well, the skripal case, there was a case when skripal was recruited by british intelligence and becamerwards he was pardoned and released and allowed to go and live in britain. now thatjoe biden is in the white house, and not donald trump... mr biden, of course, memorably recently called vladimir putin a killer. and the americans have said that they will simply no longer roll over in the face of russia's aggression. we're in a different diplomatic world, aren't we, now? the european union sees a much tougher stand from joe biden, and that spells bad news for russia on the diplomatic front. well, i would say that all the problems that had been in our relations with the united states before the changeover of the administration are still there, except one — the start iii treaty has been extended for five years, and that's a positive development. i'm not going to dwell on what will happen in russia—us relations in the immediate future. well, i want you to dwell on just one thing before we end, because it's rather important, ambassador, and you're very plugged in. is there going to be a sum

—— skripals. i name it. has either side change? -- skripals. ithink the nord — change? -- skripals.e nord stream two, - change? -- skripals. ithink the nord stream two, the i the nord stream two, the pipeline to supply russian national gas supplies to germany, huge and vital piece of infrastructure for both germany and for russia and it is at a very developed stage of development. the state department, after this meeting did announce restrictions there will be waived so on the company that is making the pipeline, on its ceo, on a number of senior figures, the sanctions they will be waived and i think that is some form of olive branch at the very least. you will likely end up having a lot of analogical situation ships building the pipeline still have sanctions on them while the company behind the project does not but, nevertheless, ithink behind the project does not but, nevertheless, i think it is seen as a step in the right direction by moscow. mil is seen as a step in the right direction by moscow.- direction by moscow. all of this suggested _ direction by moscow. all of this sugg

it seems what we've stumbled on with the skripal story, is this entire kind of network of russian assassinationssounds completely insane, but, you know, we have the receipts. we have the phone records. we have everything to show this is happening. and this is basically unique to russia because russia has this massive amount of corruption where data, phone records, even of they are spies�*, are freely available to anyone that does a bit of googling. what tools or software do you or your investigators use when you're looking at photographs and trying to work out where they've been taken and when you are tracking information back into the internet? we have an online tool box, which is basicallyjust loads of links that anyone can go and look at and use them themselves. probably one of the most powerful tools has been google. things like google earth, google streetview. they are extremely useful. resources now allow you to track aircraft, like flightradar, marine traffic allowing you to track vessels. absolutely fascinating stuff. that was elliott higgins. i cannot put this off any longer. tying to g

it attempted to poison one of its opponents in the united kingdom with a nerve agent — sergei skripals, red lines, they have been unwilling to cross in the past, which makes me concerned and very suspicious at the moment. brian whitmore there. taking you back to our top story now. the situation in jerusalem, the skirmishes, if i can call them that, has gone on for a third night now. joining me now is human rights attorney and author ofjustice for some, noura erakat. given the reference to justice for some, given the reference to justice forsome, i given the reference to justice for some, i wonder what you think about the decision of the supreme court, at least to postpone a decision, a ruling, on the israeli settlers, given the tensions in the air at the moment. the tensions in the air at the moment-— the tensions in the air at the moment. ., ~ , ., ., ., moment. thank you for having me. i moment. thank you for having me- i want _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to start _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to start off- moment

crimea, the death of the skripals — you name it. has either side changed?like that. i think the nord stream 2, the pipeline to supply russian national gas supplies to germany, a huge and vital piece of infrastructure for both germany and of course for russia, and it's at a very developed stage of development. the state department after this meeting did announce certain restrictions there will be waived, so on the company that's making the pipeline, on its ceo, on a number of its seniorfigures, the sanctions there will be waived, which i think is some form of olive branch at the very least. you will likely end up having a slightly illogical situation where ships building the pipeline still have sanctions on them while the company behind the project does not, but, nevertheless, i think it's seen as a step in the right direction by moscow. will grant reporting from washington. lets move south to texas. a new law banning abortion from as early as six weeks has been signed in. the texas heartbeat act, as it's called, bans abortions after the detection of what an

it seems that the site we stumbled on with the skripal story, is this entire kind of network of russianagents. and that sounds completely insane, but, you know, we have the receipts. we have the phone records. we have everything to show this is happening. and this is basically unique to russia because russia has this acute, massive amount of corruption where data, phone records, even if they are spies�* are freely available to anyone that does a bit of googling. what tools or software do you or your investigators use when you're looking at photographs and trying to work out where they've been taken and when you are tracking information back into the internet? we have an online tool box, which is basically loads of links that anyone can go and look at and use them themselves. probably one of the most powerful tools is google, google earth, google streetview. they are extremely useful. resources now allow you to track aircraft, like flightradar, marine traffic allowing you to track vessels. photographs and videos can out very convincingly be doctored, does that cause you a problem, or is

it attempted to poison one of its opponents in the united kingdom with a nerve agent, sergei skripal redlines, they been unwilling to cross in the past which makes me concerned and very suspicious at the moment. thousands of protesters across france have marched against the country's new climate bill, which is going through parliament — the demonstrator�*s say the bill isn't ambitious enough in tackling climate change. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. chanting zero out of ten, that is how many points these protesters give france's new climate bill. thousands demonstrated across the country to demand more action to combat climate change. according to them, the bill currently going through france's parliament has been watered down and for them there is only one man to blame. translation: it is clear| that macron has not been our "green president" really. although i think he is not completely unconscious of what is at stake, he continues to feed a system which puts profit above all and which goes against the interests of our planet. but on the same day as the protests, president emman

it seems what we've stumbled on, starting with the skripals story, is this entire kind of network of, and this is basically unique to russia because russia has this kind of massive amount of corruption where data, phone records, even of their spies, are freely available to anyone who does a bit of googling. what tools and software do you and your investigators use when you're looking at photos and you're trying to work out where they've been taken and when you're tracking bits of information back across the internet? we have an online tool box, which is basicallyjust loads of links, by category, that anyone can go and look at and use themselves. probably one of the most powerful tools has been google. things like google earth and google streetview, extremely useful in open—source investigation for figuring out where stuff is filmed and photographed. there's resources now that allow you to track aircraft, like flightradar. you have marinetraffic that allows you to track vessels. absolutely fascinating stuff. that was elliot higgins. right, i can't put this off any longer. it's time to

intelligence unit had issues here, the one that is playing amount of things for the assassination of sergei skripal with a nerve agent in england in 2018. this unit of the gru is blamed for blowing arms depot in bulgaria and in the czech republic killing people in both instances. they are blamed for an attempted assassination by poisoning of a bulgarian arms dealer as well. the national security council now says quote we have independently verified, the ties of several individuals in this afghan criminal network to russia. multiple sources have confirmed that elements of this criminal network in afghanistan works for russian intelligence for over a decade and travel to moscow in april 2018. times go so far as to name a couple of the afghans in question that they say we're working with this gru unit in russia, they know that both of those afghan guys escape from custody in afghanistan and once they had escaped from custody, where did they go? they fled to moscow. and they now reside in russia. so, this is a whole new element of the story, maybe other people saw this coming, i didn't see it coming. a

you know, the skripal poisonings using a powerful nerve agent. european flight out of the air, forced it down with a fighter jet to take a democratic leader off of it. so they're challenging not just democratic norms in their own country, where they frankly don't exist, but the rule of law outside their country. and the sad fact is that we, the west, hasn't figured out an answer for that yet, because what happens in these cases and with cyberattacks, et cetera, is we sanction them, individuals, entities, et cetera, but the attacks go on. >> it seems to keep going on and on. let's turn to israel now, because opposition leaders announce they have the votes to form a government. if current prime minister benjamin netanyahu cannot convince lawmakers to defect, he's actually going to be removed from power after years and years. if that happened, how is that going to impact relations with the u.s.? >> so, first of all, with the caveat that never count netanyahu out until he's out, he's got a couple days, but forces seem to be aligned against him, which

they used the same cover identities as the ones who tried to murder square paul -- skripal.er event and bulgaria, they try to poison someone with the same agent. these guys exist to do two things. undermine western governments through kinetic, frankly terroristic activities, blowing things up on nato soil meets the definition of state terrorism, and murder. these guys are mean. they are very, very hyperactive. here's the scary part. we only know one quarter, at most. probably less, a fraction of what they have gotten up to, based on their travel plans. by no means is this -- this is only the tip of the iceberg. william: michael weiss, editor at large of "the daily beast," always good to have you. michael: my pleasure. judy: it is a crucial moment for one of the most-closely watched bills working its way through the u.s. congress. the for the people act is democrats' voting rights and campaign reform measure. already passed by the house, today it met a critical and high-powered senate committee test. lisa desjardins reports. lisa: usually uneventful. sen. klobuchar: call the

it seems what we've stumbled on, starting with the skripals story, is this entire kind of network ofeceipts, we have the phone records, we have everything to show this is actually happening, and this is basically unique to russia because russia has this kind of massive amount of corruption where data, phone records, even of their spies, are freely available to anyone who does a bit of googling. what tools and software do you and your investigators use when you're looking at photos and you're trying to work out where they've been taken and when you're tracking bits of information back across the internet? we have an online tool box, which is basicallyjust loads of links, by category, that anyone can go and look at and use themselves. probably one of the most powerful tools has been google. things like google earth and google streetview, extremely useful in open source investigation for figuring out where stuff is filmed and photographed. there's resources now that allow you to track aircraft, like flightradar. you have marinetraffic that allows you to track vessels. absolutely fascina