who has been very deeply, the medical and scientific establishment, ah, what's driving the mac, its corporate me ah, germany's rock by a deadly explosion on an industrial park for chemical companies, leaving 2 dead and more than 30 wounded. environmental is also on the alarm over a huge slide of potentially toxic black smoke created by the blood. also ahead today, hundreds of videos and images of unconscious and naked women are found in the possession of a u. s. diplomat who confesses for more than 14 years, he drugged and sexually assaulted his victims in mexico and the american with the lord. daniel hale is sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified

details about washington's drone this stuff in nation program. we get reaction from other to chosen to make public lethal mistakes 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. it's really a war on truth, not just with the government that war with its own people, ah lie from an international new center in moscow. this is our team. my name's unit to our top story. 2 a must have exclusion has torn through industrial park of chemical companies in western germany to people topping confirm dead, and some 31 more injured. the cause of the explosion at this stage remains are known, or europe corresponding peter, all of our can tell us more from the scene just before 10 o'clock in the morning on

tuesday when there was an explosion at the chemical park just behind me here. ah, it's been a huge clue of black slope into the sky could be seen for miles and miles around and caused huge panic amongst local residents. now, 2 people have confirmed to being killed at the sight following the explosion. and the subsequent fire over 30 people were injured, some of those and a very serious condition. there is also 3 people who remain missing following this explosion and fire the chaos which it caused well is still being felt. many hours

after the fire itself was put out. it took fire services throughout the traffic chaos that it is caused around the area here of labor, cruise and is still on going. it's right in the evening. now on tuesdays i'm speaking to you, a lot of the roads around here all still very much heavily on the diversions this area in lay the cruise and just to the north of the huge german city of cologne is incredible. hope for traffic, but also incredibly important when it comes to the chemical industry. this is one of the main centers for chemical giants of germany like via and laxness. now it was this facility that they are connected to as well. this particular area dealt with the disposal of the waste. now there's still no word on exactly what could have caused this explosion and fire, much of what is just over my shoulder a little bit further beyond those initial buildings has been troy by that. and it

seems that the investigation in see what cause this will go on for a while now, though there was huge concern in the immediate aftermath that something could have been put into the atmosphere, which would have caused grave danger to the millions of people that live in this part of germany, it's the most densely populated parts of the country. this area of north ryan with malia takes in the major cities not only of lay the curves in the load, dusseldorf, and the plume of smoke. the effects from the plume of smoke were felt as far away to the north west in utah as well. no people were told initially get inside, keep your windows and doors closed and that was while tests were being carried out to see if there was anything toxic in the air. it took a few hours for the emergency services to determine that there was no immediate risk. but this has certainly given a huge shock to the people of this area. and it has been an incredibly tragic

incident. so those people working the cam park, the people behind it, the people responsible for this facility, expressing their condolences for the dead as people looking to try and determine what exactly caused this tragedy to take place here in germany. and just to know, tell the story local authorities warned the situation pose, quote, an extreme threats while ecologist fear toxins may have been released into the atmosphere senior lecture in environmental sustainability and green technology. dr . shar enjoyed said, it's vital to find out fast what actually was discharged during the incident to potential a huge it's not just the issue, but the contamination that you can see. it's not contamination that you can't say this is this the what the black knight that you can see in particular that that is

gonna travel quite a distance from the site itself. so that with with event, i think what we're concerned about is not just the immediate, the immediate range. and this is why this, this event so significant because it's close to those populated areas. so we're going to have this pollution spread in a long way, going fast. so to the dog, it's going to be a gas than the other people. and all those is a waste when he does that. so it may then move again, if you soluble wayne's, and then they will travel again. the challenge here is, is to figure out exactly what is being disperse and then to figure out how to contain it. and as to make sure that, you know, have 2 people a former us diplomat in mexico has admitted that for more than 14 years, he'd been drugging and then raping numerous women. he pleaded guilty to filming at

least 23 victims and could spend the rest of his life behind bars. oh, i i use brian. jeffrey raymond is now on trial back at home in the us, having worked for his government for 23 years in various missions across the world . other than that, we don't know much about his diplomatic career. the f. b, i launched an investigation into him after he abruptly left to mexico last year, shortly after a nude woman was seen screaming for help from the balcony of his mexico city apartment. she says she doesn't remember what happened the night before,

except that he'd offered her food and drinks. eventually, the federal agents obtained warrant to search his home in the u. s. and was able to comb through his electronic devices, leading to a number of serious charges in march 2020, approximately 2 months before his interaction with 87 ramos also text the same friend mentioned above about having sexual intercourse with 8989. he's a resident of mexico and primarily spanish speaker. he text to the same friend that he had to pay for a new birth for 89. an express that he was annoying, but ultimately was while, because he was able to have sex with her. raymond could face life in prison if convicted and the justice department is adamant on sending a tough message. brian raymond betrayed the trust, grunted to him as a u. s. government employee represent in the united states abroad by engaging years of predatory conduct sexually abusing exploiting and recording vulnerable women. he targeted in the united states and around the world as demonstrated by raymond's

prosecution and plea the department of justice. and this law enforcement partners will use all of the tools that are disposal to hold accountable those who victimized women, despite the severity of the allegations, the confessions, and the potential impact on america's global reputation. for some reason, the mainstream media is not talking much about this story. i wonder why mainstream media completely ignored the story as big as that that becomes what, what we would call all over the world propaganda. where your media, your news reporting had become an arm of a political party or a political factions. we have to rely on for media outlets on anybody out on regular civilian here in the us trying to post desperately stories like this. because that is public interest, much of the questions regarding did the f b, i know about the how many years to day, sweet, the son of the rug and still allow security clearance,

secret top secret clearance to go through for this person knowing what they knew. i mean, are they, in essence responsible, i mean, in a court of law, the climate, this magnitude, if somebody knew about this and allowed the person to continue perpetuating these criminal act jane into that condition, they call that aiding and abetting. they would call it that. they would call that either a conspiracy, a knowledge to act or at the very least, $1818.00 a felon. and so these are things that we need to know. the american whistleblower has been sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified information about america's drone program while serving the by grammar base in afghanistan a decade ago. daniel hale helped identify targets for association when he returned home in 2013. he shared secret details about the drone program, with journalists from the intercept,

revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the middle east and africa. in march have pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents. we spoke to whistleblower and for us intelligence officer john courier guy who attended hail sentencing. hearing the mood was one of great apprehension and the court room 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 courtroom 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 too, too, 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 rage, that makes it a crime when we kill civilians and then put in the official reports 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. john korea? well, the head of the sentencing hail wrote a letter detailing some of the things he witnessed in his work, including the death of 2 children in one strike. he also slung the claim of former president barack obama, the drone killings abroad, protected americans. the policy of drone assassination was being used to mislead the public, that it keeps a safe whenever i encounter an individual who thinks that drove 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. me strode circle 24 hours a day and delivering deaths from the skies have turned most of the muslim world against us. it's been completely counterproductive and i think hail understood that and he sought to inform the american public. but we can't have a debate. we don't know the truth and we know the truth about drones because of the courage of daniel. and it's not just about going after someone like hell, it's really kind of a death blow to the press itself because it prohibits the press from shining a light on the inner workings of power. it's really the misuse of the espionage act which has been continued. another well known whistleblower edward snowden has commented on the case on twitter. he condemned the court's decision and praised till we got reaction as well. from brandon bryant,

a former us drew an operator who also lifted the lid and what his work involved, he sees in the choice between ignoring civilian killings and making the public were his conscience made up his mind. it's really a war on, through the night, just whistle blowers. 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. if you can, 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 dealing. 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 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 are out there doing are being punished and it seems that there

are punishing people in order to make them an example. and that really does disturb me, especially if america supposed to be this great country and freedom fighter amongst the world. how we're punishing our own people who are trying to do that. this is our key international, the u. s. toll race is currently hearing testimony into january the capitol hill. riots of the hearing has been critics, reluctance of impartiality, as most of those taking part are well known for their c 3 right after that i use ah

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017 minutes into the program. welcome back tuesday. so the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel tough with investigating the capitol hill, writes back in january. the special commission consists of law makers from both parties. and while critics claim their minds are ready made up with most known for their anti trust views or speaker, nancy pelosi has no issues with the line. you know, democracies are not defined by our bad days. were defined by how we come back and bang the bad days. how we take accountability for that. i have faith because of folks like you and i am, i don't expect this will be quite socially,

but it must be an added thing today. yeah. republican, democrat, they're earning their views and that a few tears. indeed, the special commission consist of lawmakers from both parties. and critics have said, though, that their minds people taking part there were really made up with the most known for the anti trump views. following the developments for us, our teeth killed as congress here is testimony about the events of january 6. the seems we've been hearing both police officers and politicians crying their eyes out . i was assaulted and nearly killed. i could have 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. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. some are looking at this panel and saying it's simply impartial. we're not hearing both sides. 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 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, this seems to be what congress is focusing on at the moment. amid surging coven cases, a continued migrant surge on the us border. rising inflation and poll saying that more than half the countries 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. well, if democrats are worried, they're facing mid term elections. the economies in the toilet, the covey threatened to come back, we're told,

and they have to do something to demonize their enemies. and that's what they're doing is pretty unprecedented. that the republican liter kevin mccarthy is choices to sit on the committee were rejected. certainly doesn't suggest that it's a bipartisan committee. the 2 people that pillows he chose instead of them are to who voted to impeach trumpet that serves the purpose. purpose of this is not to get to the bottom of what happened on january 6. i don't support people who do violence, people who attack police officers, of course they should be prosecuted. but let's not forget in the summer of 2020 in just one so called protest in front of the white house. 60 secret service agents were hurt or injured by george lloyd writers. we never had these gut wrenching hearings like this crying in front of the cameras, which we saw. kids are good to and others do it today for them. i have that i am not a trump voter. i am not a republican, but it's very clear what this is about to be to show trial is to establish a narrative and it's very, very ugly. it's day 6 of. busy the tokyo olympics and amid all the

races for a goal, things are getting heated. russian tennis are done the elementary head back at a question during a press conference he feels was on warranted and inappropriate right after his latest when we're going to live reaction on this story right after alexi or shasky fills in the blanks for his he would think that the olympic games to something only about sports where the athletes have been preparing for all their lives to take part in this ultimate event for many athletes across the world. but this time it's starting very political. every time an athlete from russia is appearing at a press conference or after winning a medal a he or she is being tested with questions about the doping scandals of the past and about why russia is allowed to participate in the olympics at all. so was the case of worlds. number 2 in tennis, then you'll meet the idea of who just won his game and unbearably hot conditions.

it was very humid and very, very hot on the court. he almost collapsed at one point even, and the questions were directed to him were not about the situation. he faced all the court. but one journalist came over and asked whether mitigate, felt that russia's participation in the olympics was cheating itself. with video came up with a very sharp response. first time in my life, i'm not going to answer a question. you should be embarrassed if itself, i think you should wire him from the olympics. i don't want to see him again. the international tennis federation responded that it will lot ban this journalist up a journalists have the right to off questions. but speaking of the question, this is not the 1st time this is happening. as i've said to athletes representing russia, media just call the catch on of also said the same that he's been tested with questions about the doping scandals of the past. and i'd like to remind to have you with that. russia's participation in the tokyo olympics, this time is very much limited because of the doping scandals of the past because

the world anti doping agency, effectively band russia and it's symbolic. strom taking part in major competitions across the planet for 4 years. russia won the appeal in the cost in the court for arbitration of sports, and thus the country was allowed to take part in the olympics under the name r o c. this is an acronym for the russian olympic committee, but even that name and full cannot be used. it's just r o c. and this is something that russian athletes and the russian and linda committee have been observing since day one of the olympic games. even the opening rest conference at the tokyo olympics, it last about an hour 20 minutes long, 45 minutes of which were dedicated to russia's participation on a different name in the olympic games this time. and despite told that, despite all this pressure coming from all side, because not only kind of flat, but obviously the athletes and all other disciplines are being asked questions like that, trying to ignore them all the time. despite all that,

russia or the r o c. if you may, is performing very well right now. it stands for, and the overall metal stable nearing on its 20th metal in the olympics and day 6. and that is something that's many journalists, particularly those sports related, not politics related, cannot avoid. and they note that russia is performing or the r o c is performing while at the olympics. but we'll see how obviously this continues because this has been the trend since day one, even before the olympic started. and i will keep you up to date with everything that's happening until you welcome onto the program. sports columnist alan murray for his tick allen. good to see you. wanting to see it was the new med did have right to be offended. people will say it was just a journalist asking a question. others, of course, will point out. it was immediately after a tough clash on the court. and the tone of the questioning was unprofessional. it

was a strange and that's, that's just to make it differentiation. the personal ask the question kind of like pushed it. i mean, these are tennis royce or they're not exactly journals. these are people who see speaking near evil in tennis all year around there. by golly, david, you want to try and get some doors when they can, and especially if it's at the expense whole people who are not their favorite. so i think, you know, the question is in one way, is it can be asked why not. e can also be say, well, i don't care to answered us or leave it alone. so he would he get the right answer in many ways, which, you know, i think it's with the focus to be put on. and you know, when i'm reading it like you know, there's like mariano choose one of the g b mark to 2nd g b wrote her course behind paul rocket. and she's saying, oh like it's very strange sources to hear, even after all they don't,

they should be very lucky to be there. and there seems to be no shame understood in the situation where, you know, these people like there's no person to say for example, team g b psyche. when all we've heard for the last couple of years have been the well, the scandals and master scandals. we see, you know, pretty so i think so no of those questions, but they're asking questions and i don't know. i think they did a strange thing, but i think, you know, he, he had a very tough game. he, he was struggling on the court in the heat. he get the right answer, which, you know, the question was just like was so troy is basically you can write a computer and again, that differentiate you and this is a tennis writer, not a journalist. the question, so once we start at that base, i think we can understand how don you might have and you may want to just slip your camera there a little bit towards you. again, you seem to fall way to,

but i'll keep going with a question. just there we go. the olympics, they're meant to ellen as you are low to be uniting people around sports, but increasingly politics, it's becoming front and center more than, than any time in my life that i can remember is that warranted should not be happening. you know, i even noticed course in the real olympics, when the irish rowers brothers from car wonder mantle watson, they bought a nice, it was, well, we beat the bricks, which was kind of, it was hard for our people who was like, you know, alright, let's just move off from that, and again, the entity as well. do you live there is still here. sports is like war by name. so all these nation to don't be likely to receive certain athletes and certain countries refusing to follow up the company, you know, because of like help beliefs regarding palestine for example. so i think it's your

roy, i think it has make attention waited and i think that the pressure is coming on. especially social media. i mean, we seem sort of the lonely or the media symbol bio when there were questions being asked about her medication. when people started asking questions medication, she didn't seem to be doing so well ident, since she pulled those katie mental health, which you know, most likely that is true given, was taking what people just it's dennis accentuated and that's like kind of old with then she's there was a mention of, well, she's been beaten by the ocean girls like you know, to the need for america, girls, people, erosion. it was a really weird thing to put in a diesel bite. you know, let's just say journalist from the usa that i will respect what they're asking these question. it would never ask before, and i think it's, you're right. i think it's just gotten, you know, it's almost like rent a quote. sort of people want to get famous for a minute by asking these questions be on twitter or social media is getting very,

very, and we've got a but i minute you bring up very interesting point. just to really summarize that you've got the olympic supposedly i side of any politic zation should journalist try and respect to or should there be a protocol or should be just ignored altogether on it again. okay, let's go back and get to like there's tennis. reuters football reuters and joined us, so they're very different. be football and tennis, sorry that they see. speaker, you know, we will because that's their bread and butter journalists. it's whole one unit because you know, if you asked wrong question or if you ask the wrong way, you could find yourself being blacklisted or black hole like other journalists that is totally juice. yeah, i think she'll be, i don't think that during a she'll be bringing this sort of store, especially because they know that the reaction to get someone comes off when you're

hoping sweat are exhausted. they've already had to come. of course, they're going to ask questions to get the reaction that they want to go through. actually want to discuss the headline. the guardian editors to like to say, oh yes. except the russians. ok. i should. yeah, this should be a protocol using your dentist and thanks so much for your time today. sports columnist alan mercer alive on our team and knowledge and use update for. now reminder for up to the minute developments this web say, don't forget to give her a twitter page follow, never a dull moment there. good bye for know. ah, algorithms and neural networks have been following us everywhere. we look online because our relationships are what matters most of us.