the mid speed while they

were approaching their vehicle they did not choose the location by charms there are many police officers and cameras are everywhere on the video we can see the attacker and how the attack took place the place is symbolic just as the eiffel tower or paris airport or not they can. and that does it for now from on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash our team erica also our website or to dot com slash america you can always follow me on twitter on your farm tell question what. i'm going to just tell your trio.

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railroaded you'll get the straight talk and the straight. to. i've got to go. you're watching. washington post. job report all you're watching the american. more. be careful in these polarized drives make sure you know whom you're talking to this is the ominous warning that deputy managing editor for the new york times clifford

levy just shared the warning goes on to talk about how many staffers in the times newsroom have received e-mails from someone who claims to be a student doing some research who wants to meet with time staffers for face to face interviews the warning that levy shared goes on to say that while he has no idea whether or not this person is actually a student there like whatever every one of the times it should be very wary and that's because of what's recently happened at c.n.n. where some people cons d.n.a. and employees into face to face meetings and then secretly taped them saying they're. real feelings which went against what c.n.n. says and then posting those real feelings on line for the whole world to see how c.n.n. employees don't even believe would see it and. now i thought the c.n.n. hidden camera videos were pretty stupid personally i mean to me you could tell that these not so seasoned c.n.n. workers were conned into having drinks or whatever and then they were led into

saying these things i mean sure van jones calling the russian election hacking story and nothing was fun to be. hidden camera gotcha videos like bad or just kind of cheap but apparently the new york times is very scared of having the same thing happen to them which is why levy warns the time staff to beware of the students trying to meet with times employees and levy is so wary in fact that he took it one step further he shared the internal times warning on twitter and tweeted that all newsrooms everywhere should be aware that someone claiming to be a college student is trying to interview journalists in other words the deputy managing editor of the new york times is really really concerned about journalists meeting with members of the public to the point where he said out the ominous message saying in these polarized times make sure you know your jockeying to

now people who make up fake tips or pretend to be someone they're not or use other dirty tricks to further their own agenda definitely suck yes to me but if you can figure out whether or not your source is legit even if it's just a college student and then you agree to meet with them anyway maybe you're not such a great journalist in the first place.

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