of innocent people in iraq that's right blackwater is so gross they require. who name changes this question to you crazy as truly believe change growth is very rare very rare even even philip morris was only one name change growth. and they killed millions of people so jacking you're on the payroll of one of the biggest weapons contractors and one of the biggest mercenary forces and one of the biggest propaganda outlets and you run around selling us war you wouldn't be any worse of a human being if you more lighted as an involuntary organ donation surgeon just surprised i got a kidney. but let's call a spade a spade war is organized human burger and it's not an easy sell because if you. know how do you convince generally good people in this country that we need to be involved in organized human murder on a massive scale in a midst propaganda machine is needed to make something sold morally reprehensible seem even mildly ok it requires twenty four seven control of army to require countless numbers of failed men and women doing an endless song and dance it requi

right over there, you can see the blackwater river and the forest of this area, which is also preserved. when you drove down here, you probably took route 16 and route 335. those were old roads and known as the highway to freedom. multiple escapes were done there. when you came down here -- >> this is a piece of cedar. it has a spiral structure and shows texture and ent sstrength. it is a reference to her time with her father. her head is lifted slightly and also very approachable. so we begin our tour right now. as you can see, we are starting in the south and heading to the north just like harriet tubman did on her journeys on the underground railroad. it is very symbolic here. this is reclaimed barn wood, a reference to her time in the timber fields. this first section of the tour highlights the juxtaposition of tubman's life, the images here that you see show the beauty of the chopped tank river region as well as the ugliness of slavery. so harriet tubman was born in this chop tank river region where she learned the skills necessary to become a successful conductor on the undergroun

harriet tubman underground railroad state park is 17 acres but we're surrounded by blackwater national wild riefug over 20,000 acres. they preserve this landscape that you see. so when you look around and see pines and cedars, right over there you can see the blackwater river and the forest of this area which is also preserved. when you drove down here you probably took route 16 and 335, those were old native american roads, also known as the highway to freedom. multiple escapes occurred along route 16, that helps us to preserve the landscape. when you came down here, you probably saw korb fields, soy, milo, sorgham and timber in various stages of growth. that landscape is very important. so the landscape is very similar to the way it would have looked in harriet tubman's time. so if you placed her here and gave her orientation and told her that was north, that's south, that's east and that's west she'd be able to navigate this area because it looks so similar. this is a map of the byway, it's over 30 sites and includes maine, delaware and pennsylvania. we are meant to be the hub right

, blackwater was never a branch of the u.s.nment and this group of mercenaries, it's an auxiliary, it's a false flag organization, set up to give russia implausible denial, have them do the dirty work rather than russian troops. in fact there is a bizarre funding through vladimir putin's friends, it's an arm of the russian security services. >> a lot more questions than answers and i appreciate you shedding light on it. please come back so we can discuss further. passengers went from beating this note to beating each other. that's next. today, innovation in the finger lakes is helping build the new new york. once home to the world's image center, new york state is now a leader in optics, photonics and imaging. fueled by strong university partnerships, providing the world's best talent. and supported with workforce development to create even more opportunities. all across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov. to grow your business with us in new york s

, blackwater was never a branch of the u.s.d this group of mercenaries, it's an auxiliary, it's a false flag organization, set up to give russia implausible denial, have them do the dirty work rather than russian troops. in fact there is a bizarre funding through vladimir putin's friends, it's an arm of the russian security services. >> a lot more questions than answers and i appreciate you shedding light on it. please come back so we can discuss further. passengers went from beating this note to beating each hold together. a little to the left. 1, 2, 3, push! easy! easy! easy! (horn honking) alright! alright! we've all got places to go! we've all got places to go! washington crossing the delaware turnpike? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money sean saved by switching to geico. big man with a horn. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. plu

foreign labor contractors concept here is going to see if the united states doesn't use a cave to me blackwater and the contractors so that western media try to make out to be a huge revelation like something that didn't. wants to hide if anyone is going to read it army or something like that things like that alex you know one of the things is that you know one we keep tabs on in this program is what's going on in ukraine and unfortunately i think we're going to be talking a lot about ukraine you're. looking at syria looking at ukraine it in its totality it looks like american policy is use pure spite you know it's they their regime change in and ukraine getting work out the way they want it because they lost crimea or they have a frozen conflict against warm every once in a while when even the heart and then we have syria where they lost again it's ok and you have been ok i mean. me i would call that mature foreign policy because i think that it is in america's best interests it's its foreign policy but i think you know the anger is perhaps stronger than somebody and i think there is an elemen

in the early days of iraq it was a gold watch you had companies coming out of nowhere including blackwater it was really a look at how boy it was when nobody had any control anybody doing anything with firearms in this country to say their private military company. was an a.t.m. for these companies. to. lose just from using private military contractors for understandable tasks. using private military contractors wholesale in my view took place without much debate and all everybody was a. little. contractors off first some gray area benefits to politicians everybody's concerned like we have a thousand boots on the ground and nobody ever asks how many contractors there is totally current boots on the ground. i'm. not going to be in the. bank than that and leave and not last and you back the chief. looked good not to put take yes you yes you too close you must not tell you on the most known stuff and you should because. if you go all the wolf and only you know nothing about it nothing about me did mean. nothing about should do me any. punishment much in an adult film about. too much i mean sh

united states it was restructuring of form of the paramilitary group that was used in iraq which is blackwater and i believe that there were too many reports in the western media about that. but i want to be very very quickly if i may just you're leading us down a road here i want to ask you about i'm solo one time some analysts have compared the so-called war on terror in syria to that of a strategic deception create the problem create a solution your thoughts on that. yes i believe so i believe because since the second world war the united states couldn't or great powers couldn't lead direct conflict between each other so they reverted to. war by proxy and this was fine q. and by the united states after the end of the cold war using paramilitary groups or sub state entities to promote its own agenda they were the ones to promote al qaida they were the ones to promote other groups in the middle east and afghanistan and now they are using the same method in order to promote their geopolitical agenda and jamal wakim international relations professor at the lebanese university very interesting t

-based blackwater.se are private mercenaries that, unlike -- not unlike the folks we sent to iraq 10 years they are not part of the official military, per se. is an organization controlled by -- someone known as putin's cook. he has a catering company that does business in the kremlin. units control of military been operating in syria, hoping a sought shore up his gaze. -- helping a sought shore up his gaze -- assad shore up his gaze. some: it appears to be sort of rogue attack, but if you look at responses from the russians, perhaps not surprising , given they deny involvement, but the united states response despite what you say is action on the ground. what is going on? mattis,efense secretary all he was willing to say on the record was that this is perplexing. look, i think that is an accurate assessment. they were very confused by what happened. week, i mean the united states forces on the ground embedded with the kurds communication with the russian forces there. this is like a jigsaw puzzle of pro

based blackwater. these are private mercenaries.nlike the folks we sent into the ground in iraq. they were not part of the official u.s. military, but they were there to fight. wagner is an organization who is known in russia as putin's cook. he owns a catering company that does business with the kremlin. he also has control over these military units that have been operating in syria and helping a -- and helping assad shore up his game. julia: i think you said it best. what is so puzzling, for all intents and purposes it seems to be some kind of rogue attack. if you look at the response by the russians, not surprising given that they deny knowledge or involvement. the united states response seems weak. what is going on here? matthew: defense secretary mattis, all he would say on the record is this is perplexing. i think that is an accurate assessment. they were confused by what happened. we have -- by we, i mean we have the united states. we are in communication with the official channels with the russian forces that are there. this

based blackwater, is a private mercenaries that -- not unlike their people we send it to the ground on-- they were not part of the official u.s. military but they were there to fight. that isan organization controlled by this man known as putin's cook. he has a catering company and he also seems to have control over these military units that are controlled by them. they have been operating in syria, hoping sod shore up his game. think you just added there for me, what is so surprising and puzzling to use a word that you used here as well. this is for all intents and purposes a u.s. base. responsesk at the from both the russians, perhaps not surprising that they deny any knowledge or involvement. the united states response seems fairly weak in this case despite what you say was action on the ground. what is going on here? mattis saidecretary and ihis is perplexing think that is an accurate assessment. they were very confused by what happened. we had the united states forces in communication with the russian forces that are there. this is like a jigsaw puzzle of with proxies of big power

this is the russian version of blackwater.he idea there are large numbers of groups working for those who in the same arena where american troops are is very risky, and that is not to mention that turkey, as i mentioned before, and the united states -- turkey has threatened to attack an area where u.s. troops are there on the ground with the kurdish militias. you have the process of two nato allies. ,ou have the israeli, iran hezbollah is that we talked about before. it is getting more and more dangerous. in a world where collective action seems to be impossible, it seems everyone that on the idea that syria was containable and we could let people die and let it stay within the borders of syria and some countries consider that to be in their interest. they felt their enemies were killing each other. as you can see, we have a massive refugee crisis affecting europe, a massive crisis affecting neighbors in jordan and turkey, and now we have the possibility of a war between major state powers coming out of this. it seems a can ge

he is the founder of blackwater and a former navy seal. he joins us tonight.tion. more taliban, more violence, 40r afghans on average per day are dying. how do we get out? we go back to the original intelligence led effort like we did right after 9/11. a hundred or so soft guys backed by air power with some localnd tribes devastated the taliban, when we went to an army approach, we are backwards ever since. spending more than the u.k. defense budget or more than the entire dhs budget in afghanistan. >> tucker: more than the entire u.k. defense budget in the country? >> $52 billion. >> tucker: and the net gain has been? >> we are losing the people, we are losing afghans, a lot of military equipment torn up, and it is just a continuous loop of insanity. the president has ant opportunity, he campaigned rightly against endless wars. he had an opportunity, got rolled by the very conventional generals around him last summer. i think hopefully he pays closer attention this next time around, because it is not working. >> tucker: if you were in that position as chief e

-based blackwater. private mercenaries, not unlike the folks we sent into the ground in iraq 10 years ago. they were not part of the official u.s. military, per se, but they were there to fight. and wagner is an organization that is controlled by a man who is known in russia as putin's cook. he owns a catering company that does a lot of business with the kremlin. he also seems to have control over these military units that are controlled by wagner and have, by some accounts, been operating in syria and helping assad shore up his gains. julia: matthew, i think you said it best. what is so surprising, puzzling, to use a word that you used here as well in this, this is for all intents and purposes it it seems to be some kind of u.s.-based rogue attack. but if you look at the response from the russians, perhaps not surprising given that they deny knowledge or involvement. but the united states' response also seems pretty weak, despite what you say, was action on the ground. what is going on here? matthew: d

and blackwater. he has reported from afghanistan iraq somalia yemen nigeria the list goes on and on. scale served as the national security correspondent for the nation. and democracy now. he was twice awarded the prestigious george polk award. he is a producer and writer of the award winning film dirty wars. his latest book the assassination complex is based on leak secret documents on the u.s. global drone program. another superstar who is here with us tonight's distinguished professor of political science at brooklyn college and the author of core -- coal author. the politics of race and education. her wisely acclaimed biography one and 2014 naacp image award and the leticia woods brown woods brown a war. her work has appeared in the new york times. the nation. the intercepts the review. the chronicle of higher education and her newest book more beautiful and terrible history the uses and missed uses of the civil rights history came out just two weeks ago from beacon crest and it is the centerpiece

of innocent people in iraq that's right blackwater is so gross they require. name changes. so you crazy as truly believe change growth is very rare very rare even even philip morris was only one name change growth. and they killed millions of people so jacking you're on the payroll of one of the biggest weapons contractors and one of the biggest mercenary forces and one of the biggest propaganda outlets and you run around selling us war you wouldn't be any worse of a human being if you more lighted as an involuntary organ donation surgeon just surprised i got a kidney. but let's call a spade a spade war is organized human berger and it's not an easy sell because if you. know how do you convince generally good people in this country that we need to be involved in organized human murder on a massive scale in a midst propaganda machine is needed to make something sold morally reprehensible seem even mildly ok it requires twenty four seven control of army to require countless numbers of failed men and women doing an endless song and dance it requires tirelessly re

several russians -- >> blackwater.ussian companies will hire their own private army basically to be able to move and to function for them. this appears to be one of those private armies that basically didn't heed the warning and receive the consequences of that. >> how worried are you about the israeli escalation in response to an iranian drone that they say came into their air space. they hit back and lost an f-16. the first time that happened since the 1980s and additional strikes. so you have the russians losing, i believe, a plane last weekend and the turks losing a helico helicopter. the israeli losing an f-16. we're getting into a lot of conflict among major powers. >> it's an extremely crowded air space and they've had an open line of communication. the israelis have been very clear. they know iran is trying to move through syria to put additional weaponry and additional implements there and help equip folks in lebanon and in syria to bring the fight to israel and israel has been very clear. they're not going to