it is going to be good. to see him as if he showed. terror in london at least twenty nine people have been have sustained injuries following an explosion on a tube train in england capital city have the latest for you from london. last north korea fires two missiles over japan prompting south korea to call on the un security council the world and emergency leading we have the latest including reaction from the white house. and then as cleanup efforts from hurricane and harvey continue a new threat loomed in the widespread flooding. and

good afternoon it's friday september fifteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm in illinois you're watching our team america. we start in london the number of people injured in a bomb blast on a train in the southwest of the city has now risen to twenty nine police are treating the attack as terror related bhaumik state has claimed the explosion was carried out by an affiliated unit u.k. officials also raise the country's terrorism threat level to critical meaning another attack is expected witnesses report seeing a fireball tear through the carriage officers say though the device only partially detonated and the destruction could have been far worse. than. others. it's.

a matter that's being declared a. bit like. r t correspondent ana stasia charkha has more for us out of london. we're still outside parsons green tube station which is just behind me behind that cordoned off area where journalists have been parking all throughout this morning when after an explosive device went off inside one of the trains on the district line at eight twenty am this morning this device detonated partially raising lots of questions about whether or not more damage could have been caused how did it exploded fully

we do know that a manhunt is currently underway officials have not made a mistake. of a possible suspect or arrests having been made quite yet we do know that to british prime minister to resign me stood over meeting where this situation was analyzed the threat level remains at severe that means such a terrorist attack is highly likely but this will be kept under review is the investigation progresses and the public should go about their daily lives but remain vigilant and people who are traveling in london will see an increased armed peace presence on the transport network and they will see security will be increased in the police will of course do what is necessary to protect the public while we have to of course keep in mind that this is indeed the fifth terror related incident to take place in the u.k. within recent months really causing lots of concern and the scene earlier today one after the explosion took place was indeed quite chaotic eye witnesses have described it as

a stampede when people were trying to get out of the tube station it has to be said that throughout london it was reported earlier today that as many as two hundred fifty people were evacuated not in relation to this incident but certainly twenty two people had been taken to hospitals including children and this is what eyewitnesses have been saying or have been saying earlier today is the sound explosion sound i cannot tell oh i'd say probably interesting next to do you tosha not carry just a few old for all your life but with other choices in with jumping into the speech jumping into over people. well while this investigation continues obviously trying to figure out who specifically was behind this attack whether it was one individual or several people those questions are yet to be answered one of the officials to have reacted to this latest incident in london was u.s. president donald trump who not only true to fashion referred to terrorists as quote losers but he also seemed to have taken

a job at the way british officials have been handling the situation it seems because he has somehow insinuated that this particular person behind this attack could have been in the sights of scotland yard referring to previous cases where it was in fact revealed the people involved in attacks that had taken place in the u.k. or somehow monitored by officials yet were still able to carry out these attacks theresa may did reiterate to this that an investigation is ongoing right now so it's too early to comment but this is certainly something that's going to be watched as an investigation continues now turning to north korea the u.s. is turning up the international pressure at the u.n. for other nations to carry out what ambassador nikki haley calls concrete action against north korea after its most the most recent missile launch hayley and national security adviser h.r. mcmaster teased a special upcoming week at the un with a u.s. delegation including president on alt. as kim jong un's most recent missile launch demonstrates north korea remains one of the world's most urgent and dangerous

security problems it is vital that all nations work together to do our utmost to solve the problem without all turned over to ambassador hill it is a new day at the u.n. the u.n. has shifted over the past several months it's not just about talking it's about action the members are starting to get used to act whether it's security council resolutions whether it's with u.n. reform whether it's with peacekeeping we're starting to see a lot of changes that the u.n. they are all anxious to see what the u.s. delegation looks like next week and i think they will be heavily impressed with the fact that we have the president the vice president the secretary of state many members of the national security council coming to really show the u.s. strength that we have in the world and for more on north korea and the u.n. response we'll go now to our team mopping the missile has touched down in the pacific ocean at this point they're calling it an unidentified missile we are

getting some new details about the missile itself it actually traveled a total of two thousand three hundred miles that's three thousand seven hundred kilometers before falling into the pacific ocean and that it reached an altitude of four hundred eighty miles into the sky and many are suspecting that this is a response to the united nations security council recently there were new sanctions imposed on the d.p. r. k. at the u.n. security council north korea promised a response this is being seen by many people as that response now we're also hearing from south korea the president of south korea has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss this recent launch with the general assembly in full swing here in the month of september with the big we many world leaders speaking in the following week so this is quite a time for an action like this to take place all eyes are on the united nations and on the korean peninsula and. joining me now to discuss more on north korea we've got former pentagon official friend of the show michael maloof always good to see

you thank you two weeks to launch is kind of provocative behavior leaves the u.s. with very limited options at this point on what to do what in your opinion are those options well i think we've almost exhausted. diplomatic options except one which i will go into but in terms of sanctions i think we've reached a limit on sanctions the latest bit of sanctions which was very strenuous which the u.s. offered was actually watered down by. china and russia i don't think they can go any further and both russia and china realize that they really really push sanctions at home or really wanted to go full bore with sanctions it would bring down the regime and that's when kim jong un could lash out. i think now and need to be there is room for more diplomacy contrary to what nikki haley the u.s.

ambassador to the u.n. has to say i think we should i think the china and russia should convene take the initiative take call a meeting of powers up there and and with us u.s. invited and have what donald trump referred to invite him to have a hamburger i call it a hamburger summit and diplomacy and or diplomacy and sit down and start talking and have face to face offer full diplomatic relations i know some people say where you're rewarding him for this yeah well his his his north korea's notion is to try to. gain greater leverage and i think that if he can be assured that there is not going to be an attack on his country or or regime change maybe that might have a subtly in effect challenge him to have full diplomatic relations if that doesn't work. then i think any future in the united states' position will be that any

future missile launch may be shot down so i mean as you said some people watching they're going to save that by offering kim jong un full diplomatic relations to reinstate those it is rewarding him for bad behavior and what would you say then to our allies who would be against allowing full diplomatic relation well the question then arises what are the further options short of military action and they don't have an answer for that so i think even the strongest critics of north korea are beginning to come around and suggest well maybe we need to sit down with the guy and talk and see what's on his mind gentler with him well no to sit down and talk and confront him and say ok we're here here's what we're prepared to offer and what will you give us in return and and see if you use that as a basis maybe with the hope of trying to freeze his is a missile and new development program with the ultimate goal of trying to dismantle

i think he would be he may never dismantle but he may stop testing well i mean you've got to wonder if the way to accomplish anything here is to kind of get in his head and understand what it is that he wants does he want a global recognition as a legitimate government he wants respect when we have to kind of figure that out i don't think a lot of people know what that is just yet hence why they have the u.n. security council emergency meeting today from that meeting what do you think is going to come from because i don't think they were talking about what might be going through kim jong un's mind could maybe. not know yet but i don't know what other options they're going to have they can impose greater sanctions so they can talk about it now and make a strike and talk and maybe a consensus can be reached that well maybe we need to if the u.n. is actually offered to convene a sit down meeting. of all the parties involved no. korea us china russia maybe that needs to be the next step hopefully that could be something that could

be put forward glad you brought them up what do you think will be china and russia is ultimately all here moving forward from today on after the second launch well i think they realize that if they impose greater sanctions the regime will fall as a senator earlier i think they can't go any further otherwise he will lash out he will start using missiles because that will be because he will feel that the west in the world is against them they want to bring down the regime it salvi interprets it i think that we have to get into his mind we have to know what he's thinking sit down and talk to him and determine from that what needs to be done. so far that has not occurred you got to think that perhaps the trump administration doesn't want to seem like they're giving him his cake and letting this guy eat it too so we have to wait and see after today's late i have to lose we have to lose somewhere i guess right we don't have to lose if we sit down and talk to him we lose if we have to should start

a war that is true great last words thank you so much former pentagon official michael maloof. an american citizen and a known enemy combatant is now in u.s. custody following their capture in a war town in syria the syrian democratic forces turned the combatant over to u.s. troops on or around tuesday morning according to major earl brown of the u.s. central command operating there in the country brown didn't confirm nor deny the enemy combatant was in fact fighting for the islamic state forces and he remained cost on the combatants identity this is at least the second such incident since the us put boots on the ground there in syria back in march of two thousand and sixteen u.s. forces captured then twenty six year old virginia resident mohammad jamal quiesce who face trial following his return to the u.s. for aiding terrorist groups working against america. and in the wake of hurricane

harvey more than eighty people dead twenty seven trillion gallons of water dumped on affected areas millions still without water or quote still without power or clean drinking water and countless numbers cannot yet return to their homes two weeks now after the storm and now they have fears of disease and illness that are spreading through the lone star state joining me now to explain all of this for us is yvette ariano she's from the grassroots advocate with with us texas and byron mental justice advocacy service services yvette thanks so much for being with us today so you're out there in houston one of the hardest hit communities can you tell us what sort of cleanup efforts are underway there. not sure if we've got a vet there will work on that line for you coming back let's move along will think we can get yvette right back stay with us we'll be right back with some morning.

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berkeley controversy is now surrounding harvard after the university's school of government rescinded a visiting fellow ship to chelsea manning argues natasha sweet explains it all stems from the cia director's reaction to her invite harvard's kennedy school of government back pedals on their visiting fellowship to tell three man team this morning harvard dean douglas elmendorf insisted the university did not intend to honor her in any way or in-doors her words or deeds as we do not honor or endorse any fellow he said in a statement he admits quote i now think that that the navy and healthy men as a visiting fellow was a mistake in the statement elmendorf confirms the university's withdrawal of the visiting fellow invitation and the perceived honor it implies to some people he did however extend the invitation for manning to spend the day at the kennedy school and also speak in the forums and many were spotted to the dean's statement in

a tweet saying quote honored to be the first disturbed by the trans woman visiting harvard fellow they feel marginalized voices and or see a pressure passed we've got this it all stems from cia director mike pump a.o. canceling his harvard appearance at the eleventh hour specifically citing harvard's fellowship to manning and pump ales letter of the size canceling quotes has nothing to do with mismanaged identity as a transgender woman but it has everything to do with her identity as a traitor to the united states of america she says miss manning has betrayed her country and was found guilty of seventeen serious crimes for leaking classified information to wiki leaks well in the past one peo has called wiki leaks a hostile intelligence agency the very agency manning has leaked confidential military and state department documents to no word yet on if many will speak at the university's forum in washington to talk this week r.t.

. and social media is becoming obviously more and more popular these days the now scientists say the photos you post may say more about you than your fake new research suggests instagram photos can deter and if you're depressed or not trying to be chavez explained figuring out how someone feels might be as easy as looking at the pictures they take researchers at harvard university at the university of vermont claim instagram photos can be used to identify depression in this particular study we looked at visual data trying to understand if we could. identify predictors of mental health problems the scientists looked at more than forty three thousand instagram photos posted by one hundred sixty six study participants about how of those users had been clinically diagnosed with depression at the time they were posting pictures on their instagram account the researchers wanted to compare the post of the depressed users to the healthy participants to see exactly what qualities they had in common they found when

a person was feeling blue its photos would also turn blue grey or even darker and possibly contain less spaces their findings also show that instagram filter such as phlegm c.-a which gave the images of more warm brighter tone was chosen by the healthy individuals where as well which makes your photos black and white was the most common filter among depressed people suggesting people who suffer with depression are more likely to choose a filter that removed all the color from the pictures they wanted to post depression is a problem that hundreds of millions of people around the world deal with many of them don't have access to a psychiatrist. most of them have mobile phones and they use their phone to conduct the business of their day to analyze these clues the research team built a tool to sort users based on these traits by using color analysis method data components and algorithmic face detection the program identified people with depression seventy percent of the time compared to the general practice doctors who only successfully die. egnos there patients with depression around forty percent of

the time a g.p. you know spends ten minutes with you every couple of years typically if you're doing alright and so that they have a difficult task they're not trained psychiatry. so the fact that our algorithm was able to do a little bit better than they do wasn't particularly surprising to us but you know it does indicate that there's some promise to using this type of technology to get people in front of the doctor sooner although this program is not perfect researchers say that this can be an inexpensive way to substitute mental health screenings especially for those people with limited or no access to psychiatrists reporting in new york turn to the child as r.t. and turn into on contact this saturday chris hedges is being joined by professor eric foner author of battles for freedom the use and abuse of american history take a look you make a couple points one is that any writing of history it is grounded in the moment is

responding to the contemporary moment but also you talk about you know what we might call the law of omission what nietzsche calls creative forgetfulness that that amnesia i mean you say at one point that amnesia best describes america's official stance regarding slavery but it is what we omit that so much shapes our perception of ourselves and we're watching that now with the whole turmoil around confederate monuments in the south right callback or the istari on the road you know that history is what the president chooses to remember. and then you choose to forget things too so yes when i was in high school i got a my history textbooks a story of american history which was very one dimensional it was all about the rise of freedom and liberty and all this kind of thing slavery was omitted almost entirely the general plight of african-americans and other non whites were pretty much omitted from the story so it was very partial it was very limited and that's

the same thing with all the statues in the debate you just mentioned you know i'm not one of those as tear down every single statue of every confederate all over the place but if you step back and look at the public presentation of history particularly in the south through these monuments and things. where the black people of the south where the monuments to lynching right where is the monument to slavery to begin with the victims of slavery the monuments of the victims of lynching the monuments of the black leaders of reconstruction the first black senators and members of congress my view is as well as taking down some statues i think we need to put up others if we want to have a public commemoration of history it or to be diverse enough to include the whole history not just the history that those in power want us to remember. all right guys that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we just covered go to you tube dot com r t america check out our website for

a class america here also follow me on twitter right there at the bottom of your screen. i'll be back at five pm eastern for they put you back that question mark. the world. and all the news companies nearly players but what kind of parties are into the american playing party america offers more artsy america percinet. in many ways the news landscape is just like this either real news fake names good actors bad actors and in the end you could never hear all. the celebs parking all the world's a stage all the world's a stage all the world's a stage until we are definitely a player led. for

decades the american middle choir been railroaded by washington politics. big body or you just broke out a lot of boy that's what the culture in this country will for our economy. i bet you'll. hear america i'll make sure you don't get railroad you'll get great profit on the free. for. his name is kid. well actually it's robert james ritchie but most people know him as kid rock and guess what there's a very good chance he's going to be michigan's next senator earlier this year rumors started to swirl that he might run that he started making kid rock for u.s.

senate t. shirts and the speculation has continued to build now he just kicked off a series of concerts at a new arena in detroit and during the show he's introduced as the next senator and walks out on stage to hail the chief where he goes into a podium surrounded by hot chicks and american flags and delivers a very political speech which indicates just how pro-american he is so yeah at the very least he's having fun with the idea of running for congress next year but then he just did something that makes me think not only is he serious but he could very well win because he just a band i newspaper from one of his concerts yet he's taking aim at the slimy media and to me that spells a whip since people are so fed up with how sleazy the media is what happened is the detroit free press ran an editorial by their editor stephen henderson in titled kid rock opener at little caesars arena is a middle finger to detroit or so just the headline alone is a very biased. slap in the face a kid and the whole article is incredibly scathing with

a letter of scorned boyfriend good writer something in it henderson compares the kids concerts to jim crow era signs that said blacks weren't welcome he even writes negro go home which is not something kids that were said henderson is the one who wrote that in fact henderson even does mention in the article how kid gave fifty thousand dollars to detroit organizations and the c.p. gave him an award but that still doesn't stop anderson's diatribe about how kid is horrible for race relations in american culture so in response the kid denied the detroit free press credentials when they asked why kids publicist told them quote you guys wrote a story and allowed it to be published you want to quote there it is which is so maybe rig and which is what everyone wants to do when the press is so one sided an unfair against them but is too afraid to do in our p.c. culture but not kid he's not afraid to tell the media f you and to call them out

when they're being jerks and for that next year robert james ritchie might go from being kid rock to sen barack. what holds and you should. put themselves up. to get accepted or rejected. sold more than the president. himself wanted. to write. so why. are you. interested.

our culture is awash in lives dominated by streams of never ending electronic hallucinations that. fiction until they are indistinguishable we have become the most elusive society on politics as a species of endless and needless political politicians and celebrities are to ruling parties are in reality one part of corporate and those who attempt to puncture this. breathless universe of fake news just signed to push through the cruelty and exploitation of the neo liberal or are pushed so far to the margins of society including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be mice squeaking against an al.