and those are the voters and to me a politician should be writing policy for tomorrow yeah not today and i hope that this isn't just the photo op thing because the thing that really you know when i saw some of the pictures coming back it's like you know suddenly chuck schumer's up there and like all these now up there that's like now i know that career politicians like that they're just in a for the photo op now you know so you know they don't has that melts away right says that i don't want to sell what the kids won even the pros and i'm going back to often and buckled to the n.r.a. last week and it was the same thing you said well there's not a lot of political has on a poll lot of political polls will tell you that every single poll is saying that over half of americans want to deal with this situation and using guns as they say i think just using guns as second moment we talked about that's non-lethal weapons are also arms and that you're only saying i'm going to protect you know nobody's protecting me with bias not on regulating or deregulating non-lethal weapons that i can use to protect myself you know i do know that you have milk if you have

a billion the billions of dollars on lobbying great but these kids have the power they can be just as strong as a lobby oh yeah and you know and i think this is one of those issues too that there's so many different great facets to this issue because you can talk about you know better security at schools you know physical security things like that you know it's not just the gun debate it's not just you know it's a magical place and debate as well exactly and i think that's where we get too caught up on and i think that i hope i hope that the that these kids out there these seventeen year old kids sixteen younger who are taking this movement and running with it i just hope don't let the adults hijack it no no stick to your guns don't let all the adults come in and hijack it and turn it into a you know a commercial one nike you know a nike commercial down the line you don't want that keep it pure and keep speaking your mind. because all right as we go to break card watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered a base book on twitter see our full shows. coming up we dive deep into the fur pits

of iraq and afghanistan for documentaries greg and bird victims military doctrine that just seebach up you don't want to miss this so stay true to watching the hawks . most cadia because it will become all your lordship getting it toward your career as well but i guess it was the most got a year. one hundred fifty added steel official line is that. does not exist so i will study is in the us occupied territory to be should it be a right source what should not sell a study else to probably develop nukes and if that happens what about japan. to get

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thank you. thank you thank you. thank. you there is nothing the united states collectively enjoys more than lavishing praise money and adulation on the ranks of our nation's fighting force with the pentagon sprawling and unaccounted for budget growing decade by decade at a pace unseen in the modern world and the president apparently making a military parade down pennsylvania avenue one of his biggest domestic priorities for twenty eighteen there appears to be no limit to the love and appreciation we show our troops but it turns out there's a very hard limit indeed of that appreciation and it affects our troops exactly when they need it most and they need our support documentarian greg lovett producer and director of delay deny hope you die explores the long ignored military use of

burn pits crude throwbacks to a time before modern health and science that leave many returning veterans today physically in limbo for their life earlier we sat down with love and u.s. air force master sergeant jesse baka to learn more about this facet of our military capitol hill has long chosen to not celebrate. thank you so much gentlemen for covering and joining us today and talking about this important important documentary delay deny hope you dog how america poisoned its soldiers i want to start and ask you greg what has the reception for the film but like so far. well i've gotten really positive reaction but it really runs the whole scope of emotions from anger and disappointment for. a lot of people who weren't aware that this was going on are really shocked that this is happening that it's still happening this soldier and getting the help that they need and a lot of people that are going through it can really relate to the some of the stories that they hear from but from the other soldiers and

a lot of people really want to know what they can do to help when it's all over they feel pretty moved and motivated to take action just the what was what was your experience when you're. pulling for the first time i was i was shocked and it because it brought back to reality what i went through it just brought it all back he did such a good job and showing all that and the emotion like he said it roller coaster a lot it was it was crazy. now the screaming greg was here and d.c. recently and i wonder because i keep hearing this story over the last few years you know i got a rolling thunder every year and i talk to the guys there and those vets are still talking about you know agent orange and now this this is sort of the new agent orange monks that that community. when you were here in d.c. or ever are you hearing any movement from politicians are there any politicians that are standing behind the fight to take care of the soldiers who were affected

by the burn or just make help more excess well there are a few just the senator baka. help get a registry started he actually hosted a private screening for some of his colleagues on capitol hill. we had a congressman from florida at the screening bill iraq as he was trying to help you can't really say that it's that it's gone mainstream yet it's not a majority of people helping but there are. some politicians here and there that are trying to take up the fight and do what they can do i think that let me ask you as a vet. how what does it feel like to see something that obviously was in the line of duty it was part of your job how do you how do you react as a feel when you see that it's a few senators there congressman like this seems like something that should be across the board that every senator and congress person should be on this shouldn't

be a question how does it feel when you see things not happening or it's not a mainstream you know it's in its infancy right now and our senator from new mexico tom udall and then our congresswoman michele the hunger they were just supporting it big time and with senator udall he's a senior senator and very very respected man and when he helped us with the birthday of bill it went like fire the hard part is to keep it hot keep it going if it can die down that's probably the biggest thing right now i just can't let it you know i just want to focus and with the documentary i believe it will bring it to light that's good that's really good you know i was curious to see you know you mentioned earlier you helped get the burr good registry kind of off the ground if it was regular twenty terrible you know you helped in that process. how many veterans right now or are saw free are suffering from that associated illnesses that we know it's in the thousands it's not just

a small number i can't even be accurate on it it's a lot of people and it's more is coming to light and when i get to talk to veterans there are huge frustration there is they're not being they're not being looked at it's not recognized and the reason being is every veteran has. an individual fight for the veterans administration you can't just take one hundred people on this just get it done it's on you by yourself with your paperwork is there no school there's no human research for the film is there any idea of how many you know afghanistan the iraqi citizens of affected by this at this point and that's the home another story unfortunately there is research that shows that children are being born with a higher rates of cancer because of course the smoke from the burn pits doesn't stop at the the border of your base right it floats into the communities they were in footage and maybe you've seen a few jets i don't know but of iraq and afghanistan this is actually scavenging in

the burn pits because you know one man's trash is another man's treasure and so they were exposed to it too and because they come from a different kind of society than we do i don't think they're really doing any research i don't think we know but that was in a positive thing that's for sure. do you. are the pits first i think i wonder are these pits still in operation is this something that hand that is actually being done or is the pentagon come up with a new way pardon my says there's probably did they come up with new ways to poison ourselves because it seems like every time if it's not you know things in the soil the bullets everything it's a toxic job so are they being used or have they come up with some safer alternative . they're still being i mean i can only give you and i don't have evidence i don't have details but i have talked to soldiers who contacted me after they heard the document was being made they wanted to provide additional information if possible

whatever and i've run into many who said that there's still a new unconscionable i just from my personal but my personal feeling on it's unconscionable like these men and women are serving their country and whether i agree with that war i'm totally anti-war but whether i agree with it or not putting them in harm's way like that when they're already in harm's way just the horrible thing about it too is a show in the documentary that there was information as far back as two thousand and six that the military themselves knew that these burn pits were reporting their soldiers i have copies of memos that were just completely buried and soldiers were never informed of the hazard of toxins that they were being exposed to so they knew about this they knew the potential for harm and they did nothing about it what was the cost benefit analysis not that you know you were walking in their shoes but what was their justification what was the cost benefit analysis of white or what we know this is harmful but it was just just kind of keep it quiet and just keep dumping and burning and dumping and berdych what was their justification if any in

all honesty it's a money thing in the military years ago the the they cut and cut the military so much that the soldier and the airman the sailor marine all they could do is fight the war as for islam just fix all that went to a contractor and it was one contractor that didn't have to be at any. he just he was the big fish in the pot and he won everything and it was a money thing i'll give you one example small example i was there in two thousand and four during that summer the incinerators were sitting on the loading dock they were there american taxpayers bought paid from ready to go. contractors didn't install them they were fighting over money to install them while i went back in two thousand and seven and eight they were still sitting in the same spot covered with dirt so these incinerators which you could have put all the trash in which could have cut down on the entire issue whatsoever of inhaling you know the toxics in your lungs never to use simply because it was all kind of

a body and fight with contractors yes another thing i think that's important to remember is that there are also very little legal consequences k.b.r. which was responsible for managing some of these burn pits a subsidiary of halliburton they received indemnification from the us government meaning if they act in any way that is harmful to a soldier or even an iraqi national they will not be held liable so there's a lawsuit going on now it's been going on for about eight or ten years and the outcome is kind of pointless because even if they are found guilty in a coup in a court of law it's not going to be k.b.r. who pays for it it's going to be you it's going to be the viewers it's going to be the american citizen taxpayer that has to foot the bill so there's no consequences so it doesn't really matter how they act is that is that really the issue the all of the springs from at the end of the day is our reliance our sudden brand new warfare reliance on contractors over soldiers you know over men and women who joined up and said ok i've got to serve in the military i'm going to you know make

the food i'm going to do all the different parts of the military all soldiers used to do that are now contracted out as really this is kind of the ugly result of yes absolutely it seems i mean in. any any book you read about warfare you know before this century mercenaries are looked down upon their. trust there not that's considered sort of inappropriate in sort of national wars or in words like this and i i think it's odd that we sort of comfortably went into this idea of mercenaries just paid people to do things and they have no consequences that's a really difficult it's of it's a very difficult job as well especially as a citizen or your taxpayer as well very tax money went into all of this. at the age of seventy six stephen william hawking passed on from this time space this week on the anniversary of fame physicist albert einstein's birthday and the

honoring of the mathematical constant known as pie and all special day for the person who fought the degenerative disease you valiantly battled for over fifty years people from around the world made their way to cambridge university to pay respects with a line stretching out the chapel door for a chance to leave notes of condolence for the famed physicist thomas reiter former astronaut and european space agency official was also inspired by hawkins love and fascination for the space beyond our humble planet. posts he was very fond of human spaceflight in fact it's not too long ago that he mentioned that it is important for you to. try to stay on this planet for ever know the motivation behind that by stephen hawking was slightly different one because he said we will manage maybe sometimes to destroy this planet. stephen hawking made us strive farther than we thought possible may we honor his work in memory far into

the future and beyond most definitely most definitely rest in peace stephen hawking you know i saw a man beautiful interesting human being dynamic life and may just think and hopefully inspire others to think at the end of the you know that's what's so fun about stephen hawking's life and. whatever journey is on well we're going to hear about it all right but as our show prepared to pay remember everyone in this world we're not told that we love the cops like tell you all of you i am tired old winter and i'm top of the wall and keep on watching those hawks out there and have a great day and night everybody. the far right and britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent my daughter's

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britain in the u.s. accuse russia breaching the chemical weapons convention. u.n. security council session over the poisoning of a former spy until his daughter the u.k. government completed but it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless and we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet the british prime minister reveals her reprisal moves expelling twenty three russian diplomats even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. also in the program more claims are of underworld in berlin is on. mining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating it's right. on the

final frontier frontline for the u.s. military as donald trump suggests a space force. around the clock across the world this is r t international from the team myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention the statement came out an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agents surrogate script and his daughter in britain last week. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless and we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet we have concluded

that mr scruby pro and his daughter were poisoned with a nazi shock a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. if britain is so confident that it was not a truck gassed the not means they have the chemical formula samples and the ability to produce it the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. we demand that material proof be provided before making any accusations against us in this high profile case. we requested the russian government to provide an explanation by the end of cheese by the thirteenth of march on how this russian produced nerve agent could have been deployed in salzburg. they provided no credible explanation goodwood we are ready for open and constructive cooperation within the framework of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we don't speak the language of ultimatums and we

won't allow anyone to speak to us this way moscow sais that britain also blocked a russia drafted statement at the un security council that urged for a more thorough investigation it would like to know explains how events unfolded at the united nations bashar is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the navi short program now the u.k. representative who called the emergency meeting was then followed up by the u.s. representative nikki haley now nikki haley not only made reference to allegations against russia about the recent incident but she further fit into a wider narrative a growing concern and all of this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure syria destroyed is chemical weapons program russia killed the joint investigative mechanism when it found the side liable for chemical attacks the credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold russia

accountable in response to the heated words from the united states and the united kingdom we heard from the russian ambassador pointed out that russia has actually given up its chemical weapons and that the o.p.c. w. has confirmed that russia no longer possesses chemical weapons from there he invoked the memory of when calling powell representing united states in dressed that very body the u.n. security council holding vials of powder that he said were chemical weapons from iraq i he reminded the council and that there seems to be a history of rather unsubstantiated allegations against different countries regarding chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction from the united states in the u.k. . we are living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt has taken place in this criminal law principles being transferred into international relations and boy haley as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed

by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion it's no longer necessary to show to the council white cubes with an unknown white substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an egregious attitude to want to solve or instate. from there on the russian ambassador went on to call for a thorough investigation of the incident and determine exactly who is to blame of what happened and he called for this to be done through the existing international mechanisms to find out who is absolutely responsible and he reassured the security council that russia was more than happy to cooperate with the. proper investigation to determine who is responsible for the attack according to the rules of the international organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. if any state believes that another country might use chemical weapons it has to

provide all the necessary evidence within ten days after the request well experts we spoke to believe it's not russia but rather the u.k. which has broken the rules the o.p.c. set procedures in place that need to be followed through with us and those are not being followed. those procedures investigation and formal steps are not being followed and from my understanding russia has offered to jointly cooperate but but they would like a formal request and they would like samples in order to do the analysis which makes complete sense to me and why wouldn't you want to cooperate together sometimes if you're trying to hide something or to shift the narrative in certain direction maybe you don't want to cooperate it's unfortunate but i i do not think this looks very professional of the u.k. and yeah they're not following the conventions you've got set procedures in place and they're just not being followed or kind of a complete disregard to international law a rule of law or rule of agreements that are in place. well the u.n.

security council meeting comes after allegations from britain's prime minister of treason may on russia's alleged involvement in the poisoning of former spy surrogate script his daughter make claims that a soviet era nerve agent was used in the attack under nonce reprisal moves against moscow the include the expulsion of twenty three diplomats this is mention of all high level contacts revoking an invitation for the russian foreign minister to visit britain treason may also unknowns there not david sanctions bill against russia and that m.p.'s and members of the royal family will not attend the football world cup in russia this summer. mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. they have provided no credible explanation that they that could suggest they lost control of the agent no explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the united kingdom no explanation as to why

russia has an undeclared chemical weapons program in contravention of international law. in response moscow's call the u.k. measures a crude provocation and nonstop there would be counter measures meanwhile with the investigation into b. attack on the former russian intelligence agent and his daughter is still ongoing there are still many unanswered questions as artie's daniel hawkins looks into. and i tack by the kremlin on u.k. soil for downing street it seems the case is all but closed russia is the culprit no questions or rather. as the prime minister taking the necessary steps to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government given the gravity of the accusations at official request seemed like a reasonable last but last good though says no such requests were forthcoming. we haven't received any official request from london we've told britain we're ready to

respond if they file the request instead of filing the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunt and moscow also said it would cooperate in a joint investigation within o.p.c. w. parameters it seems this offer was unacceptable to the u.k. government. has high resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent no answers from to reason may on that but the prime minister believes there's already enough evidence to make it highly likely this was an attack ordered by the russian state guilty as charged mr script atlantis daughter poisoned with nothing chock a military grade nerve agent developed by russia means motive and opportunity are usually needed to prove criminal guilt the nerve agent livid shock at edgeley used in that attack was actually developed in the soviet union decades ago and the

o.p.c. w. officially confirmed that russia had concluded the destruction of its entire chemical weapons stockpile last year. how has she responded to the russian government's request for a sample of the agent used in the soles reattack to run its own tests apparently no response and no sample why the secrecy if this is such an open and shut case. did you do most of gobbles up against god's will in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. western special services recruited a number of our chemical specialists their names are known they also brought some of the documents and continued research in this area including in the us in the u.k. for the results achieved by those countries in creating new poisonous substances that for some reason classified under the common name in the west are confirmed and represented in more than two hundred open sources from nato countries we have all the references we're ready to provide them with the investigations that are in its early stages other crucial evidence which.