kind of work and need it. and those who do it the, the with the lower daniel ala sentenced a 45 months in prison for leaking classified details about america's drone assassination program. he's a big fellow with love when we kill civilians and then put in the official report that they weren't children for example, they were ghost. that is a war crime. it's really a war on through the night just with the government. is that war with its own people? germany looks like a huge explosion of an industrial port housing, chemical company. environmentally concerned about the flute of black smoke has been created and full of potential talks in police officers,

lawmakers alike are unable to hold back tears on they want. over us. rational hearing it generates a capital hill ride, or supposedly violence to tunnel spent. the session, largely bashing from supporting the problem to prove the new law restricting travel on entry to public places for people without so called covert possible move, proving huge divisive among businesses and the public at large. ah lived from oscar. thanks for joining us on ortiz and ash, and daniel hawkins, where you are welcome through the program and whistleblower. daniel hale has been sentenced for 45 months in prison for leaking classified information about america's drone program, while serving the background base. and i'm going to start a decade ago, have helped identify ta gets for assassination. when he returned home to the u. s.

in 2013, he shared secret details about the drawing program with intercept journalists, revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the mid east and africa. in march have pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents. now ahead of today's sentencing hale rosa letter detailing some of the things he witnessed in his work, including the death of 2 children in one strike. he also slammed the president bark obama's claim that drone killings abroad somehow protect americans. the policy of drew an assassination, was being used to mislead the public, that it keeps us safe. whenever i encounter an individual who thinks that drone warfare is justified and reliably keeps america safe, i remember that time and ask myself how i could possibly continue to believe that i am a good person deserving of my life and the right to pursue happiness. we heard from john kerry all to himself and whistleblower who was in the courtroom when hale was

sentence. he says hale deserves gratitude, not jail. the mood was one of great apprehension and the courtroom was packed for daniel hale. it was all quite dramatic, but we were apprehensive because we really didn't have any indication of which way the judge was going to go. and then he surprised everyone by clearing the court room and sealing it for 2 hours. while the justice department argued in a classified venue for a sentence of 9 years to me, the fair verdict would have been to, to, for the judge to come off the bench, shake his hand, thank him for his service to the country and let him go home to his family, i didn't think he deserved any prison time at all because he revealed a crime that was being committed by the u. s. government, the crime of, of the murder of innocent civilians. these are war crimes. when, when we know that civilians are within the strike range, that makes it

a crime when we kill civilians and then put in the official report that they weren't children for example, they were go. that is a war crime and it became a matter of course. it became something that many drone operators and their supervisors were doing prosecutors off for 11 years behind boss. his lawyer wanted this reduced to 18 months, arguing that his actions were motivated by moral conflict. he committed the offense to bring attention to what he believed to be more a government conduct. committed under the cloak of secrecy and contrary to public statements of then president obama regarding the alleged precision of the united states military drone program. while we also got reaction from brian and brian's a former drone operator in america's armed forces, he also lifted the lead on what his work really involved. he says, setting the truth during a time of deceit is a revolutionary act. it's really a war on truth, not just which we've got people that have been propagating this war over in the

middle east for almost 2 decades. now, the government is at war with its own people. and i don't think that the people actually understand what's happening. there's a bunch of things that we see and we are power, which is like having to bear witness. you know, if, if you can't, you're part of the machine. the car runs this machine, yet you have to bear witness for it. not just an unfeeling part of the machine you're feeling. and eventually you have to find yourself in the middle of that storm and be like, you know, this. i have to do. i have to do this because if i don't do it, who's going to and eventually you do something so that other people don't have to experience the trauma. the result, the fear, the tear and it brings a sort of peace. i find it strange that conscientious individuals that are inside

the program that are trying to hold us accountable for the obvious blayton war crimes that we ourselves are doing are being punished. and it seems that they're punishing people in order to make them an example. and that really does disturb me, especially if america was to be this great country and freedom fighter amongst the world. how we're punishing our own people who are trying to do the exercise caution and they o last awarding to people in and around the german city of liver cruz and we're a massive explosions, tall and through industrial park of chemical companies. fear talk since have been released into the environment was the list. there was a huge explosion today here in level courses p o t, a district. there are many chemical factors here. the law schools that a waste incineration planned, used to dispose of toxic substances. the police told us that it happened in storage tank for solver and solvents have burnt,

including those containing chlorine. but we haven't yet made an accurate analysis in cooperation with city authorities. we call on local residents to exercise caution. when going outside, we ask people to pay particular attention to any abnormal fall out. we just stablished hotlines, which residents can coach report any site. things don't try to remove any such precipitation. stay away from it. the authorities will remove it and take it in for testing. this analysis may take a few days. we call on people to exercise patience and caution. as for the cause, we can also talk about that at this point as the emergency services are still looking for the missing. and hence we cannot as of yet conduct any analysis at the site. it's an ongoing search and rescue operation. hence, we cannot hold any discussions regarding the cause. now we call them people to stay at home and keep the windows and doors shops. i talk to people to confirm that and 31 engine authorities have all in the situation poses an extreme threat.

electricity's been cut off to ensure the safety of emergency workers at the side, locals that would advise to stay inside and turn off any air conditioning. it was like no squeak. the whole house shook. we were scared. i live in reserve 200 meters away. on main roads around the side have an enclosed drivers have been told to avoid the area in wanted information hotline has been open to address any public concerns. a local police representative describe to us what kind of measures are being taken. we've got a large presence of police officers and emergency services here at the site, especially in terms of traffic. we're having to regulate motor ways and roads so that emergency services, fire engines can pass and no one else gets hurt. warnings were transmitted by the fire department through apps. this is apparently worked as there's been no influx of curious people and accident tourists. well, but whole area around the city of labor crews and in north run,

west valley or in the west of germany is well, the road, the whole area is old, closed down, there are reports of sirens going off not only in the city of live accusing but also is near by towns anecdotally, i've been told the town to solve the city of thought again. here people, hearing sirens, then being told, stay inside, get inside a building close windows and doors. while the emergency service is tried to determine if there is any risk from this explosion, we seem from the pictures the huge plume of smoke the rose up, it is covering a large area. now what we've heard from ken park, which is the body which operates this, this facility in labor cruise, and is that at around $940.00 on tuesday morning, an explosion took place the residence of lever cruz and are asked to go to close the rooms, turn off air conditioning, and as a precaution, keep windows and doors closed. several employees are injured in the events,

at least 2 of them seriously. they are currently receiving medical treatment. 5 employees are currently missing. police of other emergency services, calling for those on the highways around the area to pull into one side of the other to create a rescue. gates that they call here in germany to allow more emergency services to arrive on the scene. there are tests being carried out on the air in the immediate vicinity and also in the surrounding area as well. this is germany's most populous area or its most if they are of densest population as well. the area of north ryan with family, you've got labor crews in cologne, dusseldorf, all of those major congregations, all in a very tightly packed area. so for, for this to have happened in this region, it will affect a lot of people in the, the, the roads and they said, going into labor cruise and completely closed off right now. in fact,

i'll be heading off to that area. as soon as i'm done talking to you right now, we'll be getting as close to become finding out exactly what is happening on the scene that the site is one of the largest chemical parks in europe with around 30000 people working there. as peter was saying, more than 5000 chemicals are made there, including those youth from making explosives. we discussed last dr. sharon george. i seen a lecturer in environmental sustainability from keel university. he says it's not the visible black plumes of smoke that locals really worried about. the potential is huge, but it's not just the issue, but the contamination that you can see is not contamination. that you can't say this is this, the what the black knight that you can see is particular that that is gonna travel quite a distance from the side itself. so that was where the band i think is what we're concerned about is not just the immediate,

the immediate range. and this is why the, this event just so significant because it's close to those populated areas. so we're going to have this pollution spreading along, wait, good and fast. so to the dos it's going to be a gas in the other people. and also there's a waste when he just settle, it may then move again, if he's soluble, if waynes and then they will travel again. what was the challenge here is, is to figure out exactly what is being disperse. and then to figure out how to contain it and how to make sure that it's not have to people tuesday saw the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel task domesticating the event from capitol hill on january. the 6th this year consists of lawmakers from both parties. critics, though well as their minds are already made up, and in line with the mainstream narrative. caleb open was following what was ultimately a very emotional hearing. as congress here is testimony about the events of january

6, the, it seems we've been hearing both police officers and politicians crying their eyes out. now, during their testimony, members of the capital, police testified about the dangers that they face as the crowd penetrated the capital. on january 6th, i was assaulted and nearly killed. i lost my life, there was a very good chance i would be torn apart. this is how i'm going to die. defending the sanctions. i said as well as i could manage. i've got kids. the testimony focused on trumps supporter and their actions, which made the police officers very afraid of the racial slurs that were used at one point. the police officers who were testifying were asked to, to be essentially asked by the committee, tell us about your heroism. and they described, facing off with the crowd. they described how the crowd had baseball bat, pepper spray and flagpole. now it's worth noting that one protester who entered the

u. s. capital ashley babbitt was shot and killed. and though some of the protesters did have guns themselves, there was not any instance of the protesters firing on police officers. now some are looking at this panel and saying it's simply impartial. we're not hearing both sides of the story. questions about about what kind of went wrong and whether or not the capital police allowed the protesters to enter. if they made a mistake or, or if somehow the doors were left on guarded, what exactly happened? people are looking at. this is saying it's not an impartial hearing. it's speaker the house, nancy pelosi was being widely blamed for the fact that you can gresham committee investigating the january 6 events which is convening today's hearing. contains only anti trump republicans. it is a bipartisan panel, but there are no trump supporters represented on it. there are simply anti trump democrats, as well as anti trump. republicans, let's take

a listen to what's going on. and the hearings, no member of congress, should now attempt to defend the indefensible obstruct this investigation or whitewash. what happened that day in a democracy is or not defined. by our bad days. we're defined by how we can backs and bang the bad days. how we take accountability for that, my oath. your oath all of our oath here today. to protect and defend the constitution, i have faith because of folks like you and i am, i don't expect us will be quite so much later, but it must be an added thing today. this seems to be what congress is focusing on at the moment. the mid surging coven cases, a continued migrant surge on the us border. rising inflation and poll saying that more than half the country say things are moving in the wrong direction. that is

not what congress is focusing on. rather they have decided to re live and rehash the events of january 6th on capitol hill george somewhere a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. believe the democrats are trying to draw attention away from some of the countries more pressing problem. because the by did ministration, has growing problems on his plate, the migrant crisis, you can add to that the biking crime in all. busy of the major cities in the united states and the periods and zion is about inflation. so once you book nothing going for you, and once your poll numbers are dipping, what else do you have? well, you have donald trump and so the democrats are decided that they're going to go into the 2022. 2 election and subsequently in the into the 2024 election on the

issue of donald trump. and that's why this is bob all political operation on the part of the democrats to fight the coming election. they wanted to make it all about donald trump, and they want, particularly, they want to make it about it's horrible, evil, terrible supporters, and how dangerous they are, and how everyone must be afraid of them. and that's how they hope to get people to the polls. i mean what, what usually happens in mid that people don't show off the demographic one, people to show up. how do you get people to show up? you make them frighten, you're frightened, all is terrible. why? nationally as these races these why the premise is they going to come to power unless you show up to vote. so that's what this whole thing is about. no entry without a co health, fos. that's the new law approved by the french parliament. find out more on that off the break the

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and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves, well, the part we choose to look for common ground in the welcome back to the program. no entry without a code health pass. that's the new law approved by the french parliament. it'll restrict access to crowded public areas and travel. this comes with local authority, so the country struggling with another wave of infections already shot at the miscue reports on how the measure is divided in the country. in a few days time, if you don't have a house pass, you simply won't be able to do this. yeah, she was on a really not regulation is already in for a cultural institutions that will not be extended to the venue to the new law. also

requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against koby. 9 team is pe, suspension without pay the president macro and says she refused to be a no lated. all selfish, prove what is your freedom worth? if you say to me, i don't want to be vaccinated, but tomorrow you in fact your father, your mother, for me, one in i think theme is that he is not the only one while more than a 160000 people rose up in anger against the controversial health building front. it's now being approved with poll, suggesting that the majority of people actually support the idea, not for god given roy for people to infect others. and if you do not want to get vaccinated, it's most of us actually realize that such a thing is a med, medical science exists and the father being pretty stupid, but it's your choice,

but don't, don't, don't other finals on vaccination. and on the vaccine pulse, i think the president is 100 percent. right. that being said, you're looking for jobs to around $6000000.00 have signed up to be knocked elated. think these plans are moved in just to reach the go to friendship things. they're not ready to give up there. you do the, however, no pool has gone exactly the government way. there was fee is opposition to the health path bill that made its way through the french parliament. echoing concerns about the religion of civil liberties. still wrong, not to get vaccinated, but the health passes an aberration because either we do it for one or we don't do it at all. and for now we do nothing. i'm projective and the law is rather directive. it doesn't give much choice. it forces the community to have a common sense of purpose. i don't think it's liberty. right. right now it's not

really france that is governance things. it's not the president of the republic in europe, which is it present doing that, but more to see like see me, i'm vaccinated, but i'm not convinced everyone should be obligated to have this health passport. others have said they are prepared to fight, don't defend their right to truth whether or not to be vaccinated. while over 6000 businesses have registered their intent, not to all the people to show their health that's for me on vaccinated is my choice . i'm not imposing it on anyone lecturing anyone about it. i'll always reject any mandate that the cafe work into a police officer or health inspector pres the macro. you're messing with elements, you won't be able to control or refused to be a policeman. i run a beast, troth, even the police. i want to force your orders as fast battle a 4th wave of the corona virus pandemic. many believe vaccination and controls on those who refuse one all the only way forwards funding has are up

there in sincere off of the president. in fact, the from minister and suspended parliament following law street demonstrations that had been growing anger over a huge spike and cobra cases. i'm the government's handling the pandemic as well as economic trolls. the president supporters greeted his move with cries of joy, but his opponents accuse him of a power grab the me the the the, the president has no one else

a month long curfew and the bottom gatherings of more than 3 people in public places. on sunday, he said he would assume executive authority and government alongside a new prime minister in the arab spring. the country has been dubbed a benchmark for democracy, ought to use it for the franco assess, is what's gone wrong. there was an award for an arab spring success story denisia despite being the neighbor of failed state, libya would surely be on the short list of nominees, right. it's not being destroyed by civil war, again, like libya next door in 2015 for tenicia and civil society groups won the nobel peace prize for, quote unquote, a decisive contribution to the building of a democracy. but 6 years on 10 years after the arab sprang, swept north africa and the middle east. there's a sense of street violence. as the

focal point has been the countries crumbling health care system which has contributed to one of the highest per capita coven 19th death rate. but it's not just the corona virus that has left many feeling ill. many people who are deceived by hypocrisy, territory and robbery of the rights of the people. i warn any who think of revolt into weapons and whoever shoots a bullet the armed forces will respond with bulus. tunisia is facing the biggest crisis in a decade of democracy. after president chi saeed house did the government and froze the activities of the parliament widely seen as unconstitutional because of side stay, you are a limited powers. his pose labels the move, a qu, that should be opposed, but his position remains strong. thanks to the support of the armed forces, troops have prevented lawmakers from convening, which gave the parliament speaker appetite for some strong language. these

decisions are not supported by the law or the constitution, and we are very disgruntled by them. it's a curb against the constitution, a co against revolution on a coup against the public and civil liberties. we consider the institutions to still be standing and support another and the tune is in people will defend the revolution. and not her is the moderate islamists ruling party which rose to power as a result of the our spring. but the current political crisis may see it lose most of its political gains of the past decade. putting tunisia at the crossroads, once again. the question is, has the country experience a power grab by the president or just a temporary shake up to get the nation back on track? the handling of the over 19 has been got this topic which made things worse. and it was almost like the last shore for years. now, this is the ration been going on back to work. i think there is

a lot of these appointment in this little leaf and more. you have to know that, you know, the initial revolution was that by the young people, they believed in the revolution the beginning. but the government, namely, more specifically, the essence in the government has not delivered since, you know, they took power. and the economic situation has gone from bad to worst with the corona virus situation, unlikely to be resolved in the near future. and the rival political camps giving up to energize st. support. things are more than just dangerous and uncertain. and no peace awards or arab spring track record will help when the nation has all but lost its nerve. here we have to train co r t. he's dramatic scenes from china. we're a son stolen gulf, an entire city in the northwest of the country. 100 meters tool that signed the sky,

yellow reducing visibility to just 5 meters, cause havoc on the local roads with police having to redirect traffic. a huge wall far is raising across the thought on and of thought india around. 20000 acres of forest have been consumed while the flames around 1500 people about to safety. 1500 has been mobilized as what is 30 specialists planes and helicopters, the regions to go to the state of emergency and pulled on the government never immediate financial support one another huge blaze is raising in the us just comes off the 2 separate fires, name dixie and fly merged into one of california largest ever wildfires on saturday went through indian falls in the states north, the strong around 20 homes. an area equivalent to the size of singapore has now been destroyed by the flames. was to take a lympics now, where russia as 12 more gold metals russians. i wonder, fight, let us laugh,

lowering one, the 7th. the gold for his country earlier in the 6 rushes women's artistic all around team talk. the podium for the 1st time since $990.00 to russian athletes also took silver and bronze and a number of disciplines including swimming and shooting. the countries metal count currently stands at 18. those all the headlines for this. our next is boom bus for those be watching us in the united states. it's on contacts. we're backing off an hour with the latest me . ah ah ah

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