yet hearing washington tell it they don't mention that they think it's joke like russia has called for these jokes like humanitarian corridor wars russia needs to just do what the united nations had agreed to and voted on and that is a countrywide ceasefire fleeing civilians would mean less human shields it would be a p.r. blow people don't want to stay with the rebels they'll talk say all sorts of horrible things about life and the jihad ists they'll challenge the narrative why let them leave too many problems take also rebel shelling of damascus blind aimless shells peppered damascus daily for years now so many dead and still dying still to die yet you won't see any hysteria about that in fact you won't hear much at all they won't admit that rebels are keeping people hostage because that justifies

assad's operation as do those that died in rebel shelling so why mention it it ruins the narrative it's so much simpler when it's all black and white but most of the united states press is clearly on the side of robbers they believe that assad is evil person who is running an evil regime and i'd like to see it all and therefore stories about the suffering of syrians in damascus because a rebel argument don't make much impression and occasionally they get through the stories but they are they're not. they're not the overriding story which is that this was a brutal regime that refuses to make compromise and it's leading to a very lopsided aerator also on first dozens of trucks were prevented from entering evening due to fighting on the ground and one us. aid convoy was allowed

into the area on monday but had to leave amid heavy fighting even before the unloading was finished the situation in the area remains daya and civilians as we've seen have little chance of escaping. think of.

this extraordinarily violent time it's been a very bloody two months here the beginning of this year he has really held ground for the children it is very difficult there are. they are scared they are see death and violence of the scale that you would hope no child would see there is a lack of food and water it brings to see many of the families are crowded into small spaces and basements. google is facing a backlash from its own employees over its partnership with the u.s. department of defense the company is cooperating with the pentagon under the military drone a project maven google is developing artificial intelligence to help analyze drone video data the tech giant has defended its involvement in the project. the

technology flags images the human review and it's a non-offensive uses only military use of machine learning naturally raises valid concerns we actively discussing this important topic internally and with others as we continue to develop policies and safeguards around the development and the super mission learning technologies but he worst military makes extensive use of drones according to the bureau of investigative journalism since two thousand and four almost five thousand drone strikes have been confirmed it's thought of these of killed around a thousand civilians at the end of last year google's then executive chairman expressed fears that the military was exploiting tech to kill there's a general concern in the tech community. some how the military industrial complex using their stuff to kill people and correctly if you will have a ceremony where. at one time or google's motto was don't be evil and one former

cia analyst and whistleblower told us why the tech giant can no longer stay true to that motto you know this is the dirty little secret of corporate america and that is that practically every major corporation no matter what sector it's in is cooperating in some way with either the defense department or the intelligence community let's say you're the c.e.o. of a company and the department of defense comes to you and says we want you to help us do x. y. and z. and you say no i can't because our slogan is don't do evil they say your country needs you and because you're a patriot you have to help your country and believe it or not that's a very convincing argument and ninety nine companies out of one hundred will do what's asked for them a quarter past the hour here in moscow the latest on the investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy that's after the break. when

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along with our audience will watch. it is good to have you with us today the investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter is moving forward police have now cordoned off. home on the graves of his wife and son it also revealed that twenty one people in total have been treated by medics after the incident investigators suspect script and his daughter were targeted with a nerve agent and a script used to serve in russia's military intelligence service but became a double agent for the u.k. in one thousand nine hundred five caught him in two thousand and four he spent four years in prison before being released as part of a high profile spy swap deal with the u.s. and then moved to britain the u.k. is home secretary amber rudd has come out again to reiterate that caution must be

exercised in apportioning blame for the poisoning. the use of a u.k. song is a brazen. act but if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on the first occasion well that was her updating the house of commons on this case and she cautioned against speculation and not just speculation in the media it's something that now the politicians are doing as well many of them have pointed the finger of blame squarely at last and some are even using it as an opportunity to push for more defense spending take a listen the circumstantial evidence against russia is very strong who would harm. the. defense if the first use of the row and spending two percent difference is now not enough there will come a time for tradition and there will be consequences and there will be further

information that follows but now i'm concerned about the incident and the consequences around and actually speaking in an interview this morning the defense secretary gavin williamson pulled that thread as well he refused to say whether or not he thought moscow was behind the attack on sergey script but almost in the same breath he also referred to russia as an ever greater threat despite the home secretary's appeal for everybody to keep a cool head about this news stories about sergei script pollen the therese just keep on coming one media report has even linked him to the intelligence that came up with that so-called dodgy dossier on donald trump so some pretty wild theories swirling around in the meantime the police are getting on with the police investigation somewhere where they might actually on a few facts it's now been divided into three separate sites that investigation the

script files. the pub where they were drinking on sunday with their daughter and the pizza restaurant where his daughter thought to have eaten and the police say that they're combing through all the c.c.t.v. footage that they have and they're building a detailed timeline of events they've got hundreds of offices working around the clock trying to find out who it was that used that enough gas on a script are on his daughter and why we discuss the political aspects of this with independent journalist joe lauria. we just know that this man and his daughter were four fall ill with nerve agent in salisbury on a park bench and as the second time secretary said i'm glad she did everyone should just calm down and wait for the investigation to go forward but that doesn't help the political agenda that the u.k. that's the point here is that there's an opportunity to go after russia and they're

not going to leave that up to the press of course followed by our stances lead not rods with screaming headlines blaming russia again. you know the point is this should be a crime tried in a court as a right is suggesting it's a criminal case. the winter paralympics getting underway in south korea today the event in pyongyang china will last for ten days a record number of competitors are taking power this time around it's five hundred sixty seven athletes for forty nine teams and paralympians from russia though have been banned from competing under the national flag over allegations of state sponsored doping. damacy got we really expect them to be barred from the qualification rounds if

they'd let us take part it would have been a miracle but the fact we're not going well is ok. the system it's not a question to me or creatures i have mixed feelings because our boys and going it feels like we've been dropped. it's not in the news no bull when we had the news i felt bad to be honest it's not first time going to the paralympics i should have been jumping with joy that i got to go but i didn't feel happy. it's no surprise that they're being so harsh towards our team it may be inhuman but it was expected.

everyone knows that we are athletes from russia russia is always with us anyway in our hearts because it does them is that as you did that says nurtured in ways that everyone knows anyway that we're from russia poland snow that we're from russia that actually afraid of us. thirty years table and yet we're setting the highest goals for ourselves so many years of preparation shouldn't go to waste which is why we're going to prove that we are the best. to do it in sportsmen and of course the third the some of the notes and what it does not improve but we're united think we'll be able to produce good results. that are less than one hundred days now to go until the world cup kicks off in russia and

the latest edition of a solitary program stan collymore looks at how fans will be able to enter the country without a visa and travel around for free that's a bit later this hour but for now here's a quick preview. we went to some shit you can't. explain the finally d.t.c. system the freeze of free access to the ocean. free free travel much to make you want to start the process of finally dressed your vocal is your present and possible to free travel around bush today it's my turn with the. week the congress and the social money choose culchie shapes doctors all here to get a little bit information that i need the head of the threefold will cope with the sudden succumb to the day oh wait you're a boy just across the border of course from what i saw it this is where it's almost

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on the. cuckoo since we're three months old enough i was going to show you who to see about only to go to the cities in the my car places in his or the one of the street the. cinema bar got there you go to las vegas. to see others who are as close to. your column say that. something is good in call so all all but for about a solo in a ball all but fall for. a whatever. the principle is good or the principle is bad has to be apply equally and that is not being done. well we'll come twenty eighteen coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers available to

us but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure carol that you have to go meet the center of the beach. and do so with all the great the british you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going let's go. a low as doesn't worry you and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and three in the world cup in russia meet the special one it was all to. meet just at the rio team's latest edition at the big. donald trump says there is no chaos at the white house only great energy but insiders describe an isolated president caught inside dog days we'll take

a look at this and more on this edition of. politicking on larry king heavy stamp turnover an investigation seemingly getting closer to the president and his inner circle family members under extreme scrutiny and the rather unconventional chief of staff who's likelihood of remaining in his job fluctuates week to week. all of these contributed to what insiders are describing is dog days for president trump is also being labeled as extremely isolated according to reports for his part the president called such reports fake news and describes the white house as functioning well and with great energy what's the truth we'll talk about that with chris whipple what winning journalist author of a new york times bestseller the gate keepers how the white house chief of staff define

every president is a presidency rather is now out in paperback and includes a new chapter on the trump presidency he joins us from new york and mark leibovich our old friend the chief national correspondent for the new york times magazine bestselling author of says these are the you know this town and mark is in washington for ike start with christians are these dark days chris. thanks for having me larry well you know this this is ben the most dysfunctional white house in modern history whatever donald trump may want to tell you and it turns out it's it's wilder than we ever thought i mean in a new chapter of my paperback i have the first interviews with ranch priebus who talks about his first six months the first thing he said to me off the record was take everything you've heard and multiply it by fifty now he would he would be quick to add that even john kelly finds it the toughest job he's ever had but you

know that the truth is that this is a white house that's spinning out of control it's in my opinion even worse now than it was on wright's previous is watch. mark are you surprised at this not not really i mean i think if you look at the even recent context of the trumpet ministration i mean there really hasn't been a time when it's been spinning in control i mean it's sort of hard to go off the rails when you're never really on the rails i mean this is sort of how he has run his life which is very much himself as his own boss the difference with his current job is that affects all of us and also the presidency is is the most powerful job in the world and he also has new technological tools like twitter in which he can you know influence or you can exert his own power and voice and opinions and even thoughts and even even orders through those tools so it's

a very very different unprecedented thing and also i think you're seeing a lot of the chaos that he's brought to his adult life enacted onto all of us why as you say there is only there's no chaos only great energy. well it's been i mean it's been i mean look i mean you can there is technically great energy to a building that is on fire i mean this is. you can look at it any number of ways and he is a sales person and he's a spinmeister and that's how he's going to portray this this way of the port of report that doesn't mean it's any less. larry i guess workers and chiefs of staffs does the chief of staff have a responsibility in a chaotic white house absolutely you know picking up with what mark said donald trump is not the first president to come into office full of your breasts thinking he's the smartest guy in the room intoxicated by a selection victory most presidents get over that most presidents ultimately learn

that there's a difference between campaigning which is demonizing and dividing and disrupting and governing and it's the chiefs of chiefs job to help the president figure that out you know in my opinion john kelly we all had great or some had expectations that he might be the grown up in the room who smoothed over donald trump's rough edges he's been the opposite of that he's reinforced donald trump's worst partisan instincts and that's really not what the chief is supposed to be about mark investigators have found that kellyanne conway counselor to the president violated federal laws last year by mixing official government business with political views about candidates in that alabama special lessons investigators say she violated the hijacked sent the report to the president you think they'll be any action. probably not i mean since it's the president's call on what to do about all this and i don't think he's going to make

a big statement about one of his closest the most trustworthy aides and look this is something that. is pretty small and relative to a lot of the other stuff he's being accused of in the administration is being accused of i don't think he'll do a big you know bill make a big statement on this at all what i do think is interesting though is this is very much part and parcel of the larger sort of day to day sloppiness that we've seen from this white house and i think what's interesting about this move by the special counsel is that he's just choosing to discipline them although you have a feeling that they're just sort of shooting fish in the battle the barrel and this was a kind of an interesting choice for them to go after chris what do you know about the relationship between kellyanne conway. well you know there's a agree with mark there's a much more fundamental problem here for kellyanne conway and everyone in this white house and that is that you know truth was the first casualty on day one when sean spicer stepped up to the white house briefing podium and told those flagrant

lies about the and the augur all photos i write about the phone call that that writes pre-vis got at home at six am from an irate donald trump demanding that he fix this and they chose to lie about it and the rest is history i mean their credibility was the second casualty it's been true ever since donald trump lies with regular regularity his unfortunately his current chief of staff has not only enabled that but he's contributed to it so that's the much larger problem with this white house and anything kellyanne might have said recently on a personal note martin. when you did a story about me for the new york times magazine trump called me and he was still a he loved the stories it was a great story and did i think he should sit down with you and i said absolutely he has sit down with you and that you'd be very sad based on that interview that you

did with him did you sense something in that that this was coming well i think. not really i mean i think clearly i mean this is this is not like a pivot that you see in this kind of. brief political history i mean this is who he was two years ago when i wrote about him during the campaign with who he was twenty years ago fifty years ago what have you and and look i mean again what surprises me and i think with the process everyone is that there has been no evolution whatsoever i mean this could have you can easily i mean look at any president sort of two years before he takes the job or she takes the job and a year plus into their presidency and that's not something he would think anymore here it's the exact same straight line and so no nothing at all to present this in mid february you said john kelly was making a run for the title of the worst white house chief of staff in modern history based on what well you know up to this point i think everybody would say that don regan

ronald reagan's hapless second white house chief of staff was was that had a lock on that title iran contra happened on his watch and it was no coincidence but kelly's failure in my mind has been has been worse than wright's previous as you know we all thought that donald trump just ran overwrites priebus that he was a sycophant that he that he couldn't tell the president hard truths that's been equally true of john kelly you know and he is now failed even by its own very narrow definition of the job which was to make the west wing trains run on time as mark says the trains have been off the rails you get thirty people. without security clearances you've got somebody who's in charge of middle east peace who doesn't have a security clearance you have rob porter thrown out you know it's it's it's just total chaos and and so that's that's why i think kelly's a contender is it possible mark that trump cannot have

a successful chief of staff i think it's very possible and i think that's something that people even coming in before he was he was sworn in we're talking about i mean this is someone who will get the flattering way to put it would be is his own chief of staff but on the other hand i mean he can't be managed at all i mean i think kelly very very early on said i'm not even going to try to manage upward and that's arguably outsourcing the most important part of his job and as chris said he defined his job very narrowly which is to make the west wing more orderly than it was under but runs priebus and that seems to be not working out so well either but no i don't think donald trump i mean it's it's really hard to believe who would be lining up to take the job from john kelly if and when he he decides to leave or mysterious is it going to get better or worse. i think it can only get worse if you can believe that i mean every time we think we've hit rock bottom the bottom falls out you know again it's you've got

a president who is you know i wrote about this when the ten white house chiefs of staff former chiefs went to the white house in december of two thousand and sixteen gathered around a table with wright's priebus the incoming chief to give them advice they all came away or virtually all of them came away thinking good luck god speed god help him this is a president who is intellectually and temperamentally unfit for office and that makes it virtually mission impossible for a white house chief of staff in my opinion so it's going to get worse and you know we see it on a daily basis you've got that interview with themas for the update in your book was pre-vis surprised. i think that look i previously was i think surprised i think. on the other hand he knew going in despite everything that the former chiefs

had told him he knew going in that that donald trump is who he is and donald trump would not tolerate a traditional white house chief of staff who is really empowered to execute his agenda. that's just not trump trump's model was the twenty sixth floor of trump tower which was people coming and going and nobody no chain of command well you can't run the country the way you run a manhattan real estate firm and priebus so priebus knew it was going to be tough but again i don't think he had any idea you know for every half baked ill conceived thing they tried like the executive order an immigration police claim seats stopped and other things that were worse. earlier this week good chance they said. had a media meltdown firstly to defy a subpoena samoa then he seemed to indicate he might comply also is that he had something on top what was your reaction.