president donald trump issues an order overturning the requirement of the u.s. military. to civilian casualties. to counter a perceived russian threat. i i i'm. michael jackson fury over a new documentary alleging the star child abuse. should not be talking about michael jackson's music michael jackson's music was created through decades of also a lot of suffering every time. i know for myself i'm going to think differently

about it. than live from moscow. thanks for joining us this hour. president trump has revoked a rule requiring u.s. intelligence to publicly report the number of civilians killed in drone strikes and has more. a new executive order from the white house is reducing the amount of transparency when it comes to u.s. drone strikes now the executive order basically roof vokes regulations made by the obama administration in twenty sixteen essentially the director of national intelligence will no longer be required to release information regarding un classified u.s. strikes and the non civilian deaths that are associated with them and that would be in areas outside of active hostility the pentagon will still have an obligation to

report on civilian casualties in compliance with the national defense authorization act of twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen that was very clear in trump's executive order now this is certainly not the first time that donald trump has indicated frustration with the level of information related to military activities that has been made public with fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public the public believes the enemy the enemy reach those reports are still going to learn those reports should be perfect reports let him do a report. but they should be private reports it's also important to note that that we have a statement that is reportedly coming from a spokes person for the white house security council now it was given on the condition of anonymity it's being widely reported we cannot confirm it what it is saying is that apparently this was the activity of the the intent of this executive order is minimizing to the greatest extent possible civilian casualties and

acknowledging the responsibility when they unfortunately occurred during the military actions but the same time getting rid of what they're calling supreme flew us reporting requirements that don't actually improve government transparency but rather distract intelligence professionals from their primary mission the history of drone strikes is quite shocking there have been a number of rather tragic incidents that have taken place over the years. so what we're basically doing is telling the american people these wars are so important but they're not so important that we actually have to tell you about them is so important but in fact we can't carry them out with clandestine to be under the cover of darkness i think what it really means is that donald trump wants to be

able to have the pentagon commit war crimes and crimes against humanity and do so with complete immunity and impunity i think that they want to make sure that lockheed martin raytheon embarrassing and other major defense contractors can can continue to sell the germans and to sell their weapons this is a very very foolish way spotlessness dangerous and his erratic and send predictable . testings down toward. a so called collateral damage from drones has long made their use contentious documentary spoke to one of one of its films to those whose lives have been forever altered by unmanned strikes the full version is available on our website. but it is. these days no matter where you are in the world chances are you're being watched.

resulted in the deaths of innocent people you can strike any anywhere over ten thousand beats india and you probably won't have the slightest idea. and if you won't see it coming. what. you know you. heard when you were no license to kill the villages villages that sometimes the terrorists and then you see he is alive so who have to kill. children for a country for profit. how can you smile.

the pentagon has announced it's revising its arctic strategy in light of a perceived threats coming from russia and china morag as the effects of the geopolitical rivalry around the north pole. the arctic what comes to mind when you hear that word sea fish ice it's always russia isn't it russia because that when she rattles when the fall is most closely to their to their borders they've begun to move on periodic times to the different weapons systems of control of the area dated our plans as a response as a result of that we've had to change the posture of some of our forces so that we in fact deter and we send a signal of the importance of the arctic to us but there is a new gold rush brewing thanks to global warming it is opening the arctic up around fifteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil thirty percent of natural gas may

be there perhaps more important though is the northern sea route by two thousand and forty there should be some little ice that ships will be able to pass year round terrible for the environment rate for shipping it would have the journey time for ships travelling from east asia to europe a journey that usually takes them through the suez canal it would save billions upon billions for consumers companies governments ergo the gold rush contenders have been quick to make and file their claims and oil their gardens the united states is going at it intensely with military war games reportedly to train military forces to fight and win in the arctic speaking of russia it hasn't been idle either during the recent exercise that successfully tested a new hypersonic antiship cruise missile thats it.

because there's also the flag which russia planted exactly at the north pole she bed a decade ago still annoys other contenders that norway another big claimant there spending hundreds of millions rebuilding old the cold war facilities in the north perhaps symbolically norway also moved its military headquarters within the arctic circle in fact norway was so involved and enthusiastic about recent nato war games that one of its brand new warships ended up colliding with an oil tanker which is neither very covertly nor very fast people are still wondering how that happened then there are the spoilers great britain for example nations with no

arctic claims but rather an each to get involved we need to protect our national interests we will be launching our new defense arctic strategy in the u.k. has unveiled a new arctic strategy where they plan to defend the arctic which may be difficult to do with britain's couple of ice breakers but they go to make up they've even sent royalty to the arctic great for the cab or is. also china it has potentially hundreds of billions at stake just in trade chip transport costs it recently launched the snow dragon to an ice breaker that doubles as a research vessel the least goes on and on. and frankly the degree of militarize ation

is alarming but what choice is there russia for one filed its claims that the un will back by geographic data years and years ago and nothing has beat almost no progress on the diplomatic front the jew to political pressure or incompetence the fact remains that when diplomats have paralyzed the military prepares every nation state wants to grab all they can grab and go some are much worse than others so we have the us putting all their military in there because allegedly. there are afraid of the russians doing so us of course is as good it's its troops everyplace and all over africa or asia all of a lot of america they're going to have i guess mr trump would like to have the more in latin america this is all terrible. the us military budget is far too big it's

as much as all the other countries in the world put together and of course they keep needing more and more more more more more killing machines it's a sad thing to see this happening in what is actually the spectacular beauty of the arctic but of course the. military is never mind destroying destroying things. phones of american pop icon michael jackson gathered outside a u.k. t.v. channels london each cue on wednesday. i mean i had come to voice their anger over a new documentary featuring interviews with two men who claim they were abused by jackson has children says the movie premiered back in january and global reaction was followed with the radio stations in canada and new zealand dropping jackson songs. i want to be

able to speak. the truth. as loud as i had to speak to lie for so long leaving neverland as a joint production between channel four h.b.o. both alleged victims featured in the movie wade robson and james saved chuck for years the night they had been abused they were called as witnesses for the defense objections trial in two thousand and five when he was accused of molesting a thirteen year old boy now the new revelations immediately sparked public outrage the film has been condemned by the jackson estate issued this statement saying the accusers have testified under oath that none of the allegations are true i guess debated whether an artist's work can be evaluated separately from the person. this is still pending and investigation and also the whole outrage is happening because of a documentary that is obviously one sided because we only have the version of the victims i really have a huge issue with access to art and to things that have been created in the past by

somebody like i said who is dead and who cannot do anything about this at the moment if radio stations want to ban the music i think if the listeners of those particular radio stations are calling up and saying you know what this is criminal behavior that r. kelly and michael jackson have actually engaged in. and we're not ok with that i think that's perfectly fine it's a scary area if we all are judge him for ourselves with very limited facts with facts that we don't really quite cross-examine with actual evidence or the you know interviews and documentaries that are. those sergeants humanitarian show a lot of evidence. well it's an evidence that it's not been again cross-examined in the court of law it's irrefutable we should not be talking about michael jackson's music michael jackson's music was created through decades of also

a lot of suffering but actually. i think maybe the real lesson in all of this is that you know every time a michael jackson song comes on i know for myself i'm going to think differently about it i mean i'm not going to say i'm never going to dance to a michael jackson song again because you know maybe it'll play at a wedding or bought mitzvah and i might start dancing but at the same token i said i am never going to think about michael jackson in the way i used to and maybe that's the real lesson so let me ask you this when you look at a picasso painting or you read a hemingway book or or you've been looking to start to that was created during the run since a period where like you know the catholic church was you know torturing and killing people in the name of god are we not able to separate the our that was created the best moments of these artists from the actual person who was a human being. some of them admitted those fair just good argument but i think also i think we're entering. a new era where i think people that engage in criminal

behavior and sexual abuse shouldn't be rewarded in this society and i don't think there's anything wrong with that and if their music doesn't get played so be it. you might not be able to vote until you're an adult future voters though being targeted and age storybooks to call it strips kids whether they like it or not but i mean certainly politics take sides. fighter for those struggling to be her a fighter for those who need help girl cold elizabeth warren u.s. democratic senator running for u.s. presidency in twenty twenty.

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think you will succeed i know i. have to say goodbye i guess i can do with. less if they still thank you but i think you played better than i thought i thought because i mean. the u.s. is tightening the screws on one as well or with new sanctions that story and more on top of this break. monsanto's around our cigarettes there are carcinogenic that money is the same

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the international a new antidepressant spray that chemically similar to the highly addictive drug that's a man has been approved in the us s. ketamine as it's known comes with a strong government drug agency warning about the risks associated with misuse and abuse early trials show positive results among patients with severe depression. it's really interesting to come from a place of being depressed for so long and so many years to not being depressed at all and to not feeling that feels really great a cattleman also known as special k. and vitamin k. is a popular club drug causing dreamlike states and hallucinations it can also lead to delirium as mentioned ketamine is also an extremely addictive drug much like cocaine fetterman based products now it was initially developed as

a horse tranquilizer nowadays though it's most commonly used in hospitals as a powerful anesthetic it's hoped this new catchment based medicine will help address widespread depression in the united states where over three million adults have been dogging those with persistent depression so it. is concern the agencies this will lead to addictive drugs being more readily available. obviously we need to find better treatments for depression especially for people who have what we call refractory treatment depression meaning that all of our available remedies are not working for them having said that i am very concerned about the use of ketamine to treat depression particularly in this easily deliverable nasal spray and i am very concerned that the f.d.a. approval of these highly addictive drugs to treat these prevalent disorders can lead to more people being exposed to addictive drugs and therefore becoming

addicted to these addictive drugs. with terror group islamic state making its last desperate stand in syria and those who fled arsenal's final stronghold and all facing new dangers hunger and illness cooped up inside a refugee camp. and on history i didn't leave to join i.c.l. i left seeking to hide from god because we are all muslims and we have very since about jihad in the qur'an. what about the killings let's return to the truth that i let someone experience for me and out of their religion they left the same extent but especially in the beginning it had divides into.

the conditions of death and three dying in the camp the problem is nobody was expecting these kinds of numbers so it has been overwhelming and it hasn't stopped . you know if it's states is ratcheting up pressure on the venezuelan government vice president mike pence announced that seventy seven officials linked to venezuelan leader nicolas maduro will have the u.s. visa revoked forty nine people were also added to a sanctions blacklist on friday he's done cohen has the story. but the u.s. is threatening to impose sanctions on foreign banks if they deal with the venezuelan government national security adviser john bolton issued

a statement this morning saying quote the united states is putting four in the financial institutions on notice that they will face sanctions for being involved in facilitating illegitimate transactions that benefit nicolas maduro and his corrupt network the u.s. has also begun to increase pressure on cuba which it claims is controlling venezuelan president nicolas maduro both wrote in a tweet that the u.s. will continue to tighten financial restrictions on cuba's military and intelligence services venezuelan authorities in turn have declared at the german ambassador daniel crean are persona non grata after what it called interference into its internal affairs he became the first european diplomat to be expelled from the latin american state however during his tuesday address to the national assembly one goh i dos says it's not the german ambassador who is the real persona non-grata everyone in venezuela knows who the persona non-grata is and he's the only one who

is known in the region in the world because in the old account with the two they recognize the venezuelan fight for democracy as a constitutional right and we drove responded by saying neither the opposition nor the united states wants to help venezuela and have their own interests like venezuela's natural resources russia's foreign minister. also condemn u.s. sanctions against those who support. it is yet another confirmation that american diplomacy is quickly losing its ability to use diplomatic instruments and is switching to a language that's never been used in diplomacy is a fool and their fears over military intervention the trumpet ministration continues to say all options are on the table but elliott abrams says the u.s. will use other ways to push for what he called democratic transition in venezuela nobody is talking about american military steps except the regime and the russians

actually. made it clear repeatedly our policy is as i just stated diplomatic political economic financial pressure. moving toward a peaceful democratic transition in venezuela that's what we want now we've just learned that the attempted delivery of so-called humanitarian aid on the bridge crossing at the border of colombia and venezuela nearly turned into a bloodbath according to a report in bloomberg news two hundred exiled soldiers were preparing to clear the way for the aid trucks but the plan was actually scrapped by the colombian government why do we also learned was planning to tour european capitals after finishing his tour of latin america but the united states told him to return to venezuela for fears that the that his movement was losing momentum so this

suggests that it is not go i don't know who's calling the shots so much but it's actually the white house. the russian minister of defense has released a video showing a russian fighter jet intercepting what it says was a u.s. aircraft the plane was identified as a boeing r c one three five reconnaissance aircraft there. heading towards russian aspace over the baltic sea after being trailed by the russian su twenty seven american plane changed direction and left vieira. that's it for this hour from my team up for myself on the team jacqueline vogel be with you going through the headlines throughout the day thanks for staying here not international.

my seven years doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse you sort of going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. the war on drugs. there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. sins for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. as this is a stick from the water bottle phone in the stomach of

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a reporter that's my radio voice. sounds good. you have a face for radio max but first of all larry. you know it's hilarious is when michael cohen was in front of the senate this past week or a congress whatever you know testifying he said that donald trump his client made him send up to about five hundred threatening letters and when i was listening to that i was like you know i received threatening letters from lawyers and i tell threatening to tell lawyers to send threatening letters from me i mean does a lawyer ever write a kind letter right so i went to google to search threatening letter from to see how frequent it is and sure enough threatening letter from lawyer was the first and the second option number three was threatening letter from t.v. license saying i the u.k. where you know it's not state funded b b c.