nitrate improperly stored at the port and ignited by a fire. the explosion was so strong, tremors were felt throughout the country. and even on the island of cyprus, recent studies report the explosion was the equivalent to up to $1100.00 tons of t and t. around $120.00 at the size of the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima. in august 1945, the videos are still disturbing to see buildings blown apart, people not to the ground by the black concussion. others describe how she was able to save several children and have an idea about what has, what has happened. so i, when i take my hands and i was able to, i thought to be, you want to be where, where are they are? they are okay. and this is what they would up and the baby to see where they would. and then just one of the many survivors stories and certainly stories of

heroism. and now you're later, there are still been little to no accountability as the investigation has been stymied by corruption. and the country's political turn over and major questions such as, who ordered the shipment of the chemicals, why they were stored at the port, and why officials continue to ignore all the warnings. those questions remain unanswered. lebanon remains paralyzed by political and economic instability. fuel food and medical shortages are constant. add the ongoing pandemic to the mix, and it's been a disastrous year. anger reign, supreme, crime, and murder age continue to climb. people want answers. they want accountability un secretary general antonio terrace, tweeted levon on march 1 year since the devastating beirut explosions, last august, the lebanese people are resilient with a med spirit and will this is a moment to demonstrate solidarity and support their efforts to build ford to there

. but lebanon is quickly falling off a precipitous cliff. the world bank reported in june that lebanon was quote, thinking into one of the most severe global crises, crisis episodes with the countries economic crisis, possibly ranking among the top 3 in the world, in the past 150 years. and as history has shown, when there is political and economic chaos, there is often a dangerous and bloody power struggle that ensues. various political military factions are vying for control, the most powerful being has below, which controls the southern part of the country. speaking of southern lebanon, several rockets were fired across the border from lebanon at israel. israel responding with artillery far. it was 3 walker that was fired at israel. one was intercepted by the israeli, i'm done. system one landed in an open area, and one landed in lebanon itself. there are no immediate supports of damage or injuries on the waiting side. earlier there was an indication that they could

possibly be such an attack, particularly focused on the northern is really the town of curiosity morning, which is home to some 20000 people in there. awesome. i went sounding in the area situation. there isn't a list so far, no one is claim responsibility. but israel is pointed fingers at militant palestinian factions in southern lebanon, though, you know, really as, as history a show, nothing happens without, has been knowing about it in the southern part of that country. so the question is, is this the start of something more ominous and dangerous to come? as lebanon continues to unravel, we'll have more analysis coming up. and in u. s. news, we're also taking a look at the latest controversy in sexual harassment and assault allegations against new york state governor andrew cuomo, who during the pandemic, was being counted as a presidential candidate and potential presidential candidate because of his popularity and power, or he's among the heroes and villains of america's political lead from new york to florida, texas to california on john hardy. and this is new hughes here on our

t america. we have a lot to talk about once again today. so let's get to it. ah . as a national day of morning, 11 on for the as we just talked about the one year anniversary of the glass herd, seen and felt emotionally anyway, around the world. lebanon remains in a precarious state on the brink of economic and political collapse. some say that's already really happened, a dangerous situation, certainly worse, and by the pandemic. joining me now to discuss this in more detail is former pentagon official, mike, i'm a live who's spent a lot of time there. first of all, it's great to see you. this is the 1st time we've been on set together and a half, however long it's been in a while in a while. be root. we are talking about this earlier. i've been to be rude. you were there recently. i was there and she $1016.00 and i fell in love with it. i still love the people i fell in love with the culture. i was really surprised by how

western it is. you know, the shopping store. it's just that the light, the night life coming back. yeah. and you know, so when i saw and heard about this explosion, like so many people, it was gut wrenching because lebanon was already in a difficult state even prior to this. so when that happened, of course, my heart, i felt terrible for the people impacted my god. and then i'm sending myself what's gonna happen now. it's not a good situation. i had a lot of personal friends effected by the just by that explosion. but that, that explosion just came on top of a heap, of other issues that are, that are unmanageable at this point. bad governance, a government that doesn't work and, and outside pressures outside forces that want to come in and deal with this. and,

and the inflation and the value of their currency has just gone nuts indicating that people are starving people every day. people are starving. yeah. what tell me about that? what's you've talked to people, what's the mood on the grand? we've seen the protein. yeah. but how you told me people are starving. yeah, i can't work with that. that's how my gosh, the money is worthless. plus the prices have gone sky. hi, how do you afford anything? people have to weigh? what do i, what do i do? pay the rent. do i or do i buy food? yeah, it's a real real problem for them. and there is no solution in sight. that is the problem. in spite of the fact you have france in the united states and everybody else saying, well, we're going to try and bail you up. but then they add a tinge of politics to it. all right? because they're also fearful that husband is going to somehow take over and they won't have control. plus they have put such onerous conditions on any international

monetary fun funds going into webinar that it's people can't, can't go along with fully let's talk about has blood though and has been, has influence. you know, when i went to the other, the southern part of the country is pretty much, it's controlled by has ended up the up in the west and up in the north. yes. into the back of what you know with, with this political and economic chaos. does that create that kind of power vacuum that could possibly or, or at least the you know sure. search for power the quest for power by a group like handful. yeah. it's at a stalemate and the government hasn't had, there hasn't been a government there in one year. harry was asked to come back and he finally said, i give up. he and, and talk to us, he'd rather see a civil war. that is, that pop out is that you that is, that is why you are possible quite possible. you got of the older older folks there are very concerned about civil war because they lived through it from 75 to 1990.

they know what civil war is, the younger, younger, see the remnants of it when are you still there now building dealer or change you see, but younger people who don't have their recollection or, or background. so we're going to, we're going to go and we're going to be demonstrate today where, where the parliament is located. i've been in that area so many times i will fire bombing there, there, demonstrations and the police are shooting tear gas. and they, they have promised not to leave less than until the parliament dissolves itself. and they have a new government which will not happen. it is definitely a contentious situation real quick. we got about 20 seconds. yeah. the rocket fire from southern lebanon into israel. this. ready is unusual, doesn't happen. you hear about you hear about kind of trading back and forth with syria. yeah. in groups and syria. what's your take on that? you know, in my experience, nothing happens in southern lebanon without has been knowing about it. but israel

saying it was palestinian faction, so i agree, i would, i would tend to agree, given the specification of the rockets which were not sophisticated, it was probably palestinians. you gotta keep them. my husband and israel have a back channel. and the fact that husband says it wasn't us, it's probably true because they have much more sophisticated rockets. and they know that if they start a fire, they're already $250000.00 short, medium in the range rocket and counting. and if they shot him into israel, the problem would be that israel will invade lebanon bloodbath talking with both sides totally. and nobody wants that. it's micro maloof. great to see you. my for you. thank. thanks so much for coming on. graham. as always. thank you, sir. well, throughout the pandemic here in the united states, america's governors have often been thrust into the spotlight on not only america's political stage, but the world stage was some of the governors becoming both heroes and villains. and this long running viral saga non,

perhaps more so the new york state governor andrew cuomo, who at the height of the pandemic, a daily press briefings and coven updates featured across various news channels at times even clashing with then president trump, while also appearing on his brother, chris cuomo, sienna show with playful discussion and ribbing between 2 brothers, seemingly vying over who their daddy, the late new york governor, mario cuomo, loved more. it was amusing, at times, perhaps a brief respite from the doom and gloom at the height of the panoramic. cuomo, so popular and powerful at one point, many thought he would for president in 2020, 24. but how quickly the tide turns. cuomo is now facing sexual harassment and assault allegations, and calls for his resignation, swallowed by the office. turbulent political time was more on this ortiz natasha suite and investigation has found new york governor andrew cuomo, sexually harass multiple current and former state government employees. but the governor hope's implementing new sexual harassment training even for himself will

be enough to keep his job should impeach the governor because he clearly cannot accept responsibility for any of his behavior. charlotte bennett is one of at least 11 come all accusers claiming to be sexually harassed by the new york governor. some are sharing their story while others are remaining anonymous on tuesday, the attorney general announced findings that found como did indeed sexually harassing stuff investigation with conducted by 2 outside lawyers. they say the coma administration was a hostile work environment, and then it was rife with fear and intimidation. como is denying all those claims. there is another complaint i want to address from a woman in my office who said that i groped her in my home office. let me be clear that never happened promo. also addressing charlotte ben. it's claimed specifically, she identified herself to me as a survivor of sexual assault. she said that she came to work in my administration

because of all the progress we had made and fighting sexual assault. she talked about the personal trauma that she endured and how she was handling it. i could see how it is affected. her. charlotte was angered by the governor's words. he started asking questions about, you know, my sex life and if i was monogamous and if i could have a healthy sexual relationship, he is victim blaming. and he's also making a really insulting and painfully and accurate and situation that someone who is traumatized from the past experience cannot discern the difference between mentorship and sexual harassment. when it's attorneys, as the governor may have put himself in a difficult position, possibly needing to retract those public statements. and if he nonsense the statements, especially the ones he made concerning. charlotte bennett,

he's essentially a betting that violated in new york. as a discrimination on an organization of one time legislative staffers who faced harassment from their former bosses' is speaking out against como scene. he's gas lighting to complicate the facts. and the fact is, everything of these courageous women told us, months ago, that was finally corroborated by 163 page reports. after speaking to almost 200 people and tens of thousands of documents that were refused. the facts are that governor cuomo broke. well, state and federal ball by sexually harassing multiple people, aside from the women other democratic politicians including president biden and senator chuck schumer are calling for como to resign. schumer saying homeless actions were disturbing and unacceptable. no elected official is above the law. the

people of new york deserve better leadership in the governor's office. we continue to believe that the governor should resign. coleman has also stayed in new sexual harassment training will be implemented for employees, including himself. now the attorney general's report is expected to play an important role in an ongoing inquiry and the state assembly. it'll determine whether there are grounds for coma to be impeached, reporting for new to choose and how sweet our t. florida governor rhonda said this is often been both the hero and villain on america's political stage scrapping with reporters throughout the pandemic. including this week, when he was, he accused the media of creating coven, 1900 hysteria, and fairmont during the 10 defense. this continues to take over a stance against mash mandates and lock downs. to be clear, florida has the highest rate of coven infections in the us. the majority of people in florida's hospitals who are very sick, are the unvaccinated. and the santas has argue the numbers are, he says,

not as bad as they seem. and he at least for now anyway, remains a g o p fan favorite. for now anyone were more analysis on america's gubernatorial idols and enemies? let's bring in our panels. form a georgia state representative and democratic strategist with don jones and ned ryan, the ceo of american majority, and a former presidential writer for george w bush. welcome to you both on let's, let's start with you is governor to say at this, right. it's the media fear mongering and creating coven, coven hysteria. colon has been a using circumstance for everyone in the news. we get from the media in the d. c. all very quickly. however, there are certain things we know are true. wearing a mask to reduce the numbers. vaccines are helping to keep people from dying. and the fact that the governors being so careless and reckless with people's lives instead of being far more strict to try to stop and blame me, get all the media is super problematic. yeah, and just, just today,

governor santis speak on that note. hit back after president biden criticize him, and other republican governors for banning mass mandates, saying, quote, and these are the gunners words. joe biden suggests that if you don't do lockdown policies and you should quote, get out of the way. but let me tell you this. if you're coming after the rights of parents at florida, i'm standing in your way. i'm not going to let you get away with that. that is this political theater, by, by governor to santis, who it seems at this point has as perhaps, greater political aspirations or is the right to go, you know, to fight back for, you know, punch back at president, bite it. well 1st of all, i think the bi whitehouse has helped elevate the santas even more. feels like 2024 is already be gone. but no governor on the sands is i think is absolutely correct to fight back and say, hey, let's have a let's take a hard look at doing locked downs and all these mass mandates. again, after we've gone through really devastating economic times. so i think he's,

he's looking at the people of florida, realizing that he's got their support and he's going to stand and say, no, we're not going to do this again. especially as more and more parents are saying what we don't want the locked down. we don't want to have school shut down, we don't want them asked mandates and he's saying i hear you and i'm going to. 2 i'm going to stand strong on your, on your behalf. don, going back to governor cuomo, because this is really been the headline and everything that's happening with governor cuomo, he, he started taken pretty serious heat during pandemic, over comments that he made about, about nursing homes. even prior to this though, even during that period of time, and he thought that because of his influence because of his popularity and power that maybe he would run for president, but all that shed. and in light of these new allegations you think his political career is coming to an end, is this the end of the road for, for governor cuomo? so we've seen some aware bounce back before in the little well, however, we know,

since me to may have started movement that i am sort of this is probably one of those things in i person's career pretty quickly. women in this country now were put up with decades of sexual harassment, were having drawn a line in the sand. and now that there are women in the top level, the offices in be in the legal department, in ag office, that type of experience. i don't think will be handled anymore. and i think the one thing that you say some lunch and allow the political career for is if they acknowledge it, joan white people and try to help others learn from their mistake. ned, what real quick we have probably about 30 seconds left. would you agree with that? and what do you think if, if there's anything, is there anything that governor cuomo can do to come back from this? well, i mean, he's gonna probably, he's not going to resign. i don't see him resigning anytime soon. i think he's gonna fight all the way. i just think what's interesting is the political enemies

inside the democratic party saw an opportunity to locate and use the sexual harassment, which of course is disgusting when. in fact, a lot of us thought he should be taken out for his corona virus and rescue policies . but they can't do that because it would implicate other democratic governors, like whittemore murphy, will even new some. so i find it interesting. they're taking them out on this issue, but it's definitely political theater. and democrats inside the party said we're going to take home on i think they're probably going to be successful in doing it. and the saga continues will continue to fall at nat, ryan jones. and i appreciate your time. thanks for coming on me. they have a history of protesting controversy in the olympic games in tokyo are really no different this year. we'll discuss this right after a short break and the ah

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believe the condition of off if you feel like you actually puzzle you through that actually use them sheet which is a big milk. put your budget that i would continue to tell you, because if i was in the cookie famous from a credit issued by both of us in the so the international olympic committee of the i o. c says olympic games are not

political but, but so often throughout history. politics has been in intertwined with the olympics from the 1936 summer games in berlin to the 1970 to massacre and muse, munich, and over the decades since then. limping athletes have certainly made headlines and political statements at the various, at the various olympic games. and really this year in tokyo, as i said earlier, is no different with us athletes kneeling during the national anthem, you know, or in some cases, turning their backs on the american flag. and then of course, there's the ongoing controversy over jim this simone biles, withdrawing from her events due to, you know, emotional and mental health issues look, regardless of your opinion about whether that was right or wrong. you know, the ensuing stories did cast a bit of a negative cloud over the u. s. in these ongoing games with more on the mix of political games at the olympic games. at rush, former u. s. fire pilot,

author and division one baseball scholar is here to sound off on that ed good to have yawn. so i played a little d 3 baseball, but i'm not going to get into that because i was many years ago. but look, you're asked, we, you know, as i described here, politics has intersected with the olympic games in the past. but is this your summer game is being a bit to politicized by the athlete and, and even the media at this point prefix? actually i was surprised that it went the opposite. i mean, the big why in my opinion is that we are so divided as a nation and we just hate each other. and then you have these beautiful athletes. i mean, i love the wrestler tomorrow. mensa stock who just said, i love living in the united states. i'm so proud to represent my country. we're sending the laughlin who won yesterday. spoiler in the 400 hurdles, just like i want to thank god. and i just so proud to represent the united states. so i actually think like i came into the olympic games, you're thinking,

oh my gosh, i can't watch like the constant social disruption, but i've been surprised at what the other way, like i'm thrilled with our athletes. i think there's some other examples. for the most part, it's been awesome and the truth is as a country, i mean think about this for a 2nd. none of us watch swimming. ever like you don't. d b r swimming every 4 years, but yeah, you're right. i mean maybe like real like nobody's at home like during the hammer throw up on an off year. you know? yeah. but when the lympics come around and caleb dressel jumps into the pool across the country, doesn't matter. our color or creed are believe system. well, like baby, so when he, when we're all through that, love it. yeah. nice. they look, you, you, you bring up good points and unfortunately you don't hear much coverage of some of those good things that there's like mentions of some of the moments that you're

talking about, but, but not a lot so much has been politicized. it just seems like and it continues to be, i mean, and it's just the nature of the media coverage and you know, the games and everything. and d. c is bending over backwards. they're trying as hard as they can to find like something controversial. and i mean, the most controversial thing in my mind is the ridiculous mortal kombat mass that they make, the gold medal winners where when they get on the podium other than that, i mean there's been some, there has been like the soccer team and the, and the the girl that, that, that, that crossed her arms and you know, there's some free speech. we appreciate in our country and it's been a while. i was wondering what i think. what do you think of that when you see that it and that's one of the beauties of this country is that we can do that and people do do that. and you know, regardless of your opinion, we have a right to do that. but look, is a bad form when you're, when you're at the olympics, you're representing the u. s. it seems a bit hypocritical, at least, you know, critics of this, that, that's the contention. as a veteran, what do you,

how do you feel when you see that? yeah, i mean there's 2 sides of this. first of all, i don't support that kind of activity. and i certainly think it's detrimental to our country at the same time where a country that believes you can think what you want, you can say, centrally what you want. and you can publicize what you want via the news. those are the freedoms provided in the 1st amendment and were so different, like you don't see the chinese athletes trying to pull that off. they probably wouldn't want to protest, frankly, but they don't. and we're so different in the fact that we pride those freedoms even to our athletes. i think my personal opinion is the free market makes up for it. i mean, you're sponsorships, they're going to go down and i'm less likely to buy whatever product. i mean, i'd be more nike in 3 years, you know, i mean, so faith, the fact that, that we get to choose also how we support the athletes that and their behavior once they're representing us. so i think it balances out in the end. well, great points, hey, look, there are still many events left and i'm going to be,

i'm going to be watching the boxing event with the u. s. athlete, who's going out fine on us baseball. so good stuff, appreciate it. thanks for coming on. appreciate your insight. thanks john. take care. well, that's all the time we have for today's show. for the, for the show, more be sure to download portable tv app on your device. thanks for watching. see. ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah.

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