blackwater now known as academy is one of the most well known private army it has provided troops and other services to the u.s. government in different conflicts including the war in iraq but it's not always clear how these private armies are formed where they operate or even what their missions consist of so we travel to south africa to find out more even barlow is chairman of specialized tasks training equipment and protection international a private army that according to barlow has operated throughout africa and beyond he was also behind another similar company that shut down in 1980 called executive outcomes and while many argue private armies are mercenaries doing the jobs government don't want to do barlow insists his operations are legitimate and follow international law but who make sure these armies are indeed following international law and what about accountability even barlow talks to al-jazeera. thank you very much for talking to all just look thank you so how would you like to identify yourself well 1st of all i'm an african. i'm also a south african and i see what i d

well critics accuse blackwater of trying to cash in on the controversial pension changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. directly benefit from the pension reform. the chose to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for pillaging of our pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor it is on france was to release a provocation it reveals the close ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance he's selling the retirement system to american pension funds it's a big deal strikes against pension reform and now into this week it's the longest running strike in the century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know that plans to merge 42 different pension plans into one universe system at the same time is raising the age of retirement are not welcome. if you lose on pension reform lose and ev

blackwater now known as academy is one of the most well known private army it has provided troops and other services to the u.s. government in different conflicts including the war in iraq but it's not always clear how these private armies are formed where they operate or even what their missions consist of so we travel to south africa to find out more even barlow is chairman of specialized tasks training equipment and.

seen these moral code to be used to transfix on dress codes that often the things people typically blackwater as i did when i was and i was kind of let it come to land is not just for aimed only when it comes to you who was there when it comes to how you talk within it when it comes to a lot of things that have been codified as appropriate in terms of measure on a culture that have pushed back very strongly against my will that's not the establishment god is but here's my thing to the other interesting thing too is there are some 38 states that have this in their constitution that they do not want to see money taxpayer money going to support any particular religion within that state is that not then a state's right issue well wouldn't wouldn't republican so that's a state's right issue let's leave it up to the states unless it unless it goes against the concept of constitution so you take up a state issue and they're saying hey wait a 2nd you're discriminating against us because they said that blaine said that we want to stop the catholics from getting their schools go and we will stop them b

a blackwater security guard named nicolas slatten sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 massacre in baghdad. and then this weekend, president trump openly threatened more war crimes. tweeting about possibly striking iranian cultural sites, which is against international law under the 1954 haig convention, and several other international treaties. and his own defense secretary mark esper indicated that that would not be allowed under the laws of armed conflict. that was today, although it was begrudging. in classic fashion secretary of state mike pompeo tried to gaslight the nation into not believing the plain meaning of what trump tweeted only for trump to classically reiterate his same threats. in a sunday afternoon tweet suggesting the u.s. might strike back in a, quote, disproportionate manner. this is all an absolute moral abomination. for the president to carry it out, it would constitute a high crime under the constitution. without question he should be impeached pour it. it is the image being projected around the world, this barbaric vileness from the president ha

. >> the founder of blackwater erik prince was also an investor in cambridge analytica.e profits from arm sales around the world and military contracts and has been accused of causing the necessary death of civilians and very many different wartime situations. he was one of the investors in cambridge analytica and their new company, emerdata. and so i should be very concerned, and everyone should be very concerned, about the weaponization of our data by people that are actually experts in selling weapons. so that's one ththing that i thk needs to be in the public discussion, the difference between what is military, what is civilian, and how those things can be used for different purposes or not. >> i think what is important to see is, as in the clip you showed, chris wylie is talking about how it is a full propaganda machine. what does that mean? i would beg to say what is happening is we're getting network of thee influence industry, the buying and selling of information and of people's behavioral change. it is a completely unregulated space. what is very worrisome is a

they fumble back towards blackwater bridge. the confederate army is devastated. >> at 8:00 p.m.lectures in history, seth jacobs -- which meant that he had to start running for office almost immediately. the area in which he knew he was aakest, the area in which republican opponent would be able to score the most points against him was in foreign policy. >> sunday at 4:00 eastern on reel america, the all-star party for ronald dutch reagan. mene now want to honor the who was the only one that lived in public housing. by the way, dutch, you have a lot of friends here. [laughter] p.m., aeginning at 5:30 three-part program looking at the house judiciary committee debate, house floor debate, and the senate trial of the impeachment of president bill clinton. this weekend, explore our nation's past on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ campaign 2020, watch our continuing coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. as the voting begins next month, watch our live coverage of the iowa caucuses on monday, february 3. c-span's campaign 2020, your u

they had to capture gray, blackwater and treat it and provide the water for uses inside the buildingor irrigation. treasure islands was not included in this because it was approved prior to 2015 however it is looked at as a district with the single central treatment plant to produce recycled water for treasure island. this shows the blue circles. treasure island will be the first neighborhood to use municipally recycled water for indoor and outdoor demand. we have a great opportunity to really showcase that. >> this shows the network of piping that will provide the water for residents, commercial uses and ball fields, urban ag and other items. the new water resource facility we are looking at 1.3mpg on average. peak flows about 4 mpg wastewater. we are anticipating 1:0 anticipk uses. every drop of water will be treated to title 22 no contact restriction recycled water. if we are able to find additional water uses for recycled water on the island we will have that water for use. this shows we are part of the overall sustainable plan for the island. we are capturing waste, sending it b

they had to capture gray, blackwater and treat it and provide the water for uses inside the buildingor irrigation. treasure islands was not included in this because it was approved prior to 2015 however it is looked at as a district with the single central treatment plant to produce recycled water for treasure island. this shows the blue circles. treasure island will be the first neighborhood to use municipally recycled water for indoor and outdoor demand. we have a great opportunity to really showcase that. >> this shows the network of piping that will provide the water for residents, commercial uses and ball fields, urban ag and other items. the new water resource facility we are looking at 1.3mpg on average. peak flows about 4 mpg wastewater. we are anticipating 1:0 anticipk uses. every drop of water will be treated to title 22 no contact restriction recycled water. if we are able to find additional water uses for recycled water on the island we will have that water for use. this shows we are part of the overall sustainable plan for the island. we are capturing waste, sending it b

they had to capture gray, blackwater and treat it and provide the water for uses inside the buildingor irrigation. treasure islands was not included in this because it was approved prior to 2015 however it is looked at as a district with the single central treatment plant to produce recycled water for treasure island. this shows the blue circles. treasure island will be the first neighborhood to use municipally recycled water for indoor and outdoor demand. we have a great opportunity to really showcase that. >> this shows the network of piping that will provide the water for residents, commercial uses and ball fields, urban ag and other items. the new water resource facility we are looking at 1.3mpg on average. peak flows about 4 mpg wastewater. we are anticipating 1:0 anticipk uses. every drop of water will be treated to title 22 no contact restriction recycled water. if we are able to find additional water uses for recycled water on the island we will have that water for use. this shows we are part of the overall sustainable plan for the island. we are capturing waste, sending it b