prison is the session was interrupted by protesters denouncing the nominee. i was. i. was ok. going to. the second person in the video right there who was russell to the ground by security and then escorted out is a veteran cia officer mr ray mcgovern he served at the agency for twenty seven years but then became a political activist protesting the use of torture programs the cia's in holland interrogation program was the main focus agency had no money gina hospitals senate grilling and she's being accused of being directly involved in told her practices

in the past and the low hospital promise that under her leadership the agency wouldn't to restart the controversial program that certainly was some ducking and diving at the hearing. do you believe the program in terms that you can interrogate program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard are they consistent with american values senator i believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves you've answered the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not torture and morality were the main topics of discussion at today's hearing there was some very clear opposition to haskell but those who were skeptical were concerned about her prior involvement with the cia's enhanced

interrogation techniques which many describe as a torture program first some background on the controversy has will reportedly ran a cia prison in thailand where these techniques were used and she's accused of destroying tapes that documented these interrogations human rights organizations have even called upon the public to reach out to their representatives and oppose her nomination but president trump seems to have no qualms with her questionable history in fact he's even praised her for being quote tough on terror so it's unclear whether or not trump's support will be enough for easy confirmation but what does have to see what happens if gina housefull has had practically every senior position in the cia's headquarters she's currently the acting director of the cia i knew her when she was the chief of staff in the counterterrorism center she's been in the senior intelligence service for decades but i think that she's not qualified to lead the cia because the actions that she took during the dark

period of the cia's torture program disqualify her she has been doing literally everything she can think to do other than. telling the truth about the cia's torture program to get this job gina haskell had the opportunity to say the right thing that this was a dark period in u.s. history people made mistakes the program was immoral it was illegal it was unconstitutional she never said any of that protests decrying torture and hospitals nomination of her cia chief were also staged outside and we asked people on the street what they think about the pros and cons of torture. is it moral to torture no no i don't play so immoral immoral it's pretty cruel and wrong i don't think it's morally morally right to be ok with the cia having it in an interrogation techniques or torture program. i don't like that. but i don't claim

to understand why or how it's done it was going to stop a terrorist attack it would be right sometimes source that might be necessary if it kept americans you know here safe from terrorism or information leading to any any terroristic activities of course. israel has fired more rockets into the disputed golan heights targeting iranian outposts for a second night in a row at the first rocket attack was launched a day off the whole trump announced his decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal which was back in twenty fifteen in his latest statement the us president blamed iran for quote bedlam and death. how we deal with a rare and probably we want to very well with them but that's ok too. they've got to understand. life because i don't think they do understand like if you look at what's happening in the middle east with syria with yemen with all of the

places that are involved it's bedlam and death and we can't allow that to happen i join me now live in the studio auntie's eager stand off good to see you this morning an interesting kind of off the cuff remarks there from donald trump break it down for us oh rory this statement is just one of tramp trumps classic treats now isn't it just to begin to say let's quickly really listen the first bit. see how we do with the rare probably we want to very well with them but that's ok too. well no wonder you probably won't get very get along very well with iran you've just pulled out of a very important deal of a deal that basically lifted most of sanctions off the country so and probably won't get along with a bunch of other nations too because i mean the united states weren't the only ones in this deal there was also germany britain france russia and china also backing this deal and who have all of those countries including america's allies reiterated

their support to the deal so has trump seen it through really is he ready to for the rift between the united states and its allies to grow wider world maybe maybe he did because he after all he has been touting this america first approach from the beginning of the campaign also he also said something about iran not knowing life let's just for a moment let's listen to that again and. understand. life because i don't think they do understand. well you know there's a whole article on american exceptionalism and how america is special and not like any other country and basically gets to dictate what other countries have to do well this tirade could pretty much out a whole section to that article i mean we get it understand what life is is basically a euphemism to understand how america wants it and act accordingly so but at the

end of it the whole life thing it wasn't all that he said because he carried on saying this. if you look at what's happening in the middle east with syria. with all of the places they're involved it's better to have and and we can't allow that to happen well it's an interesting set of arguments to underline the position so to speak yemen. so to speak. there's a humanitarian disaster in the country it's a catastrophe as close to apocalypse there is it gets except human rights groups all of them pretty much pin the biggest chunk of the blame on saudi arabia for this because saudi arabia is bombing yemen right now and the united states are not just providing weapons to saudi arabia they provide military support logistical support and they give intelligence to saudi arabia so the united states or the rectory complicit to the targets saudi arabia is choosing to bomb and they're bombing

civilians hospitals schools i mean there's a cholera epidemic in yemen going on right now and everyone is every human rights organization is crying foul and with syria i mean it wasn't iran in syria that was arming fighters that would later defect to terrorists or just turn out just be uncovered as terrorists it was the united states so i mean there you have it the choice of countries to blame to blame iran for problems is in this current in these countries well it's just it's just simply not giving the full picture. so how how how is the u.s. now going to get along with iran in the wake of his decision to what is ultimately it's a real he's really negative or potentially we know on this agreement now that was agreed upon as you said by by most of america's allies and it took nine years to get this iran nuclear deal so how do we move forward now well it's not like exactly he really negative the whole deal because most of because all participants all the

deal they are still in except for the united states they were just like out were dropping out so. and he probably won't get along well with iran that's that's in that he's he's truthful but he's put forward a list of demands to iran basically to say no to intercontinental ballistic missiles to stop backing terrorism but also most interesting lee to drop this whole crew as he as the phrase did quest to destroy israel and i mean when you look at that line it becomes it becomes very clear who trump is trying to appease here and when it comes to reaction in iran to this whole deal well this is pretty much how they reacted.

was so there's a in a range of geopolitical nuances to this deal starting from how the this will be how the middle east as a whole as a region reacts to this deal in the long term also how america's relations with its allies shape out in the future because i mean the participants of the deal have called the emergency meeting on monday and if we i mean germany britain france russia china and iran will be meeting most likely on monday to discuss how to move forward with this saw a lot of to look forward to. thank you. over a million people took part in an emotional regiment march in moscow on wednesday and the event on those on commemorates those killed in the great patriotic war and was first held a couple of years ago since then it's become a key part of victory day celebrations all around the world hardly any family in russia was left unaffected by the great patriotic war and which around one in every

six soviet citizens lost that life. to try and come on with the crowds. the biggest and the most emotional event perhaps on the calendar in this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time i can tell you that this as a feeling that makes your heart so it is truly incredible the people are carrying the portraits and i can tell you that three years ago i made myself a promise that if the next four years every year i'm going to be carrying a portrait of one of my four great grandfathers and here we have the evidence of that is my mother's grandfather he won a medal during the second world war for liberating konigsberg which is now known as colin and brad the thing is that there are heartbreaking stories behind all the

portraits that you can see around me and again there are hundreds of thousands of them and some people are carrying posters like this but i saw elderly people who can barely walk holding tiny photos that are so small but they are here too and it is very important for them to take part in this large as well back in the days there were no e-mails no watch sabse no chatting apps they were lying writing letters to their relatives during these massively difficult times of the war. until his love. for the.

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go in there. and. throw her into the never. know. when i jury in the victory day celebrations one veteran almost got knocked over but was ultimately helped by the president him self in fact a war hero was i seen being forced out of the way by members of the president's security team but a lot of have heard and saw what was happening and immediately stepped in and invited the veteran to walk with him and we caught up with a ninety four year old who told us his story. is he didn't the president was there

he has two bodyguards two big lads i was walking behind them the president knows me we've met before and he gave me a sign to come over i went the guards wanted to push me back but the president didn't let them they didn't touch me any more they understood that the president knows me and i know him well so we went together to the tomb of the unknown soldier and to the kremlin my rank is major general i was called up to the army before my seventeenth birthday after six months of training i was sent to the front line when i got there moscow had already been liberated so i was sent to small units i took part in the battle for smolensk i was just a soldier for that battle i got the medal for bravery so the director for human rights watch has been kicked out of israel where like you the details are.