i am amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. n: we end today's show by looking at the publication of what wikileaks says is the largest leak of secret cia documents in history. on tuesday, wikileaks published the thousands of documents, dubbed "vault 7." they describe cia programs to hack into both apple and android cellphones, smart tvs, and even cars and trucks. this is wikileaks founder julian assange speaking at an online press conference on thursday from the ecuadorian embassy in london. >> the central intelligence agency lost control of its entire cyber weapons arsenal. --s is in his stork act historic act of devastating incompetence to have created such an arsenal and stores it all in one place. and not secured it. nermeen: some of the released documents describe tools to take over entire phones, allowing cia to then bypass encrypted messenger programs such as signal, telegram, and whatsapp. other documents outline a cia and british intelligence program called weeping angel, through which the spy agency can hack into a sam

nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. just hours before the trump administration's new travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in hawaii issued a nationwide halt to the order. and this morning a judge in , maryland also temporarily blocked the travel ban which would have temporarily suspended entry to all refugees and blocked entry to visitors from six majority muslim nations -- iran, syria, sudan, somalia, yemen, and libya. this is now the second time president trump's executive order banning refugees and travelers from majority muslim countries have been blocked by the courts. u.s. district judge derrick watson in hawaii said evidence exists to show "the executive order was issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion." amy: in his ruling judge watson , cited comments made by trump as well as those of white house aide stephen miller and former new york mayor rudolph giuliani. who said trump originally calle

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to look at yemen where the u.s.s also rapidly expanding military operations. the u.s. has reportedly launched more than 49 strikes across the country this month. according to the "new york times," that's more strikes than the u.s. has ever carried out in a single year in yemen. while the u.s. airstrikes have been targeting suspected al qaeda operations in yemen, the "wall street journal" is reporting the u.s. is now offering even more logistical and intelligence support for the saudi-led war against yemen's houthi rebels, who are accused of being linked to iran. more than 10,000 people have been killed since the u.s.-backed saudi-led bombing campaign in yemen began two years ago this month. meanwhile, the "new york times" is reporting today the trump administration has approved the resumption of sales of precision-guided munitions to saudi arabia. president obama froze some of these weapons sales last year due to concern about saudi -- civilian casualties in saudi arabia's expanding war in yemen. amy: this comes as

nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we turn now to look at thehe man said to have out-koched the koch in the 2016 election. his name is robert mercer, go along with this daughter rebekah is credited with many of playing in his germinal role in donald trump's election. trumps chief strategist steve bannon said -- telling "the mercers laid the groundwork for the trump revolution." irrefutably, when you look at donors in the past four years, they have had the single biggest impact of anybody, including the s.ch before bannon and kellyanne conway joined the trump campaign, both worked closely with the mercers. the mercers bankrolled bannon's breitbart news as well as some of his film projects. conway rayna super pac created by the mercers to initially backed the candidacy of ted cruz. the mercers also invested in a data mining firm called cambridge analytica, which claims it has psychological profiles of ovever 200 million american vot