state. the president say he's fired because they didn't see. in the cia director mike said to take over the state of taking the spy agencies raines will be gina hospital known for her role in the cia's torture program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter. rejected a midnight ultimatum to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent. also coming up this. hour well. we hear technology that helps

underpin the security of the currency bitcoin could be. entire cities in future generations. in from around the world this hour welcome to our two international my names you know neal our top story donald trump fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced a surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying in television did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the series would you. run. i think it's terrible.

but they're pretty. well wrecked very good i like wreck a lot. think the wreck. well rumors down tillerson was heading for the door had been circulating for months in the news with reports of disagreements with the president rex tillerson stays in the job until the end of this month well then the fact that lee step away from politics he said on off has more now on mike pompei o. the new face of american diplomacy and his successor at the cia gina hospital. hawks nesting in washington might be the new diplomat in chief of the iron

fist to lead america's state department has had the president under his spell for a while already the to see eye to eye on normal most everything the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic career trump and pompei all share common spite towards iran and north korea both of them like to call torture enhanced interrogation and their fans of the n.s.a.'s warrantless bulk data collection where they stand on whistleblowers is one of the few things that trump and bone peo don't quite agree on well they have to differ on something. it's time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia . i can't think of a thing that has put america in a better position as a result of this deal we're a year out from the agreement and every single action the iranians have taken has been bolder and starker than the one they took before the agreement. a very real

danger. hardly ever escaped a day at the white house without the president asking me about north korea and how it is that the united states is responding to that threat it's very much at the top of his mind they are ever closer to having the capacity to hold america risk with a nuclear weapon this is the man elevated to america's top diplomat and descending with him is his former deputy gina hospital will be the first woman to lead the cia with her bosses impending departure she worked undercover and in secret for years she clearly likes being out of the spotlight and it could be for a good reason she was one of the torchy chieftains at the cia in two thousand to ask bell ran the operations of an agency black site in thailand where. two terrorist suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed his head against the wall water boarded him

deprived of sleep and kept him in a coffin like box and it was hospital reportedly who later gave the order to destroy the tapes which recorded the torment along with other evidence given trump's pledge to keep the guantanamo bay operational and he's advocating of waterboarding everything falls into place it seems now the state department and the cia will have plenty in common you know in hansing not just interrogation techniques but a diplomatic routine to. both new appointees will have to go through a senate confirmation hearings before it taking office and that means gina hospital is likely to be asked about her involvement in a cia interrogation program we discussed her appointment with john kerr john was the first cia officer to expose the agency's use of torture and to later serve jail time following the revelations. this is one of the worst moves i've ever heard of

at the cia when i sort of couldn't believe it because you know haskell should be in the dock at the hague not in the director's office at cia do you know has full i has blood all over her hands she's the godmother of the cia's torture program the president is certainly a fan of torture he's come right out and said so and the only thing that it's stopping them from returning to this torture regime is one piece of paper called the mccain feinstein amendment it was an amendment to the national and that's out there is a fact that specifically banned. exactly the kinds of techniques that you know has was overseas in ninety. two another of our headline stories this hour britain's prime minister of treason may is to chair a national security council meeting later on wednesday where she's expected to come up with reprisals against russia may earlier give moscow and ultimatum to give a credible response to the origins of the nerve agent used the poison former double

agent surrogates cripple and his daughter in the inner city of seoul russia declined to respond saying it had nothing to do with the incident well the investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing but authorities believe the per word to liberally targeted with a nerve agent first produced in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the cell between traces of the substance were detected out the restaurant where they too ate before they were taken ill and found on conscience on a nearby park bench. the moscow says it has no connection to the incident and if the u.k. has grown to believe the nerve agent came from russia it should share the evidence for moscow has received no access to the substance or to the investigation reporting on a case that has spiraled into an international diplomatic crisis here's an honest to see a churkin that in just over we can incidentally quiet city in southern england snowballs into the biggest international spy scandal in years pushing ties between

russia and the u.k. to breaking point. on sunday march fourth a couple are found slumped on a bench and souls bury reporters arrive at the scene for what was thought to be a local incident but soon after a global media frenzy unravels with accusations allegations and speculation moving at the speed of light exposure to an unknown substance and her comparisons to the two thousand and six death of alexander litvinenko march sixth the u.k.'s counter-terrorism police take control of the investigation the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson has this to say while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation i can reassure the house that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility then her majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly. russia says it has no information and offers to help in any way it can but this part of events is much less exciting for the media than the spy story unfolding before them by wednesday march seventh police confirm the use

of a nerve agent downing street remains cautious in finger pointing it being too early to explain what actually unraveled but better approach will soon make a swift exit these headlines leave little to the imagination long before any conclusions are drawn russia is being vilified the dots have been connected in the eyes of the world press details of the kind of punishment russia could face range from diplomatic expulsions to measures connected to the world cup to be held in russia this summer on march twelfth amidst a media hype and under pressure to take a tough stance from her government british prime minister theresa may is expected to provide clarity the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script how this highly likely comes with a pre-determined conclusion can be no suggestion of business as usual in relation to our interaction with russia mr speaker this action has happened against

a backdrop of a well established pattern of russian state aggression and ultimatum is given to russia come clean or else while russia asks for proof evidence and facts we are waiting for the united kingdom to respond to a request that we filed in accordance with the very same convention about the necessity to provide us with the substance in question and the necessity to make the whole investigation open to us but the clock keeps ticking and the deadline set for russia to explain itself is wednesday march fourteenth all the while here's the u.k. police where of course getting many questions regarding how and where that move i did was actually administered i called comments a lot of this is we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect at least in a court of law this would at least mean a time out in. world of political game play apparently means very little and if that's it you're going to r.t. london meanwhile kuntar terror police in the u.k.

are investigating the death of a russian exile in london he's understood to be nicholai glu scoff a friend of the deceased a russian oligarch barroso berzinski loose cough was granted asylum in the u.k. in two thousand and ten after having served an earlier five year prison sentence in russia for fraud he was reportedly found dead at his home in the british camp of the late monday night well given the current political turmoil between london and moscow the western media were quick to link the case to the poisoning of the former spy and its daughter in salzburg and while london's metropolitan police say country terror officers are looking into the case quote as a precaution because of associations british authorities say there's no evidence of a connection. security analyst and former u.k. kuntar terrorism officer charles hsu bridge believes it's far too early to up tribute blame for the poisoning. according to the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of

a crime they would be entitled to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be able to use their own scientists for it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show that actually this material this a chemical agent could have been produced elsewhere for example we know that. in the ninety's the united states itself was helping to clean up plants not in russia but in his backyard strong where this material was allegedly produced and so that's just an example of how this material could have come from anywhere in fact that there are so many very many questions still outstanding over this matter and of course it's massively premature for the government to be saying to rush or any suspect you've got to forty eight hours to respond or else we're going to take action in other words take some punishment against you. with psyches ations that russia is highly likely to have behind the poisoning of the former spy it seems there are a series of phrases to use if you're not exactly called for dent in the evidence

and. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against sergei to the script so how likely is it the twenty eighteen alleged she is going to be compromised by russia it's hardly likely that they will be doing something we just don't know how much and when whether. in the high confidence assessment that was released this past october the intelligence community made very clear that this was activity directed by the highest levels of the russian government. what russia was doing when it comes to so i would be for not only their interference not proven in the american presidential campaign probably in the referendum last year we did have the evidence for that. the conclusion that the russian state was probably involved in the murder of mr. is

deeply disturbing. ok switching gears now online technology block chain is not only making waves in the banking world it could also be the foundation of our future cities block chain is where sensitive data such as financial transactions are held on network of computers rather than in one place that potentially makes them more secure and easier to verify for artie's online series crypto liam miguel francis santiago has been meeting some of its biggest proponents in silicon valley and finding out how it could seal whole new type of city being built in puerto rico. the detainee world's leading conference on these initialisation brought all the stars a block chained together once again this time in silicon valley we caught up with

our friend from singapore founder of ever coined nico matsumura the view from silicon valley is absolutely amazing i mean i'm talking to general partners in venture capital firms they're renegotiate their lp agreements they want to hold crypto all they want to have custody they started by a trust or wallets it's unbelievable what's happening here you know i think as well we're starting to see the movement of institutional break capital it's a very very large institutional capital sorry to get interesting for so i think that's really positive that we've also got to take them crypto from bob mcdermott the original manufacturer of the mousetrap who apparently has been crypto and mining for five years now for most people think that bitcoin is like the corner in is the essence of the watching in reality the block chains the magic and that will affect i think in the next ten or fifteen years virtually every major industry from pharmaceuticals to law enforcement recordkeeping accounting everything will be tied into that the big horn is really more of a symptom or a child of the blocking the botching is the mother i think if the banks allow us to

survive and are not too threatened by the competition i think we're going to do very well imagine a city that's operated by block change the college what could a place like that show the world currently brocken crystal roast beer is a detainee and block him down are under negotiation with the puerto rican mayor for the purchase of several thousand hectares of land for the creation of such a place the idea is to expose the power block chain on a global scale by taking a place that's been devastated by natural disasters and help that we've built with picks up and brushing infrastructure the first step is rebuilding what is there by using better technology more sustainable energy renewable resources and just really bringing green light to the place that exists i think they'd see you is find our ability to build something new and bring all of that he says that we have. it sounds like to see the local governments or the local population and really build a new type of city state to perform

a crypto watching city built together with the puerto rican government which will showcase the world the full scale of what crypto can do to a post devastated state. legendary physicist professor stephen hawking has died at the age of seventy six he was perhaps best known for his work with black holes on quantum theory which he said could predict what happens at the beginning and end of time hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease when he was in his twenty's given only two years to live he spent most of his life in a wheelchair able to verbal communicate through a specially invented voice synthesizer the english man was the author of several popular science books one of which a brief history of time so would over ten million copies stephen hawking will also be remembered for his sense of humor which we caught a glimpse of when he was a guest on our team's laurie king show two years ago what still mystifies you about

the universe universe and all the laws of nature exist are they necessary in one sense or. we were here to ask the question but is there. six years ago you told me the only thing you don't fully understand is women. have you learned any more since we talked i have learned a lot about women since then you know that is my attorney's alaska personal question you have been married eight times to seven different women is that the triumph of hope over experience you make a good point stephen i think it's a big game as there is yes yes funny an inspirational person last name ok more news right after this.

but politicians do something to. put themselves on the line they did accept it or reject it. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to upset. you to going to the press that's why before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the was in the house. first signal.

twenty minutes into the program welcome back rightwing canadian activists has been detained in france from entering britain lauren southern was held to a british border point in cali the u.k. home office told her she was being banned for distributing racist material in the town of luton last year one of the posters. is a god officials describe the twenty two year old also threat to u.k. public policy so then say she was interrogated in the french court to order the u.k.'s terrorism act i got a knock on the door from the kent u.k. police who handed me this form and that's when things kind of went sideways it's

the schedule seven terrorism act and they said you need to read this you are being brought in to be questioned under the terrorism act well other right wing and old rights activists have been barred from britain for similar reasons austria's martin selmer an american commentator brittany pettibone where this month the tane for three days before being deported seller had been scheduled to speak of a free speech called for in sin london's hyde park. last week and from entering the u.k. for various reason for me it was because i wanted to give a speech about freedom of speech on speakers corner. and for me i am an american conservative commentator and i simply wanted to enter the u.k. of course i was going to watch martin speak but i was primarily going in to do some interviews i wanted to interview tommy robinson who is outspoken against islam and they essentially labeled him

a far right leader who incites racial hatred and that's why they didn't want me to enter to interview him so it was very interesting why they suddenly are deciding to crackdown it seems like a court unaided attack on conservative media that's what it really seems like to me that it's a huge crackdown of censorship but not only you know them banning us but also on the internet right now as we're seeing on platforms like you to been twitter well the bombs have caused the anger in some quarters with supporters saying that while right wing activists are being banned rather kill islamic preachers have been allowed to speak freely known terrorist suspects are allowed entry into britain. bit ridiculous if you look at us that both of us are as i called i'm acceptable characters for you if you pose a threat to the court again piece of the local communities why the same the very same country let's radical muslim extremists just freely enter the country they have all these muslim grooming gangs but still we are the main threat and we are

kept out of the country i think is just ridiculous yes we're the ones they target at ok let's head back stateside now we're on his first visit to california since taking office donald trump hours inspected prototypes for one of his most controversial campaign promises a wall along the us mexico border the president was met with both protesters unsupported of the plan well there is friction between trump and authorities in calif he asked of the state governor for being soft on crime and illegal immigration while the justice department is even suing california over its loss hundreds of demonstrators against gathered in beverly hills rallies were also held in sunday ago on the mexican border city of tijuana. but because of this one there he's making it more humane he separating family. shot it's

hard that we now stand with the right time but not if it were to say get out of here we don't go on here to go policy we don't want your racist politics your cowboy good. i love it. there's got to be a law that can they can try and stop it all they want it's a federal issue california can't do squat about it. you're tuned in to our town international we are back watching those hawks in just a moment join me again in thirty for more on the fallout from donald trump's firing of secretary of state and why. it appears and highly likely these are the words used by u.k.

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greetings and salutations as many of you know there was yet another twist in the ongoing political soap opera here in washington d.c. is us president donald trump future endeavored secretary of state rex tillerson on wednesday trump quickly tapped the current cia director my pump able to replace tillerson and elevated the very first female cia director and geno what cia torture videotapes haskel apparently against waterboarding illegally held terrorism suspects shatters those glass ceilings just as quickly as working harder better and smarter than the man next to you. cia girl power at its finest but for now the but

for the now jobless rex tillerson the future should be bright for the multimillionaire big oil man unless of course america's lead poisoning crisis gets him first. for the rest of us for that matter yes while the political theater continues on in washington d.c. the rest of the country is in a slow silent deadly crisis the independent reports that a new study funded by the artemis fund and simon fraser university in british columbia suggests that as many as four hundred twelve thousand americans die prematurely every year mostly from cardiovascular disease due to two historic exposure to low levels of the toxic metal that is ten times ten times more deaths than experts previously thought and the first time low level lead poisoning as been linked is a significant risk factor for heart disease as professor bruce bruce lanphier of simon fraser university and the study's lead author bluntly states there is no

apparent threshold or safe level of lead for deaths from heart disease you know i think it's time to click past the stormy tabloid and start getting the lead out as we start watching the hawks. but that's. the bottom. you know that i got. this. week. well tomorrow watching the hawks i am so i rolled into and on top of the law. yes get the lead out man get the lead out it would be awesome first of all before we get in the lead thing i do have to say that the cia director of torturing

and and running a black site. that i see. not so much. i think so but armed to the actual story that's been totally ignored i mean i've seen barely a whisper of it on t.v. all day today now i would say this is incredible yeah you know and people need to know the actual history of why we do why why we have such crisis levels of lead society and a lot of it comes from the fact that we sort of kicked this the lead can down the road for the last thirty forty years yes so you know lead was added to gasoline or petrol back in the one nine hundred ninety s. which was the idea was to boost engine compression and then it was also used and house paint to sort of make them to boost the performance of households so it was banned eventually in one nine hundred seventy eight but remember there is probably still paying.