there was a school of thought that said as a weapon of mass destruction, chemical weapons had sort ofbut that didn't take in to account where a state is undergoing insurgency within its borders and i think that the — the use of chemical weapons has delivered some outcomes for them that they believe are worth the risk. international weapons inspectors have judged that two attacks in our research were by the so—called islamic state. but what about the rest? a deadly air strike in khan shaykhun told the world that not all of syria's chemical weapons had been destroyed. abdul hamid yousef witnessed it. translation: i was very proud of having twins. i was so happy when i had them. here he was waiting for his milk bottle. this photo was about two weeks before the chemical attack. i heard the planes. i woke up. the first bomb was at 6:30am. abdul and his family left their house, unaware of what was about to unfold. translation: my wife and i were carrying our twins. this is where i left them. i ran to help people over there. abdul says he saw people dropping to the ground. translation: they

world becomes safe from nuclear weapons nuclear weapons threaten the security of the world does it take a shock just just before we can see let's go let's go back a little to what presidents trump and putin have actually been saying in the last couple of days and we can see this good discussion about who is leading this nation . speaking of order from france and that his government would again start developing into immediate range nuclear missiles if russia does not agree to a new treaty. where that one said it stayed in the agreement and we bought it gravely but russia is not fortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate it bravely we're going to pull out. president putin countered that nato is missile defense science in romania could easily be used to launch us new cannot cruise missiles. this way the us is in fact leading to the destruction of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty constantly searching for some violations from our side and consistently doing it themselves the same way as they had consistently want tom leaving the antiballistic missile treaty. trum

i mean china has these weapons or rand has these weapons. india is the developing these weapons here i mean a smart person interested in arms control would get all these countries that have these weapons or developing them and have a global pact but that's not part of john bolton's d.n.a. is it listen we already happened global pact in one nine hundred seventy and we promise to get rid of oil on nuclear weapons in the nonproliferation treaty oh but i'm going to spend a trillion dollars over thirty years to new but on factoring in jenin was our most new submarine is still there playing xbox do small i guess smaller nuclear weapons that talking about as small a nuclear weapon is as big as what it hiroshima and nagasaki i mean we have to change the conversation we got a climate. that if we don't mobilize the whole we're on to move immediately this solar and wind and geothermal we're going to have the earth is bands in the earth so how can we be wasting all these resources an i.q. points on new nuclear weapons and fix the little treaty that didn

this argument just doesn't hold no country in the world become safe from nuclear weapons nuclear weapons threaten the security of the world. take a shock yeah but just just before we continue let's go let's go back and look. to what presidents trump and putin eventually been saying in the last couple of days. and we can conceive is good discussed about who's leading this -- this issue. speaking in nevada. trump threatened that his government's would again start developing intermediate range nuclear missiles. if russia does not agree to a new treating. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we russia is not ununder the agreement so wee going to terminate [inaudible] hello. bob president putin counter that nato's missile defense sites in romania. could easily be used to launch the us nuclear armed cruise missiles. and this w way the us is in fact leading to the destruction of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. that. searching g for some by consistently doing it themselves offensive in the same way as they y had consistently what tom leaving t the anti ballistic mis

live not had a ban on nuclear weapons before, the way we been weapons,weapons, bio landmines.ferent rules apply to different countries. the most richest and powerful countries in the world have been allowed to have them where is the rest of the world were not allowed to have them. we just excepted that for 70 years. at this treaty changes that in a way. it was adopted at the u.n. with the majority of the countries in the world supporting it last year. it prohibited all nuclear weapons for all countries. it does not give exception to some countries. these weapons have indiscriminate, inhumane impact of civilization. we have banned biological and chemical weapons. these should be banned as well. right now we're working to get by getting 50 ratifications. once it does that, it will be international law. it w will start to have an impa. amy: we talked about this landmark u.n. on climate change. the report attacks nuclear powers as a key climate solution. it promotes the notion it risks nuclear weapons proliferation. the risk ofrease proliferation have a negative environmental impa

people are not trained to use these weapons. the idea that we are all going to have to become proficient. if you are a schoolteacher, you have to know how to teach a gun. if you are going to be in a place of worship, somebody in the congregation is assigned to that kind of duty, that is not the answer. the answer is to take these weapons of mass distraction, because that is what these kinds -- destruction, because that is what these kinds of weapons are, away. every american needs to start self-examination on the problem. it goes deeper with mental health issues. we talk about mental health a lot. congress does not fund it. you don't hear somebody that is mentally disturbed with 30 days of treatment. there are moves being made not to cut the programs that pay for mental health in the medicaid program. sayisturbs me when people the answer to violence is more violence. i don't believe that is an answer at all. host: we are talking to congressman mike doyle. his district includes the tree of life synagogue, the site of the shooting

the answer is to take these weapons of mass distraction, because that is what these kind of weapons are, off the streets of the country, and then secondly, every american needs to start self-examination on the problem, and yet it goes deeper than that, with mental health issues. we talk about mental health a lot, congress doesn't find it. you don't cure someone who is mentally disturbed with 30 days of treatment. there are rules being made right now to cut the very programs that paper been a health. sayroubles me when people the answer to violence is more violence, more guns in the hands of four people. i don't believe that is an answer at all. >> we're talking with congressman mike doyle. his district includes the tree youife's and the caulk, represent the state that has a lot of in members. how do you balance the second amendment, the nra, and more restrictions that you are coming forward with regard to firearms? >> these are common sense gun safety laws we are talking about. the secondeve amendment gives you the right to own a military style weapon. people want to have hunting rifles

right now a soldier is in this tank but soon a weapons company employee might be sitting. military operations a growing ever more expensive in specialized. private defense contractors have taken over many military thomas developments some regard to his dismay. one of the officers comes as a student very system the structure smacks of the mafia. what are muslim values of the politicians or independent ones and sometimes they're like marionettes ago dancing to the tune of the weapons industry but intact in the killing of our war last play in game or these companies are the time that's diametrically opposed to the entrance of our heads of state and government whose duty it normally is to bring wars to a swift and super freak. in france and germany private defense contractors own just supplying equipment there also providing expertise and personnel. in more and more areas the german armed forces rely on the assistance of private contractors. the eastern german state of saxony it is home to the g. use it one of europe's largest and most modern combat training facilities it's op

you know there are american nuclear weapons in germany but there are no russians uclear weapons in the places like poland and in the places like hungary where they used to be. the times of the cold war and i think it's going to be a very bad arms race if indeed it starts because the last arms race was conducted in the frame walk or over arms control agreements you know some of them like start one where you know they looked like books there were so detailed you know there are provisions for everything inspection the number of warheads since the times over george bush jr we've had suggestions from the united states like let's not sign a deal or let's make it very short let's make a just declarative so he did the situation is very dangerous because this is a new arms race without rules if indeed mr trump does not extend the start treaty which expires on two thousand and twenty one as our guest from the u.k. rightly said it will be the first time since one thousand nine hundred seventy two when you will have several i stress several nuclear powers competing without any caps since one nine

you know there are american nuclear weapons in germany but there are no russians uclear weapons in the places like poland. or the places like congress where they used to be. the times of the cold war and i think it's going to be a very bad arms race if indeed it starts because the last arms race was conducted in the frame walk or of our arms control agreements you know some of them like start one where you know they looked like books there were so detailed you know there are provisions for everything inspection the number of warheads since the times over george bush jr we've had suggestions from the united states like let's not sign a deal or let's make it very short let's make a just declarative so he did the situation is very dangerous because this is a new arms race without rules if indeed mr trump does not extend the start treaty which expires on two thousand and twenty one as our guest from the u.k. rightly said it will be the first time since one thousand nine hundred seventy two when you will have several i stress several nuclear powers competing without any caps since one nine

so just demonstrate the latest weapon systems and do p.r. for the country's defense industry. like his predecessor as president emanuel mccoll visited the fan. c.e.o. of dust so evie ation showed him the how fine a fighter jet. fighter jet was developed almost entirely by france france had withdrawn from a multinational european project the euro fight a typhoon in one nine hundred eighty five. just to see e.o. trappy is also president of the french aerospace industry lobbying group chiefs. it was a lot of it was a lot of the support of the president of the republic is important because in france the president is the head of the armed forces the fifty m. to go to those laws he determines what the future needs will be. he decides on the missions and he observes how the material or military technology operates in conflict zones it's important to show him the products made by the manufacturers so that we can respond to his name it's just that. he always home to one of the few french institutions that stake in a critical look at the government's lobbying on behalf of the defense in

it brought down the threat of nuclear weapons. we have less nuclear weapons. there were good things that came from new start. my concern is that we could be throwing all that out and saying, they are violating the inf, or these other treaties, we don't like all the stuff they are doing. i worry that we throw out the new start treaty because of that. i hope people will think about, we try to get the best that we can. we negotiate from a position of strength. i'm concerned that we would simply say, just start over. it's not that easy. iran agreements will be difficult to start from the very beginning. instead of starting with what are we complying on and going to the differences, let's not throw out everything. if new start is working, maybe we look at inf. that's the only caution i would have in looking at this. i would also like to say, we are very interested in what goes on with these. we would like to have you come in and speak with us about how the meetings are going and what the differences are. >> thank you senator. i would like to thank our witnesses. mr

and the treaty on the prohibition nuclear weapons it shows how nuclear weapons states can join in you know be verified and get rid of and of course nobody is telling you to get rid of them require effort. but at least russia will always have a little common sense you know stalin want to truman to turn the bomb over the u.n. and truman refuse that's why russia got well i'm begging you the same thing do something different join a treaty so you're going to join the treatment for. weapons and grab some of the other countries with you when put it so that you so that the u.s. public understand because public opinion supports nuclear it's it's the corruption of our system right now that's making this happen we've seen. a lot of people criticize trance decision here's what republican senator rand paul had to say and then we'll come back to you alice take. this is why john bolton shouldn't be allowed anywhere near u.s. foreign policy that would undo decades of bipartisan arms control dating from reagan we shouldn't do it we should seek to fix any problems with this treaty and move forward. tha

how these chemical weapons were used we used to this in the iran iraq war iraq used chemical weapons we asked the united nations iraq objected they went to the warfront they check day verified these teams never been there they accepted the arguments of the white helmets we said from the very beginning that teams need to go under site to investigate the best people entered that from taking place because the best did not want to show of course they would say the assad government is prevented not only as a investigate she asked her government invited them to go to show it out but as but as an iranian as you say who clearly a very passionate about some of your country was subjected to sarin and chemical weapons and you're now allied with the government of the o.p.c. w human rights watch amnesty even hans blix not exactly a u.s. lackey has said it was probably the syrian government air force that carried this out when all of these organizations are saying assad is using chemical weapons he have said from the very beginning that we object and reject the use of chemical weapons no matter wh

nuclear weapons between them so we really see the scale of nuclear. from these two countries would do all for anything that. would come as a threat from china and i think what we need to focus on is not just russia us china but what about europe europe is the continent where most nuclear weapons are stationed in the entire world and of course the reintroduction of medium range missiles with mainly us right to europe would make europe a target once again and the european nations really have to reconsider whether they want to be u.s. nuclear umbrella that they have to rely and to trust for all whether they want to take security into their own hands and you do have to wonder after everything that's happened in the last two years what else the united states has to do for europe to really take its security interests into their own hands after the. draw from the by the united states based on the argument asian whatsoever after the threats of mass murder against north korean civilians and then turn around to base . relations on a on an unenforceable agreemen

building new weapons, and not drawing down the overall number of weapons would go against the treaty. you clarify the president's position on what he means by strengthen and expand? >> i do believe the best articulation of our policy, with respect to our nuclear arsenal going forward can be found in the nuclear posture review that was released in january. what we are talking about, as i mentioned previously, -- >> if it was in the clear posture review, can you focus on the expand? >> what it said specifically is that what we are looking to do is have a modern resilience and cape will nuclear force that is capable of effectively deterring attack or aggression against the united states or our interests. i want to be very clear about this. what we are looking at in connection with the nuclear forces is to preserve the efficacy of our deterrent capability. this is all about deterrence. this makes that clear. all of our efforts are related to monarch -- modernization of our capabilities while we have the older systems. this is done with a view toward maintaining the efficacy of our overall

cyber attacks the netherlands' expels for russians accuses of an attempted attack on the us chemical weapons watchdog in the hague now the four among a group of russian agents now facing indictment in for us in connection with cyber attacks coming off. the migrant rescue ship aquarius is in the french port of musée after its registration was canceled could this mark the end of privately run missions to save migrants from drowning in the mediterranean sea. and germany is not going to match pools talks with israeli counterparts. both stressed that iran must never be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons but they agree to disagree on the value of the nuclear deal with terror on. me thank you for your company authorities and then in the netherlands' say they fended off a russian cyber attack on the un chemical weapons watchdog in april moscow has denied involvement investigators allege four suspects talk to call for the electronic equipment outside the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague and left a trail of other evidence of chemical weapons watchdog says it has suff

you know there are american nuclear weapons in germany but there are no russians uclear weapons in the places like poland. or the places like congress where they used to be. the times of the cold war and i think it's going to be a very bad arms race if indeed it starts because the last arms race was conducted in the frame walk or of our arms control agreements you know some of them like start one where you know they looked like books there were so detailed you know there are provisions for everything inspection the number of warheads since the times over george bush jr we've had suggestions from the united states like let's not sign a deal or let's make it very short let's make a just declarative so he did the situation is very dangerous because this is a new arms race without rules if indeed mr trump does not extend the start treaty which expires on two thousand and twenty one as our guest from the a right lee said it will be the first time since one thousand nine hundred seventy two when you will have several i stress several nuclear powers competing without any caps since one nine h

the more people are killed the more weapons are bought macone the more you kill it the more weapons you need it's a perverse mechanism that a democratic state should not tolerate neither for moral nor economic reasons. but have come to a small town in southern sobbed india play such a big role in the international arms trade let's take a look at a complicated contract from twenty twelve that formed the basis for a major export do. the saudi arabian defense ministry orders bombs from us from raytheon its british subsidiary subcontracts the rime a town subsidiary w.-m. italia to produce them contract is worth more than sixty three million euro news. the order was delivered from dormice nov us to jeddah islamic seaport from where it was taken to the end customer the royal saudi air force this contract ran until mid twenty seventeen and covered thousands of m k eighty three bombs. since the start of the saudi at campaign in yemen in twenty fifteen at the very latest it is being doubtful whether the arms exports are in line with italian law. is that the deep vein these are sales to a country

under that test, assault weapons are protected. at the same time, however, in the late 19th century, they talk about banning certain things like boeing knives, and daggers. some say these weapons are so dangerous for the public safety, that we don't need them. at the same time, i think you can make a stronger argument, well this assault weapon is more similar for me to produce as a militia and if i'm going to be a militia, the conception of the right, which is i need to have a gun in case we are invaded by communists, this is the best weapon for me. this is the problem with history in this area, there are so many radicals we can go down that the court can go and make this decision that it'll be difficult. and i think ultimately, if they do hear it, they are going to go down these radicals, and go to a test. because they are going to say we don't even want to go down that road because it was -- we have gone down that road and it was criticized so heavily.>> in a similar question, another area now, assault weapons laws are still carr

chemical weapons watchdog and. germany is going to america for talks with benyamin netanyahu both say iran must never acquire nuclear weapons but they agree to disagree on the value of the international nuclear deal with terra. it's good to have you with us members of the u.s. senate judiciary committee hives have seen rather the new f.b.i. report on allegations of sexual misconduct against supreme court nominee bret's governor republican senators say the probe has found nothing to corroborate the allegations last week christine glossy for tool to the committee she was assaulted by company all when they were teenagers as the chair of the committee says there is no hint of misconduct in the latest f.b.i. report difficult. well leading democratic figures have blasted the report saying the latest f.b.i. investigation did not go far enough here's what senator feinstein a ranking member of the judiciary committee had to say let me be clear i can't talk about the details because this remains a confidential part of the ba

sanctions away on the transfer of weapons to yemen. in fact, because i raised it, and ran was helpful in getting several sees fires together. wasn't iran that wasn't willing to come to the table in kuwait. , living in saudi arabia under the protector ship of the saudi's who refused to take the deal as he had previously agreed. we also didn't change the human rights sanctions. we kept all those sanctions in place. what we knew, what we decided was, iran was two months from breaking out to a nuclear weapon. down, 12,000 kilograms of enriched uranium. they were two months from having a bomb. had enough uranium for 10-12 bombs. they were a few months from a commissioning of a plutonium reactor which would've produced enough plutonium for two bombs per year. they were enriching. they had 27,000 centrifuges. 19,000 spending, creating enriched material. today, they have a limit of only 300 kilograms of the stockpile. we measure it every day. they have a limit of 3.67% enrichment. they have 130 additional inspectors in a ran. they did until tr

the new russian weapons which represented by then to be put in six months ago. actually maybe there is some technological gap between this weapon and what the us can do so maybe it's a sign. it's a way to tell russia. that washington will continue to follow this so we're playing the race but not to. be. butting in question do i and if twenty but more trying to get hypersonic weapons trying to get such a nuclear. in gene for a rocket system and any kind of such a weapon because in my opinion in some very specific technology call. the russian are. the best. on the best technological capacity of the us javier morrow french military expert thank you so much for joining us on the program and thank you for your comments. as the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it continues to send shock waves across the globe u.s. treasury secretary steven newton has met with the heir to the saudi throne crown prince mohamed bin saul mom they both stressed the importance of their country strategic partnership not the talks come amid outrage directed at the saudis

nuclear weapons. you know when you are starving but you have nuclear weapons that is a road to nowhere and it could spell doom for north korea first and foremost so current leader kim jong un is young she studied abroad in a western country and he understands western culture at that if you give up nuclear weapons you can develop your country and your economy and i think this is what he's thinking i hope but nobody might that but he needs guarantees that no one will interfere in his country's affairs with that and if the international community and countries like the united states russia china and japan provide such guarantees it is entirely possible that north korea will do nuclear rise and i. just need guarantees from the countries that he has some kind of trust him. because business as such him see why i would say will make close relations with north korea that it has today what is the aim of his policy and what about north korea why would they need to grow closer now missing in this. as you know ko

well, let's talk now to the chemical weapons expert, hamish, good morning to you.coming out of the hague is that the dutch disrupted and attempted cyber attack on the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. how dangerous could that have been if the cyber attack had been carried out? year ago the timing is interesting. of course, this was just after the attacks in salisbury, and the british government had already been in touch with the 0pcw before then to get the 0pcw involved in the investigation. what we have seen from the gi you over the last few months, there is no limit on the sort of things they are prepared to do. of course, i'm sure were as part of trying to cover—up the salisbury attack, a cyber attack on the 0pcw, potentially to disrupt some of the results and activity they were doing, to gain further doubt. so we know also that the chemical weapon usage in syria, which the 0pcw investigated in —— the russians have a lwa ys investigated in —— the russians have always vetoed any results of their reports. it is very clear that they have been be