as are being monitored by anti terror agencies and the fracking activist joseph core believes only the police result in violence abet environmentalists demonstrations puts a lot of question. the integrity of the police and the. investigations into terrorism as a whole i mean are they supposed to be fighting terrorists or are they spoiling on every grandmother up and down the country who doesn't want fracking on her doorstep i mean the thing the definition of this domestic streaming east is defined by the idea that they are not just prepared to use to demonstrate their human rights by protesting it's about crossing that line from process testing violence the actual facts during these fracking

protests the only violence so phone has been committed by both the security companies working for the fracking companies and the police themselves and number of incidents in which police were accused of using brute force that anti fracking demonstrations have seen british and european m.p.'s pushing for police tactics to be reviewed at protests. oh no that's not actually. that's the scariest unbelievable people leave i think it was. more. narrow. trying to suppress any form of dissent. or disagreement with

their policies which is hardly democratic and they just trying to prevent us from tree speech basically you know we have a right to free to free speech we have a right to peaceful protest and they're doing everything they can to suppress it. washington's relations with pakistan have taken a downturn after it was believed the u.s. had reached an agreement for the release of a doctor who helped the cia track osama bin laden however he remains in prison on days long about ses no such deal exists artists american tells us will. the pakistani doctor who helped the cia track down and kill the world's most wanted terrorist osama bin ladin is still in prison two years after this promise from donald trump do you think you can get the darker out yes i do i think i would get him out in two minutes i would tell them to let him out and i'm sure they'd let him out in may two thousand and twelve shaquille afridi was sentenced to thirty three

years behind bars. jobs. in. two thousand and eleven of being money to the militants of that. and he was assisting in medical term that he was making some arrangements for their meeting in is a hospital i met him in two thousand in june and he said that i am innocent and the charges they are totally illegal but last week his family were given a glimmer of hope there are reports that a possible deal to secure his release after he was apparently moved to

a secure location because of threats to his life but according to the pakistani foreign ministry none of that's true i'm not aware of the new deal regarding dock to secure a pretty on behalf of the ministry of foreign affairs i can assure you that he's not being handed over to the u.s. it's an issue that u.s. officials often bring up but given the frosty relationship between washington and islamabad over counterterrorism and other disputes there's still no sign of a resolution for shaquille a freebie. we spoke to the editor of defense and foreign affairs as gregory copley who thinks the doctor should care for it is a victim of the cia's misleading tactics the cia itself rather than the u.s. government is the one which is most embarrassment and varies by the imprisonment of dr afridi because literally dr afridi is a victim of the of the reality that the cia absolutely misled the pakistan into services and diligence in the hunt for bin laden they told the i.s.i.

one thing because they didn't trust the i.s.i. and then went about literally embarrassing i.s.i. by securing a different path to finding. some of bin laden as a result the pakistani government was quite justifiably offended by this lack of trust between our allies and us that the cia had done this without involving site. tensions the growing between china and the u.s. as the two nations battle for influence in the african continent and this caleb maupin explains the confrontation has taken a new twist. u.s. military forces in the african country of djibouti are under attack by blinding chinese lasers according to u.s. media in fact they're in so much danger that the u.s. military has sent out a notice urging extreme caution this activity trysts threat to our air.

we have formally to march. and we've changed it's it's a serious matter and so we're taking various years now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider they also point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side so that we have all the defenses that we need

there is no doubt about that that's general wald hauser the top commander of u.s. military forces in africa now the u.s. military is all over the continent engaging in anti terror operations flying drones propping up aligned governments but while the houser admits that china is doing something in africa that the usa is not doing very well investing look we'll never outspend the chinese on the communist and that's i guess the point i was trying to make china has been an effort on the african continent for quite some time but we as a combatant command have not dealt with it in terms of a strategic interest and we're in the we're taking baby steps in that regard africa is part of china's one belt one road initiative. a twenty first century silk road of sorts enabling countries to trade with each other china has set up a t.v. project for rural africans they've built all kinds of railroad and sharing economic access to remote parts of the continent and among english speaking africans what country do they want to study in the u.s. of the u.k.

nope it's the people's republic of china yes the usa certainly has the upper hand in africa when it comes to flying drones or deploying troops when it comes to something else winning the trust and friendship of the african people china is way far ahead they look up and r.t. new york well the u.s. state department mocked wold press freedom day by touching on a number of issues and avoiding at those more on that off this soap breaks over this. one else truth seems wrong. why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape out these days comes out to. and in detroit equals

betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do sometimes. they put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to the press this is what the three of them would be good. interested always in the water. welcome back speaking on the world press freedom day the u.s. state department spokeswoman highlighted journalist a lot has generalists who lost

their lives while what king but seemingly ignored palestinians covering the protests on the gaza border and it raised a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while the porting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shot with live ammunition and while wearing a high visit and helmets the u.s. state department says the incident saying guns are should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack

in syria when the u.s. launched as strikes on the country before any official probe partaken place generalists dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. the united states is really using doubletalk here they they know that the israelis targeted these journalists they were wearing press written across both sides front and back they were reporting on a peaceful protest and the shooting of unarmed citizens and the israelis didn't want the reports out so they killed the poor of the reporters it was not self-defense of israel these killings of palestinian journalists was deliberate and the u.s. won't condemn it it's a total double standard. and a five days left before the most revered holiday in russia victory day on monday russia remembers more than twenty million lives lost in the soviet battle against the nazis are dying off took

a look at how the preparations to be annual military parade are going on. but i've yet. to make. and these people why this year's military day parade is nothing like that before the common personnel carriers are being killed for the first time and we are going to ride one of them.

practice makes perfect they say seemingly simple maneuvers like this one still being told that simple one there are dozens of vehicles involved and they all have to be in sync that's why moscow's main streets have been told for these beasts to refine them a new because. this a.p.c. is designed to absorb explosive damage from landmines and it all will deflect even piercing rounds now it's not the only vehicle to be making the first show at this year's parade so let me give you a tour. these unmanned drones will be shown to the public officially for the first time at the parade there were initially being designed as the purely reconnaissance aircraft but now they can carry bombs to.

elicit missiles have become an essential part of any victory day parade in moscow and this one is no exception. and finally how about this german they says on the red square no this is not a ploy over you holywood blockbuster but rather this tank support it will also be for the first time featured a parade on the red square so now this is of course is just a to me a taste of the. do you expect the actual parade through do you mean on the ninth of may and have a look yourself what these guys have prepared. as part of the european union continue to struggle to handle a wave of migrants entering the block but dutch migration minister has blamed the crisis songs southern european countries which failed to secure their borders

ninety five percent of irregular migrants and asylum seekers arrive from other schengen stays about two thirds of them managed to enter travel through other member states undetected and unregistered despite all measures taken to improve registration the dutch minister also questioned the european commission's previous claims that almost all migrants arriving in greece and italy are being registered he also wants the e.u. members who refuse to share the burden of taking in refugees to be punished. freewriting should have a price member states refusing to demonstrate solidarity in violation of the e.u. obligations should be penalized through cuts in e.u. subsidies well we heard from a member of the coalition of the radical left party in greece who believes accusations being levied against southern european states is wholly unfair. the saying is that the universe has failed to provide a holistic and inclusive solution to the problem. it's

a yearly and it cannot prove or soul its only direct cart there is huge a crisis is not a great or an italian problem and it cannot be managed as an entirely and or a greek problem it's a european problem and greece and italy have handled all the burden of this whole situation i think the criticism is a bit unfair greece anytime the are dealing with the refugee in my ground crisis with dignity while there are european member states that have resisted the relocation quarters that have resisted to abide by the e.u. turkey agreement that have it is this to take on the refugees and migrants welty has also the european commission for their response to the dutch migration minister's allegations so far they've chosen not to respond to the request. for

your thoughts with us on all of our stories by following goes on social media with all the latest news headlines at the top of the hour join us ben if you can. know what the value of the dropping bombs brings us to the chicken or the battle. for the tell you that the. office has told me you will and i'll let you buy a product. that we all. want. will he or won't he

special prosecutor robert muller floats the idea of subpoenaing president. what's the likelihood of that we're going to take a look at that on this edition. of politicking on larry king it's happened before once to president nixon and then to president bill clinton talking about a court order of the sitting chief executives to comply with a subpoena from investigators it's going to happen again this time to donald trump for his testimony in the ongoing russian probe led by special counsel robert muller is it going to happen one of the legal and political consequences for the administration should the president since for an interview with muller's team let's talk about that with bob driscoll. appointed during the george w.

bush administration currently practicing law he joins us from washington what's the process or lower the involved of the subpoena of trump. it's hard to say at this point because i think that the president is reluctant to sit down but by the santa can be reluctant to receive a subpoena because that if the special counsel issued a subpoena that would be challenged by the president's lawyers there are some open legal questions it would have to be resolved about the scope of executive privilege and other things and it would probably be i would say a minimum a year to year and a half of litigation likely going all the way to the supreme court and so on the one hand he could put off the day of testimony by a long time he would also have this cloud continue to hang for another year and a half so i think that if he would probably prefer to negotiate some type of resolution where he doesn't need a subpoena and can sit down his lawyers did that nixon and clinton do that. well

they both they both litigated and ended up going to the supreme court you know obviously different facts and different cases in the clinton case there was a civil. civil action that there was you know discussed about the paula jones case and some other things and so you know it's pretty clear that you know probably some testimony could be taken but what's always difficult is the scope of these kind of things and how far the executive privilege goes for example you know things that happened before trump was president are going to be less protected then things that happened while he was president and conversations that have with senior advisers while he was president there are certainly glaciers that we need you need to be sorted out what's your reaction to the leaking of the questions that lola plans to ask well i mean. i'm not a big fan of leaking and any context but having read the questions i mean i think the questions are fairly broad and those questions are really just

a skeletal outline each one of those questions is pretty open ended and would probably have ten or twelve follow up questions to me if i read that outline of questions that looks like a day and a half of two or two days of questioning and if i were the president's lawyers i would be trying to narrow down the subject matter a little bit but it looks like all the i mean which struck me is that did not seem to be topics in there that we hadn't heard about already there was you know a lot about the firing of comey about the flynn investigation and then some about what kind of contacts are war with russia so i think that those issues that we've seen appear to be the issues he's looking at but it would be a lengthy and pretty detailed interview what do you think of the plans of some republican lawmakers to try to impeach well rosenstein. i disagree with that i don't understand i understand people are frustrated as they want this to move along i don't understand what anyone be at the president or

republicans in congress thinks would be accomplished by removing rod rosenstein or anyone else from the department of justice or mueller himself for that matter because someone else will just be appointed and someone else will have to make those decisions and so really i think that ends up dragging it out i don't think it's wise to teach italy i also don't think there's a real legal basis to remove him now court the president doesn't need a legal basis to do it he can remove executive branch appointees kind of at his will but obviously be political consequences for doing so but i don't think would solve the problem people are trying to solve which is get the investigation over with since the president is so off the wall and everyone would agree that that would be a danger to have him sit down with anyone for two to three hour interview. yeah i mean that i have read that that lawyers have a rate of alcoholism and substance abuse three times the average population and i think clients like donald trump are one of the reasons why. because you know if

he is the things that very things that make him successful his spontaneity his lack of caution they've been very successful making can give you heartburn in an interview sometimes he says things about thinking it through and i think that's that's difficult and the big fear is you know it's bad enough if your client did something and ends up prosecuted but you don't want as a client that really didn't violate the law to get himself hung up on a false statement by making some type of post or some other statement during the interview which ends up not being true and ends up causing a lot of problems so i think there's a i mean clearly if this were a regular white collar case and he was a regular defendant i don't think any lawyer in the world would put trump. in with the special counsel. to have a voluntary interview i think that's clear but because he is presently united states there are other factors at play and i think those all have to balance which makes it

a more challenging decision here you are to the department of justice. how do you assess sessions' heights and rosenstein. i am a big fan of both of them i think jeff sessions as a rule of law type of attorney general i think he respects the institution greatly and i think the same deputy attorney general rosenstein i believe both of them are in a very tough position because they think the president. you know wants this over with and he doesn't understand you know he thinks this is my justice department why don't they do what i want and there are upholding institutional norms of some degree of insulation of just partment and trying to make decisions based on the law on the facts and i think that's very hard because the president feels like he's being unjustly accused like the media is running roughshod over him because of all these accusations and he wants somebody who just take care of it but the reality is neither sessions nor rosenstein are his lawyer they're the lawyer for the united

states and that puts them in kind of a difficult position i think that both handled it well i thought sessions would do a good job at it and i think he's in an awkward position he's taken a massive beating from the president but i think he's been doing a great job on the president's campaign promises aside from this issue i think he's managed as well as can be from the diskos always thanks for your time today thanks for having me turning now to our political panel let's continue the conversation jen kearns is a g.o.p. strategist former spokesperson for the california republican party she joins us from new york and atlanta democratic strategist robin by row former obama campaign regional seal director and retired on the range it robin we'll start with you legal consequences of trump agreeing to an interview with malala one of the political consequences. there are so many pitfalls to this larry it's the mind is staggering

to this you know i half expect for him honestly to i answer some of these questions publicly i would almost i wouldn't put it past him to call into. oxon friends and basically get good answers some of these which really would would be. interesting because it could implicate him in some other things but you know i know that he's all about telling people himself so i wouldn't expect it but there are so many pitfalls to this it'll be interesting interesting to see how this plays out larry jen yeah my read is similar to robin's you know look this russia collusion investigations been going on for really about two years now and to date it has turned up nothing even rod rosenstein reportedly told trump as recently as a week ago that he was not the target of the investigation so you have to wonder and we republicans are wondering what exactly is miller trying to get to with a sit down meeting with donald trump i think trump's lawyers are very right here to

be very cautious and allowing the president to sit down for what legal experts today are saying is not a two to three hour interview but could be up to a twelve hour interview spanning the course of about two days i think that's very dangerous i think what should happen here i think rudy giuliani i've heard behind the scenes is negotiating some sort of back and forth written questioning that trump could then answer on paper and then he could tell the american people look i have satisfied the special counsel's inquiry here by answering some forty questions and that should put the matter to rest so i agree i think i do like though larry i do like the strategy of upping the ante and bringing in the clinton impeachment lawyer you know donald trump is a smart businessman if nothing else he is taking out this insurance policy of having one of these that washington creatures who knows the impeachment process well and probably even more importantly knows congress very well to do some

maneuvering there i think that's a very smart strategy and a great insurance policy. which most analysts believe the democrats will take back the house maybe even the senate there is no response in your party between the progressive's that much might be called the mainstream democrats will not affect the elections. it very well could look at what happened with bernie sanders and hillary clinton and we're still working to bridge that divide to be perfectly honest i'm still the political director here in the city of atlanta for the democratic party and we're still trying to heal some of those wounds so you know we've got some soul searching to do the where the party really needs to concentrate is on a coherent message larry in my opinion we've spent so much time with the resistance but we've not offered enough about what the democratic party can actually do and that's that's not going to resonate with the voters going into the midterms we have

to have a more solid plan and a better alternative to them than resistance that's not going to ring at the polls jan and then interviewed tuesday nancy pelosi said the democrats will win the midterms and that she will run for the speaker the conservatives love to hate and then sue palosi and hillary clinton hillary's been out of will hasn't held an office for a long time that they still hate her every day are you worried about from your standpoint is this a good idea jen for the republicans to have nancy say this. well i think this is the best thing to happen to republicans all week larry nancy pelosi has been acting like the marie antoinette of american politics saying that this massive tax cut that went to american families is like crumbs nancy pelosi could not be more out of touch as she and her husband run their businesses in northern california benefiting off of those american tax cuts by the way and she by the way got more than just ask

her husband who runs that business but look this is comes down to the midterms comes down really to the three m's money message and motivation as robin just said this is why i like robin he's one of the more reasonable democrats he's honest he'll tell you the democrats really don't have the message down they haven't been able to develop a message since they lost the two thousand and sixteen elections and as you see hillary out there still talking about why she lost they really need to turn the page and move on the second in larry money the democrats just last month had to actually borrow a couple of million dollars to keep their operation afloat meanwhile the r. and c. is trancing them in fundraising so that does not work in their favor the third m. i've actually been very concerned about for republicans and that is motivation there was a poll out recently that said eighty percent of americans had participated in some sort of protest arguably against trump for the first time in their.