the former u.s. government security analyst is facing up to 50 years in prison after being charged with leaking classified documents on u.s. warfare tactics to the press. the us president orders a terror said to be raised all remaining chinese imports worth about $300000000000.00 that is after he characterized the trade talks as constructive china is promising to retaliate. in rights activists attempt to block france's arms shipments to saudi arabia as concerns grow of the weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. will be to you

a little to you would it be why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior why do we continue to fuel a war i have no problems with same these weapons are made to kill. or broadcasting roger ebert from our studios this is our chief international and sean thomas glad to have you with us. all right a former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. warfare tactics to a journalist is now facing up to 50 years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation of the press freedom organization reporters without borders has criticized the legal moves against a daniel hale saying that charging whistleblowers under the espionage act must end here's artie's care i'm often. well he's 31 years old his name is daniel hale

and he's a former u.s. intelligence official and member of the national security agency and apparently he is facing up to 50 years in prison for leaking classified government information he was arrested in nashville tennessee now the indictment against him says that he revealed information to an unnamed reporter the name of that reporter is not disclosed in the indictment but that he gave that information over to this reporter who then published it in their book and that this material was related to u.s. anti-terrorism activities and warfare strategy now at this point many people are looking over the info in the indictment and seem to believe that it winds up with information that was given to the intercept which is an online publication and to jeremy scahill now that is not being confirmed at this point the intercept is not confirming that but some people some people are seeming to speculate that that's the case let's review what the intercepts said when asked about whether or not this

was their source who was arrested the intercept was not common all matters relating to the identity of anonymous sources these documents detail to secrets on the council process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens through drone strikes they all reverted to import since the alleged faces up to 50 years in prison no one has ever been held accountable for killing civilians in drone strikes now the information that many people suspect of this matches is information that was revealed by reporter jeremy scahill regarding the u.s. drone strike program in which strikes were carried out in yemen somalia and afghanistan now what was revealed were classified government documents showing a 14 year high drone strike campaign and how it suffers from a lack of critical information and how there is a high rate of almost uncalculated civilian deaths due to the. that often there is

a preference to kill the victim rather than capture them and furthermore that lack of information m. is contributing to the rate of civilian deaths because there is an inability on the part of u.s. officials to extract valuable information from those apprehended and those in custody and those accused of terrorism the military is easily capable of adaption to change but they don't like to stop anything they feel is making their lives easier or is to their benefit but they have become so addicted to this machine to this way of doing business that it seems like it's going to become harder and harder to prove them away from it the longer they're allowed to continue operating in this way now the u.s. drone strike program which has been going on for over 14 years has some rather ugly history on there have been quite a few incidents of civilians being killed let's review some of what's gone on over the course of this program of the u.s. government.

as a rest comes in the context of a wider crackdown on whistleblowers as folks may be aware julian assigns the co-founder of wiki leaks is facing extradition to the united states there are hearings coming up in which it will be determined whether or not he will be sent to the united states to stand trial on computer hacking charges so at the moment it appears that there seems to be a crackdown on those who leaked classified u.s. government information and people are putting the arrest of mr daniel hale into that context former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower coleen rowley says making information classified is less about ensuring people's safety and more about preventing them from knowing the truth. the there is supposed to be a lot actually that prevents classification of information evidencing

a crime and so a lot of the classification over classification is actually to prevent people from learning about crime which is completely illegal it's very difficult to explain to people because they don't understand that you're not supposed to be able to commit a crime and then be able to cover it up and we've gone so far in and in repressing freedom of sprit speech and freedom of the press that people really are pretty ignorant about all of the stuff going on except for the so cation oh you know a documentary or book written or newspaper article with the help of whistleblowers and the government is definitely trying to stop all whistle blowing in all investigative journalism that we live on any insider information. president trump has ordered the u.s. trade representative to start the process of imposing tariffs on remaining.

$300000000000.00 worth of chinese imports that is in addition to the increased levies on $200000000000.00 of chinese goods which took effect on friday and this comes despite the president earlier claiming that china and the united states had held constructive talks. over the course of the past 2 days the united states and china have held candid and constructive conversations on the status of the trade relationship between both countries. though both sides plan to continue negotiations beijing has pledged to retaliate to the u.s. moves trying to has rejected u.s. accusations it backtracked on its earlier in the talks the latest edition of in case you missed it breaks down in a fun sort of way the trade tensions. in case you may say i'm a historic trade deal between the usa and china could be in trouble. don't cha threaten china with trade tariffs again i'm not for that because that's

what they did there you ever notice how many as i predicted compared to how many actually pay well a lot of the stock market took it anyway and dropped quicker than a teenage boy is. a little secret they tell you that they make just as much money when they don't market goes down as when it goes up it's been a slow process but every year that is china we it is america. will be tight the u.s. is like the playground bully that his victim. started lifting weights and just says in his story trade agreement between the world's biggest economies like him and. maybe you can change it just to keep his money. the way you see the tariffs were do because they're broke that. they broke their. broke the

deal. they can't do that so they'll be paying. we don't make the deal enough the room would take it over $100000000000.00 a year. just trying to get a better agreement and so were the chinese one could call it the art of the day you going to risk thinking the u.s. economy a year before he loses the next day let it i'm trying now with it's 100 year president . obama to choose public opinion look well maybe just play the long game and start the whole negotiating charade well a very get with the next guy in the white house gallery probably guy only one thing remains that communism and nearly liberalism those who worship the old. pragmatism and who want to cheat cats will continue to be made in china and you will still be able to buy it in walmart or on amazon using oh wait.

i cannot mix professor richard wolffe suspects trump is really playing politics rather than trying to improve the economy. he will not get a shot in the arm for the only commonly because this tarot war is costing the american economy virtually everybody except mr trump this is not a bad economics what this is about is political theater this is an attempt of mr trump to look like he's reorganizing the world economy so that the united states gets a better treatment than it did before what mr trump said he wanted in the beginning were some adjustments in the relationships between the united states and china these adjustments are in all likelihood something that the chinese economy could easily manage and that the chinese political leadership is willing to give mr

troth i thought all along the way mr trond also got the idea that you could force the chinese into making much more fundamental changes in their economic system this is a mistake on the part of the united states and it is something that in any case the chinese government and the chinese society will not do. there has also been some uncertainty over the status of nuclear talks between the u.s. and north korea in an interview with politico donald trump said he does not consider pyongyang's recent missile tests a breach of trust as they are only short range however earlier the president head out of pyongyang for the launches casting doubt over its willingness to engage diplomatically the relationship continues but we'll see what happens i know they want to negotiate they're talking about negotiating but i don't think they're ready

to negotiate. genuine peace and security of the country guaranteed only by a strong physical force capable of defending its sovereignty the recent test on the korean peninsula saw the launch of 2 projectiles they were apparently short range ballistic missiles fired from the north west and they landed in the sea of japan now the fresh drills come just a few days after north korea took everyone by surprise with a familiar test last friday that launch broke a moratorium on tests which lasted or had lasted more than $500.00 days north korea describes these drills as regular and defensive but there has been plenty of reaction from its neighbors japan has claimed has it violated un resolutions with its actions while china has been calling for peace on the peninsula. we. continue working towards the resolution of the issue through dialogue and making positive efforts to achieve that decoys ation of the peninsula. we heard

from dr popkin wong a senior politics lecturer at bath university in britain who believes the u.s. and north korea are moving further away from a consensus. this is a new indication of a shift all for the north korean government after one another half years of silence on one hand north korea we class that you know the stage to stop send your name and where on the other hand you notice the continuum persists to arsk north korea to total dismantle their nuclear program both sides have to take responsibility but i think now the situation has taught us one thing more crystal clear than before is sending a clear message to the world that now the situation has changed. human rights activists have been attempting to prevent france from sending any more

arms to saudi arabia by filing lawsuits arguing that the transfers violate the u.n. arms trade treaty they say there is clear evidence of the saudis have been using french weapons against civilians in yemen they claim that the sales are therefore illegal and render the macron administration complicit in saudi war crimes riyadh denies ever intentionally targeting noncombatants protesters gathered in normandy and northern france on thursday to voice their opposition after the government announced a new ship. put this on here protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of arms at the port of africa there's no doubt that france sells weapons used to kill in yemen and used by coalition led by saudi arabia i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill but won't want to. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war the question should be put to the president of the republic and why is it that only he can make such

a decision he alone can commit france to war hero and can sell weapons to countries and every journalist an ngo and share in there used on civilians but it seems that the ship. never actually docked in france this according to tracking data and it's not yet clear why that is nor where the ship is heading now pressure has been increasing on the french government since a group of investigative journalists published a sensitive military intelligence report last month it details the devastating effect that french tanks and artillery have been having in yemen here's our paris correspondent charles dubinsky. it's a war that's left thousands dead and pushed some $10000000.00 people to the brink of starvation now it looks like more french weapons could be about to deepen the humanitarian disaster that is yemen when state was concerned there would be a minute shipment of weapons to saudi arabia which is led coalition bombing in parts of yemen for more than 4 years. the arms delivery according to

a commercial agreement which was made a few years ago an emergency procedure has already been filed to try and stop the sale of french oems to riyadh and its coalition partner the united arab emirates it was made by human rights organization off the evidence image showing french weapons were being used on the frontline and possibly use in war crimes in yemen we called for the suspension of arms transfers to the countries of the coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates responsible for war crimes and even crimes against humanity in yemen the sense of urgency is driven by the worsening humanitarian situation in yemen a report by the united nations development program estimates the number of deaths at more than 230005 the end of 2019 including more than 140000 children under 5 if the conflict continues to intensify despite

a classified and do your m a military note with feeling french weapons are being used along the saudi yemen border and that friendships are serving in the book a good many ports exacerbating the suffering paris. tinnies did did not like it so well look the government has never deny d. existence of french weapons in yemen and the fence minister florence pearlie said it and i'll see it again today there is no proof that these weapons are being used against civilian populations so enraged was some french m.p.'s by that denial they walked out of the assembly session france the world's 3rd biggest armaments exporter has so far resisted calls to halt weapons sales to riyadh it could also mean that france is in breach of the arms trade treaty that it signed the treaty aims to regulate the sale of conventional weapons to prevent them from being sold in the member states is aware of that used to target civilian populations given

that the government has been warned how french weapons are allegedly being used in yemen some might claim it's turning a blind eye to the suffering while filling its pockets with saudi catch. people ski party paris. french journalist american maulvi believes the arms transfers do not reflect well on the my kong government the fact that's paris supports a politically this regime is already shocking you have to know that french is an old car in a state where the french public opinion is not to really aware of what is happening in africa with the new current news and french is waging a war to cage france abounds the endless stream of weapons of mission and software that would be kinda miss constance lee acquiring and what's what is new is that this arms delivery comes in full controversy on tuesday all of the left wing

lawmakers expects it's of parliament in protest and that's that's pretty new. the u.s. is building up its forces in the middle east i'll tell you what that's all about plus other news after a break this is our international. you know world big partisan movies law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject . so when you want to be president. or some want to be preached. to go right to the press this is like the 3 of them all can't be that. interested always in the waters of. course it all. over back this is our team international some big meetings have been confirmed on friday it is now official that the u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe will meet the russian president and foreign minister during his upcoming visit to russia tranquil comments. the announcement on

the state department's website has it 2 days 2 cities a conversation with the russian foreign minister a conversation with the russian president it is going to be a busy one. and for my poem pale in this country and i can tell you that there was a rather long pause in direct contacts between top american and russian officials and this trip probably is a sign that the 2 sides are realizing that there is a lot of catching up to be done in fact they have already begun doing it last week vladimir putin and donald trump war on the phone for about an hour and a half on monday this week the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had a quick meeting with secretary of state mike and finland but perhaps that was just a rehearsal before a much more serious much more lengthy round of diplomacy and if you watch the news

in the last few weeks for you it won't be a problem at all to realize to guess what is probably going to be up for discussion to ron's decision to stop playing by some of the rules of the so-called iran nuclear deal venezuela needs to be sorted out ukraine's got a new president and north korea's kim jong whom has been to russia to meet potent nuclear tests on the korean peninsula and so on as surrogate said in finland on monday it is time to get busy with real politics. the russian president has wants his official attire and done his gear for a gala match in the so she night leave was a mere putin scored 8 goals as his team won $47.00 was also joined on the ice by

the country's defense minister which has been playing in the league since 2012 and before faceoff this friday he wished russian national team luck and they got off to a flying start of the season. championships in slovakia winning 5 students. by the pentagon is deploying additional patriot missile defense to the middle east it says that the move is necessary to counter increased iranian threats to u.s. forces and interests. its unfortunate array of understand. the. plight of americans or its interests. will be met with an appropriate response. put into a u.s. intelligence report iran is believed to be moving short range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles by boat in the persian gulf washington fears that the missiles may be launched from these boats and is characterizing the paid for deployment as

a defense of the u.s. said earlier already sent the carrier abraham lincoln to the middle east u.s. secretary of state mike bump aoe insisted that america does not want a war with iran. the islamic republic of iran has engaged in an escalating series of threatening actions and statements in recent weeks the response of the united states and our partners and allies has been clear we do not seek war meanwhile tehran has refused to negotiate with of the united states and says it does not believe washington will strike that came a day after u.s. president called for talks with iran policy director ad just foreign policy robert naiman thinks that it is america which is escalating the tensions. policing a missile is an escort already. and that's how i would blame i mean. that. ramp. course this is something we've seen before you know i think that they would send conflict enough. on purpose

and they don't want. you know the ideal company for the military she would be having military confrontation with iran inflaming on iraq. so this is why i say they're not they are seeking war even if they move to escalate. their. i just for me i'm back with headlines about 35 minutes you're watching.

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a participant wolf it's all give us don't take sides but the pictures. and photos of tragedies really help prevent them make people aware and do images of conflict really reflect reality. so ryan miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq afghanistan gaza welcome to the show it's great to have you with us can't wait to talk to you so zoraida you say that you always are brass chopra trade is a reality of what you see are you remaining an impartial observer of the vans that you are shooting yeah i think impartial is something every journalist strives for it doesn't mean that i'm not emotionally invested in what i photograph obviously i i mean human being and i have opinions.