u. s. warship was driven out of waters near the parasol islands for the 2nd time this week. washington denies any wrong doing, saying that it's vessel. the u. s. s. millis was conducting a routine operation in international waters which on a claim sovereignty or over almost the entire south china sea, despite an international court saying that the claim has no legal basis as guitar. corresponding katrina, you must live for some beijing katrina. this is the 2nd time this week, as we have been reporting that a u. s. worship has been driven out of the waters near the paris for islands. what is going on here? that's right, so on thursday we initially had a report from china's navy that as a new guided missiles destroy the u. s. s 1000000 illegally and without permission entered what the china considers its own territory called she showed near the parasol island and that it was followed by the chinese navy and ultimately driven away then accused us of creating instability. and then our laser, we had a counter statement from washington saying that what china said was false and that the u. s. s 1000000 was in fact continuing what the us says is free

it seemed to me and the people of my generation that the u. s. s or collapse is a pity, but nevertheless, the basis for a confrontation between the u. s. s. or on the new russia and the west disappeared, everything seemed to be fine, but it turned out not to be so it turned out that the geopolitical interests of our partners turned out to be much more important. and pressure immediately began to shake russia. they began to create a 5th column inside, sent hordes of international terrace to strike us and worked along our borders. as a very strong comments that from the russian president vladimir putin. let's cross live now. swati correspondent this steve sweeney. steve strong points, as i mentioned, can you bring us some of the highlights of what vladimir putin at this? yes, well the president was visiting this, had a cop to plant in the city of illinois dare. and he was asked questions about both ukraine and the economy now on the economy. he said the russians defied western expectations. they of course, were expecting g d p to fall dramatically, b

that is showing more than ever before the double standard, the united states aircraft, carrier u. s. s. limits as arrived in south korea, a day off to north korea, find to short range ballistic missiles of its east coast. u. s. as limits is now in the port of bu song. the nuclear powder aircraft carrier has been conducting military exercises with south korea in international waters. let's go live to the warship now. i'll to do as well. mcbride is aboard. tell us more about these exercises, what b u. s. s? and it says doing their own you can really about. that's right, this name, it says arrived here, tuesday. the media have been invited on board as a press conference going on at the moment from both the u. s. navy and south korean counterparts bring the pan the camera a little bit and give you a view of the slide deck here. we are restricted to one area of the flight deck, but it really is a massive ship. one of the biggest war ships ever built it is the iconic nuclear powered aircraft carrier and getting on in years. it's something like 50 years old . now the name, it's been in servic

u. s. u. s. air force. we're all seeing life fire drills with some of the ob, that's based here on the peninsula and tomorrow, wednesday we will be seeing and i'm phoebe, a standing drilled by the rain unit to show us that tape ability. so really off resuming and scale these large joints, military exercises between south korean and us forces. a heavily armed former student has killed 3 children and 3 staff at a school in the us. it happened that a private christian school in nashville, tennessee, and he said, appears to be a planned attack. and the suspect had detailed maps of the school. john hendrick reports another school shooting another community, terrorized at covenant school in nashville, shots fired, gunning down 3 children and 3 adult staffers. there is so many policemen and then the ambulances started moving away from this school. and that's what i had heard. it was as schools shooting minutes later in a school lobby to arriving officers fire back. the officers engaged her. she was fatally shot by

u. s. the u. s. propaganda tired of the hypocrisy, the hide of the double standards and then on the following the u. s. and a westmore in general, that they're not on board with it anymore. and you know, and so now what you have is this very powerful and used to be a very powerful kingpin that's walking around the city with an m 16. you know, in his, in his hands threatening and everybody and, you know, still thinking it's, it's a power, you know, has the power used to have in it's in its golden, it's golden days. i'm sort of questioned. i think most of the countries around the world are asking themselves as they see the u. s. office. they see to mess the u. s . has dot ukraine in. and as they see the u. s. now stoking war with, with, with russia was china. i think most of what, most of the countries on the wild austin themselves, you know what, you know, what to do with what is the major, you know, what is seen by most my, most countries as the main problem for world peace today. and that is the u.

u. s contractor. five u. s. service members and another u. s contractor were also wounded. cnn's natasha bertrand is covering all this for us has the latest information now, natasha, what are u. s officials say? johnson. we're being told that that are suspected iranian drone that attacked a u. s based in syria and killed a u. s contractor and wounded several other service members. u. s service members was a one way suspected iranian attack drone that intentionally crashed into its target. we are told, of course, the us did retaliate. they targeted facilities in syria that the u. s believes were being used by iranian proxy groups in order to support those groups with munitions and intelligence secretary of defense lloyd austin saying that this strong right. this airstrike was carried out in response to several recent attacks by these iranian proxy groups. president joe biden ordering a u. s airstrike in eastern syria thursday after us intelligence assessed that an iranian origin drone killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members and another u. s contrac

u. s. u. s. air force. we're all a little so be seeing life fire drills with some of the all of that space here on the peninsula. and tomorrow, wednesday, we will be seeing it. i'm 50th banding drilled by marine eunice to show us that capability. so really off resuming in scale. these large joyce military exercises between south korean and us both protests against the proposed judicial, the whole of been taking place in israel, despite prime minister benjamin netanyahu. delaying plans to push through legislation. public anger has led to a general strike and seen thousands of israelis take to the streets. opponents accused netanyahu of a power grab saying the changes will give the ruling coalition unchecked power. the trash can aim reports from west jerusalem. in the face of protest growing by the day a reversal by a prime minister not known for compromise, a national responsibility from the will to avoid the rift within the people are decided to suspend the 2nd and 3rd reading from the law. in this committee

now the u. s. s. carried out air strikes on targets in eastern syria, local sources say 5 people have been killed. the pentagon says that operation came after an iranian linked drone attack on a us led coalition base near and has on thursday 5 american soldiers were injured under contract or was killed. the united states navy has asserted what it calls navigational rights and freedom softer a stand off. the chinese military and the south china sea basing says the u. s. warship was driven out of water is near the parasol islands for the 2nd time this week. washington denies any wrong doing thing. it's a vessel. the u. s. s 1000000 was conducting a routine operation in international waters trying to claim sovereignty over almost the entire so trying to see, despite an international court, saying the claim has no legal basis. north korea says its military has tested what it calls a new underwater drone state media, se the leader qindzhong over saul and attack simulation using the device as well as cruis

u. s. u. s. drones targeted the taliban, but in every village here, people tell us about strikes that claimed the lives of innocent people. the u. s. military does not release data on civilian casualties in afghanistan. but late to pentagon papers shows that in 15 month period in 201390 percent of people killed in u. s. thrown killings, but not the intended targets. the u. s. military also uses a fraud methodology that counts or military aged males in a strike zone as combatants. in other words, boys over 15, these 3 boys were killed by a jo ann drone. one man tells us he is their older brother at that number. the fact that it had with, according to the americans, they were always precision strikes. if they bombed a wedding party, they said they were hitting taliban. if we said that wasn't true, it didn't do any good while we ordinary people couldn't do anything. nobody believed us. shaneka most drowned strikes and not investigated. the claim that they are precision feelings can't be back. top r

u. s. since russia's full scale invasion of ukraine last year. the u. s. m q 9 free per jerome. like the one in this file footage was forced to crash into the black sea because if dangerous russian interference, that's what the u. s. military is alleging that democrat, what we shall again, we're, we're fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this, you avi and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged the propeller on the empty 9. this type of behavior from these russian pilots that is uncommon and unfortunate and unsafe. the u. s. summoned brush as ambassador over the incident. moscow denies direct involvement. it's ambassador is calling the incident a provocation, but says russia wants to avoid a situation lee that could cause unintended clashes, medical with media. i don't want any confrontation between the united states of the russian federation rearing fever of pragmatic relations. for the sake. for the interest of the people over united states and russian federation, russia's defense ministry denies us just came in contact with the drone and claims sha

u. s. will act forcefully to protect americans off to the u. s. military cairo. down s strikes against iran linked targets in syria, retaliation for an attack on an american base, and violent protests against the pension reform plan in france. forced the postponement of a state visit by the british monarch present to my new micron, says it with lack common sense for king charles to visit in the middle of the protests israeli army reserve. pilots have joined the demonstrations against the government by refusing to report for active duty. israel's army chief has warned prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that he's proposed over hole, could affect the readiness of the army. for any security developments. when the yahoo is on an official visit to the united kingdom, you had a meeting with prime minister, she sumac and democracy on the last row you read the last night. talks between the leaders are taking place against the backdrop of protests against the yahoo trip. and israelis in the u. k and the vote are against his government. judicial changes jenna howard, followi

u. s. government u. s. officials continue to hurl allegations against tick tock as we saw in today's congressional hearings. it's also worth noting that a 150000000 people use tick tock around the world, and that number continues to rise despite the heated allegations leveled from voices in the united states. however, a poll did indicate that 40 percent of americans would favor a ban on tick tock. now there have been a number of us states that have passed a law for bidding tick tock from being used on government devices. we saw the scenes today in congress. the heated exchanges that went on so the controversy continues surrounding this social media app. legal and media unlist line old believes it's all social media platforms are equally vulnerable to data breaches, including those based in the us. but think tops just being picked on because it's chinese and this c e o acquitted himself splendidly better than anything i and i as a lawyer, i'm watching the way he answered the questions very, very well. may i

u. s. leader. we'll be under the protection of u. s. law. and under the control of the u. s. that security team, our 1st, a few liberal members of the house of oppose the move to shut down, tick tock. the primary fear that this would be against the 1st amendment, the freedom of speech clause in the constitution. but it appeared the majority support either shutting the app down or forcing the sale to a u. s. company, the f. b i, director has told congress that tick tock represents a national security threat. the federal government has ordered that it be removed from all federal devices. the previous administration attempted to shut tick tock down, but the move was stopped by the courts and whatever merges from these hearings. this likely, at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment grounds. mike hannah al jazeera washington as get e some breaking news coming out of india. now parliament has disqualified opposition. politician role gandhi as m p on thursday at court, found candy guilty of defamation and sentenced him to 2 years in prison. 52 year old i

u. s. military that there were 2 attacks on friday. one targeted a u. s. space. there were rockets fired there at one us servicemen was injured and then there was a 2nd attack on another u. s. location this time by drones. and we are told that the u. s. defensive system managed to take 2 of the joins i to the, in the thought one crash or new injuries reported there that just coming hours after joe biden issued a warning while speaking in canada. of course, we found out on thursday the had been an attack at american bases in syria, which killed one american contract to an injured, a number of service men. there was a response from the united states, and joe biden says that if these attacks continue, there will be a response from the united states. i'm also grateful for the professionalism or service members who are so ably carried out this response and to make no mistake. united states does not, does not emphasize seek conflict with iran, but be prepared for a strike forcefully protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night. of course, the question now

u. s, so i'm just struggling with ukraine in the picture. why is the u. s. going into these waters at all? well, it is the 2nd time in a week that a u. s. destroyer has been pushed out of these waters by china. if it happens again, how will china react? well, i don't think that china wants to, you know, have any kind of escalation in this. they've done so before. remember, the theory is that the u. s. is protecting trade, but it's china who's sad. this r, c e p, this regional economic gob comprehensive economic partnership, which is now one of the largest economic partnership in the world outside the north american corridor. so it's, it's hard to believe that they would interfere with trade that would, in essence, heard china. it's the u. s. as i said, it's people are puzzled why with all the problems in the world is the u. s. pressing this at this point, there's a lot of feeling that china's initiatives with in terms of ukraine, in terms of going, are you russia talking piece, and also trying to bring powers in the middle east together on their own terms wit

u. s. u. s. health official admit during a hearing about the origin zip code 19 that washington was funding research into corona viruses. a chinese lab is a revelation of fill flies in the face of the mainstream us narrative, and the worst of it is kill them to wound it in the ukraine. the officer replied on a town in the national public report using us. i'm ok with good morning. yeah. to welcome to international broadcasting live from oscar. it's just going to 9 am and it's great to have you with us. i'm right. hm. all right, let's take a look at the top stories this our chinese leader is jean king, has made history as the country's 1st president to be re elected for a 3rd consecutive term. it was a unanimous decision by the national parliament in beijing. she's in pain who was already served in the post for a decade now set for another 5 year term. china eliminated presidential term limits a few years ago. using thing also say good. his position as head of chinese central man commission. a long

u. s. government. the u. s. congress reject an initiative for increased oversight of the massive funding the ukraine, just like by regular americans about why because of the tax credit dollars, all being said of the seas, a form of scaly and so just thought with a war crime is granted. fail as the court believe his life. the danger. if he is said to jail, he's accused of murdering a. can you go by a wave of protest with buildings set on fire businesses shot down. i made fear of losing. i'm police violence, need this 1st thing, crowd a guy from las go. this is our team. my name is rod. have all the and 30 minutes of news of use stops. now we start with our top headline today. the breaking news here on our to russian authorities have the same a correspondence of the wall street journal, even guess clevic on suspicion of conducting espionage activities for the u. s. government. what we do know is that this was the correspondent for wall street journal that moscow bureau of wall street journal. and according to the

u. s. there were air lives like that after the vietnam war, where the u. s. took $3000.00 vietnamese children, gave them to american families. of course, you had the recent case of trump who took children forcibly from latin american immigrants, but the u. s. is never investigated. for crimes, even though there war crimes are substantial and now to the don't. yes, republic where 2 more civilians have been wounded by band petal, anti pass now lines scott, to the cross residential areas by the ukrainian military. at least 3 locals have already been killed in dumbass more than 100 wounded by the internationally prohibitive explosives, ortiz, my cause of spoke with the latest victims. 2 more civilians were wounded here in ask. both of them stepped on a so called metal mine. they're also known as anti personnel mines and they are prohibited. now, ukraine, they've been throwing lees mines around in residential areas here in the next for over a year. and now the spring time has come. many of the petal mines are surfacing on the ground and they're not visible to the

u. s. on trial, the u. s. has set up a 1st permanent mincie base in poland as it rum someplace, presence in eastern europe, a meant the ukraine conflict. this footage shows the official opening of the u. s. facility in central poland this week. the meant, he said, the bass was created in accordance with a decision by us present joe biden, to improve control capabilities and manage food operating sites in poland, which borders ukraine. ladies and gentlemen, the ceremony will begin in 2 minutes. ah, russian forces have been advancing into the last remaining ukraine held areas in the loop. ganske region are teeth eager, donaldson of this report from the village of belen gore of cra, where caves military, through in hundreds of unprepared, recently drafted troops and a desperate attempt to holds the offensive the russian forces. they've critically closed in the town of bella, gore of course, the only natural barrier between them and the enemy is this river little bit down that way? so obviously the next task is to

u. s. has become the u. s. seems to think that it still lives in the a well of the ninety's as well to the u. s. has pretty much been running the world as you would a mafia style racket, you know, resorting to exactly the same techniques that matthew results to a control, a city extortion, a bullying or blackmail violence. what it hasn't realized is that that world has changed. and now what used to be fed very powerful kingpin that controlled the entire city has now turned into an old, slightly seen our man. odd that doesn't control much of the city. i eat much of the wild any more. in fact, controls only a few small neighborhoods in that city, namely, you know what the so called collective west. that's because now you have countries that have stood up that are standing up against us bow i'm. i will knows that the so called rules based order was always a u. s. or west based order that's clear to everyone now. and so, you know, it is, i did that us still things that it cannot make the rules that it can make every

u. s the u. s believes that the drone strike was carried out by iranian affiliated groups that strike killed an american contractor and wounded five american service members yesterday. president biden, as i said, ordered that retaliatory airstrike, although he just insisted the u. s. is not looking for conflict with iran. while president biden was speaking. cnn learned of another attack targeting u. s forces in syria. let's go straight to cnn's natasha bertrand, who's at the pentagon for us, natasha? what do we know about this latest attack? we are just hearing this within the last few minutes that iranian backed groups have launched yet another attack on u. s forces in northeastern syria. now it is unclear whether there are any casualties or any damage. at this point. we are told that the us is still assessing that, but it comes as local residents did tell cnn they had heard multiple explosions and we are told that this attack was carried out using rockets. now the big question, of course, is whet

u. s. b s. u. s. troops on our shores because i think that would only aggravate the problem and will not lead to any meaningful resolution that has been official to the philippine people. that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you next time. ah, the ah . the claims of the king of the belgians leopold the 2nd to the congo were finally authorized by the leading european countries in 18. 85 in the very heart of the african continent. a state under the rule of the belgian monarch was declared since the beginning, the congo free state was total, may him for the local population and functioned as a universal concentration camp. the majority of the population, including women and children, were forced to work on the rubber plantations. those who failed to fulfill their quota were beaten and mutilated to keep the congolese people under control. the king set up the so called forest bleak which were punitive detachments that cast terror o

this is as the united states aircraft carrier, u. s. s. limits has arrived in south korea. the nuclear power warship has been part of the joint military exercises between south korea and the u. s. swat. mcbride has more this limits battle group has been on exercises the pastor a few days off the southern curse, korean island of j joo. it has been doing about the same time yesterday, monday was doing an air craft drills, launching a craft off this flight decor, having them being returned again. also, all part of these joint military exercises which are being very extensive, very resumption after a hiatus of a few years to allow pasta partly for the covert or pandemic, but also to allow dialogue to happen with north korea. protestors are back on the streets in france, demand demonstrating against present in man in my most controversial pension overhaul. these are life pictures from paris. it's with nearly 2 weeks since the changes were pushed through parliament. the main reform raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. rescuers in ecuador are searching for at least 46 people st

u. s. interest. given china's approach to overseas military diplomacy and the potential challenges to u. s. nterest, u. s. policy makers might consider the following. first, capitalize on the united states robust alliance partnership network to limit china's access. china still building a network of security partners gaining vital locations. the u. s. can -- advance security cooperation with key countries to limit their willingness to allow china to access ports and other infrastructure. this could include more security cooperation with states in the pacific islands, south asia, and the indian ocean region. second, work with u. s. allies and partners to mitigate intelligent risks for chinese military activities. the united states could assist allies and partners by mitigating information russ by bolstering information security capabilities as well as supporting all of the partners oguinye comprehensive picture of the chinese military activity in the region. third, increase awareness on china's oversea military awareness and how it supports broader chinese policy objectives in u. s. ally inte

referencing the 947 paris peace treaties, which made no provision for compensation to citizens of the u. s. s. a national with reviving prisoners at the finish concentration camps, appealed to the investigative committee of the russian federation. asking to investigate and prosecute those implicated in these crimes, but remained unpunished. in april 2020, the investigative committee opened a criminal case on the genocide of the civilian population of korea. taking into account the archive of documents on the finished concentration camps, declassified as part of the new statute of limitations project mm. the war isn't over until crimes against civilians and soviet prisoners of war. fully investigated. a gold key award. what does what city use my park? pushy shy, ocean. each of them? south rochester, yet what's your mecca slid, the witch being jetty ticker from arctic. of please give me a call when you go from walker. i need to order the enough. but you, my am, it's up to, i promise me molly. steeping in utica was that i shame suddenly cbs. so i use that each group on magazine. i was the borrow

u. s. involvement in coups around the world that generated this embarrassing. and these embarrassing for the west response about the u. s. involvement in the in ukraine in 2014. now the u. s. on its allies of course, deny this, this turn of events and they insisted roch's special military operation was an unprovoked attack. but at chat gpc when asked, they answered that, but then president of ukraine, yellow cove, which was i was did in a cood brought pro western leaders at to power. now this turn of events came off to he refused, or he backed down from an agreement which would have seen closer integration with the european union and the west. and that provoked fall like forces on the streets . and perhaps most famously thought the u. s. official. victorian newton dishing out cookie, saying, we are with you, bottom, bing, i, i another artificial intelligence bought. and this also produce a detailed timeline of the use involvement in the coon essentially said that his aim was to contain, and we can russia is what they said. the coolness aftermath have also effected the security and stability of the water region, as well

u. s. government warning, not to travel to russia. u. s. citizens residing or traveling in russia should depart right away. as the state department continues to advise. i think john kirby forgot to add engaged in espionage before the word americans. it must have been said between the lines. well, moscow court has ruled did so this thursday to keep a wall street journal reported behind bars for 29 days, pending further investigation after he was arrested and made spying claims, r t. z. marina costs forever. as of course, the developments for us, there's a lot of thrust here at the moment, waiting to catch any glimpse all the american journalists and any time the black car behind me makes any sort of noise like right now. we believe that the american journalist is in that car right now, the black car that is departing, this core room. you can see there we go. and we believe that even girl school, which is now leaving the most go courts. and as we can see, there's not only lots of thrust here, but some heavy duty armed guards and knots. becau

u. s. and sanctions. he would not have a decent meeting with any u. s. officials or he's a u. s. counterpart. so we are not expecting on the leaders meeting between the 2 sides in terms of, you know, security talks. if you know the new ministries under sanctions, or you would not provide or a creed, any good atmosphere for the 2 sides to restore the dialogue mechanism, which would not lead to any a better environment for the bi retires. so i think our, the washington has to consider if it has to make some moves towards that in the countries new premier, lee chang was sober. also a fresh appointment this week he previously served as a secretary of the chinese communist party in shanghai. the premier combination was supported by gigi and ping, who recently made history as china's 1st president to be elected for a 3rd consecutive terms and following his re election. g confirmed his allegiance to the country and its people, or show should i pledge to be a legion to the constitution of the people's republic of china and safeguard the constitutions. authority fulfill my legal obligations, be loyal t

wish it seems like the u. s. s. has now it will not use them. that doesn't mean that us personnel won't be side by side with the brits to about it to make sure that they understand how it all works. but you know, this also puts the ukrainians in jeopardy in terms of health. and this whole thing is just maddening. russia has uranium depleted uranium rounds for tanks. i don't know if we use i think that it's best that you keep any uranium out of it. and the, the whole point about this uranium is that if it is a form of you to $35.00, but it's a diluted version of it. but it still has radiation impact over time. nobody knows what that impact is. you have a lot of charities, a lot of and you were asked to seeing this like pointing out the science of it. you know, as well as the u. n's environmental agency thing that changes depleted uranium can be our viewers as well. mike might be more a fe, with gulf war syndrome in 1901 that was linked to plato uranium as well on the effect that just the way you're explaining though, and the us an influence on th

u. s. and lane lane that the u. s. s. feed for worsening ties between the 2 countries. he said that the u. s. view of china as a rival and as a threat is distorted, he says the suppression of chinese firms is unfair. and any interference when it comes to the time one issue is unreasonable. in fact, can gun called this a red line issue for aging. the self root island is allied with washington, but trying to consider that inseparable part of what it says is mother land. and she said that they will continue to pursue reunification. and then you had a why the larger warning for the united states saying that if it does not change direction in its approach to its diplomacy with trying to risk the catastrophic conflict. now it seems to me that it's quite clear it can go in his press conference and trying to set china apart from the us, wants to project it as an alternative will power, especially to developing countries. in fact, you want to trying to do projected as a champion of the developing world. and while he had many words for the united states, you only had friendly ones

u. s. navy, behind me, you see that u. s. s. missouri that say, nuclear powered submarine of virginia class submarines. it's the kind that the u. s . will be sending by 2030 to talk to austro you. they're going to manufacture more of those young president biden. say they will it 1st order re, the australians with the option of having to more so this is a major naval area where, where you see a lot of naval ships to one of the places where the us really base is much of it's navy. so it makes perfect sense that they would hold this event here. i also work resident invited, was able to use the backdrop you had right there and wasn't, there was perfect for this occasion. and tell us more about the purpose of this security pat. how significant is this deal between the 3 countries they made a great deal? it's not a joe biden was emphasizing that these are on nuclear power, not nuclear submarines. that was very important. and i think even mentioned e verification and transparency being involved in this process. but how significant is

u. s. commitment to the ukraine, conflicts. the u. s. inspectors office has received nearly 200 complaints about a legit misspending of washington's funds. you craig? as of march, the 1st 2023. so 3 o g 's had received 189 ukraine response related hotline complaints, including allegations submitted by ukrainian citizens regarding alleged misconduct within ukraine. o g investigations resulted from these and other allegations have not yet substantiated significant waste fraud or abuse. very interesting, isn't it? quite a dramatic shift. well, you'll recall that back in january, or there was a big scandal involving corruption that led to a number of ukrainian lawmakers being given the boot. and in addition to that, it's important to point out that the idea of auditing the money being given to ukraine kind of caught on and gain steam when republicans took back control of the u. s. house of representatives. it's republicans that are a little bit more critical of aid to ukraine, of that the biden administration has been pouring on quite a bit

u. s service members apart from the u. s contractor of course, who was killed are currently in stable condition. john alright, natasha. bertrand, keep us posted. thank you so much. with me now is retired u s air force colonel cedric leighton. colonel great to have you here. i want to take this in parts if i can. first this one way drone strike from iranian proxies. what does that tell you about their intentions and capabilities? well, john. good morning. first of all, their intentions are definitely to at least harass us forces into let their presence be known. they want to make sure that the u. s and allied forces don't forget that they're there , and they also want to make sure that they can, in essence control certain parts of syria on behalf of the syrian government, now, as far as their capabilities are concerned, they're pretty considerable. you know, it's general carrillo mentioned in his testimony. the iranians have a very large the arsenal of u a. b s and rockets and missiles. a lot of the proxy forces that iran it

u. s. was involved in the ousting of the iranian leader mohammed, most of that, who had threatened to nationalize the country's oil, which of course the u. s. has a vested interest in and they impose the, the, the pro u. s. pro western shaw, who was himself house. if in the 979 revolution there more lastly has been involved in cova operations in syria operation, timber sick of all wet whistle. $1000000000.00 us dollars channel to assyrian opposition groups and to overthrow president potter allison. now stevie, you don't really mentioned africa. what, what's been going on there? what of course is there a huge operations are underway in, in africa to speak of a secret war, their massive troop numbers. and they use a loophole to bypass congressional accountability u. s. or military has trained. so does that have been involved in at least 7 coups in the last 2 years? washington is insisted it has shared values with many of these li leaders is the head of the us, african being grilled on that issue. what percentage of the people we've trained end up participating in insurrections or coups against their own government? very small number. this is

u. s. lead order u. s. dominated world order, that's really all it is because the united states has trampled all over international law for more than 70 years since the end of world war 2. and the united states, even at this moment, is so open and blatantly u huber stickly, a arrogant about issues like the ukraine crisis, for example. where on the one hand, they say they respect ukraine sovereignty and on the other say they could never allow ukraine to a, to tack on to or agree to a chinese lead proposal for peace. so really all the u. s. a is talking about when it talks about a rural space order is a u. s. dominate order. one, where the u. s. makes the rules in the u. s. and forces its own rules, which generally means dominating other countries. these stabilizing entire regions and economically and politically. benefiting from these imperialistic ventures. you know, andy, i'm it, we listen to our salt and broke the head of nato. ah, he's on the way out, but he has great ambitions for the, for the alliance

u. s. u s. military personnel, i believe is military activity. yeah. but a but a but in terms of ground presence in syria, i'm not aware of that. okay. 5 us service members were injured in that attack. if there is no, there were no us soldier service members in syria. how could they got injured at? that's weird, right? should you as well as you base is in syria, warren time, just last week, demoss was a q u. s. of stating oil from the country under the guise of a supposed to terrorism operation. the u. s. which is the believe of had a full says in syria for navy decade as openly called for regime change in the country. the news is that of the cradle media outlet, esteban korea says the u. s. military presence in syria violates international law . sounds like he was misinformed, but it also raised a question of whether this was a un official or, or you as state department as spokesperson trying to defend a defensible the president of the u. s. army syria, illegal by international law. so, and he said that you are watching the un form after the 2nd world

u. s. u s. military personnel i, i believe this military activity. yeah. but a but a but in terms of ground presence in syria, i'm not aware of that. okay. 5 us service members were injured in that attack. if there's no, there were no us soldier service members in syria. how could they got injured? but that's weird, right? should i ask? it all comes after an american military base in syria was attacked just last week. the muskets health accused the u. s. of stealing the countries oil under the guise of us posted on the terrorism operation. washington which is believed to have hot forces in syria for nearly a decade, has openly call for regime change in the country. stephen sack, who need a journalist in syria, sees america he is of the view, has taken the un hostage american appearance in the area. yes, it is illegal in any country. if the government of the country and the leader of the country asked for help from an from a friendly country, states that cow syria did, was iran suited with russia? that is legal appearance that is held from one prince to anot

u. s contractor, an american citizen as well as the injuries of five u. s troops and another contractor, all of whom at this point are in stable condition. question. what happens at this point? general eric gorilla, the commander of us central command, said the u. s has the option and the capability to strike if there is a continuation here and more attacks by iranian proxies or groups affiliated with iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps moving forward here. what what are you hearing about the possibility that president biden could order the launch of another retaliatory attack? that possibility is very much on the table, the u. s. said its previous strike, the one carried out in response to the drone attack struck facilities used for ammunition and intelligence by groups associated with iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. they're still waiting to see if there was anyone killed or casualties in that strike, but the us has made it clear that if this continues, though, the u. s doesn't seek to escalate here. it will protect its troops here. it will

u. s military to the u. s personnel. right so most of these groups are located in the eastern and central parts of syria. there are some that are located in the western part of the country. a lot of the fighting that was going on in the aleppo region, for example, uh, iranian proxies were involved in that in the syrian civil war, so these are elements are really throughout the country of syria, and they can turn and attack any forces whether it's syrian defense forces. craddick forces that are aligned with us or where the kurds or some other entity, including the u. s forces that are there. just last thursday, the top u. s military general for the middle east testified before congress. ah that iran is significantly more military capable than ever. let's listen and then i'll get your response. here it is. today i ran his exponentially more capable than they were just five years ago. today, iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, many capabl