the army was a good, those of us who left came out of the service, and the army gave us schooling, where we wanted to go. and a little subsistence pay along with that. so, i took advantage of it, and that was it. period. no more worried about the army, period. that's it. >> do you will want to tell us a little bit about what happened after your tour in -- overseas, and you came back home? do you want to share the audience everything that happened after that? >> i went directly home because i lost my father. my mother was very sick while others in the military, so i got a discharge and went home. >> you have anything? >> i was discharged. i married while i was in the service, so i went from philadelphia where i enlisted. my husband was from california, and i live in california and started a family. i went to school and became an are and and had a family and that was the end of it. we never heard anything more about all of that. it was all behind, until a gentleman by the name charleston philpott thought we deserved to be recognized, because we never had a parade. we just came out and that

be ongoing into the future for the for several more years that mission is not yet complete and the us army veteran told us the soldiers ascend to fight in foreign wars the only benefit military contract is i served in iraq in 2000 or 2005 at the sniper and you know my. my opinions about the mission in iraq changed while i was there we were told that it was weapons of mass destruction that there were ties to 911 that we were bringing democracy to the people and i felt like we weren't doing any of those things you're serving and in a large large extended urban area it's an occupation and you're serving under really areas of the battlefield that i fought on were you know people out there people backyards you know they were their children you know hours after we were done having a fire by even area there were kids out playing soccer where we were having a fire fight i think our military industrial complex profiting from work and i think we actually made our nation less plastic and we did it and are now curing we've created a lot of enemies internationally where we could have been as deep as th

back in 2010 he published classified documents leaked by former us army soldier chelsea manning these revealed alleged us war crimes and iraq we spoke to iceland's former interior minister. and he told us the f.b.i. tried to free my son. i was aware that the american intelligence services were in iceland to have us make us implicit in framing giuliana. signs they in fact came to iceland illegally without the proper permits this i know because i was minister of interior of the time but above from that apart from that apart from the legality of the visit the purpose of the visit was immoral it was immoral and we didn't want to have any part in that this is why the what i was totally they're working on this all the time and they've been doing this for years there have been pressure raising venezuela. ecuador and they have been pressurizing everybody around them this is this is no no no. they're looking towards britain and asking the brits to help them on the course the british and other notorious nato states are also complicit in some of the crimes that we told us about way back in 2010

the hearings proper begin in february i can 2010 he published classified documents leaked by former us army soldier chelsea manning these revealed alleged us war crimes in iraq some of us are just supporters say that sweden has been doing america's bidding. i don't suppose an apology is pending from those who for years referred to julian as a rapist and denied that the whole affair was about shoving him in a us supermax black hole for the crime of having exposed crimes against humanity committed in our name oh man it's almost like the whole thing was an excuse to arrest the sanj and then extradite him to the us if only someone would warned us it was a sham by dropping the charges against julian a son's sweden ironically removes another way to stop an extradition to the us for him sweden can't extradite him there and the charges against him were probably a hindrance for the u.k. to just extradite him it was entirely expected because of course the swedish allegations were very obviously always a cia fit up and they were only ever intended to get assigned into custody in order to pave the way

the us army today is trying to establish the extent of a new and growing rape and sexual harassment scandal at all took place at the army base at aberdeen proving ground where 30 women have filed complaints of sexual advances that range from unwanted touching to rape and forcible sodomy as an acceptable conduct for shoulders to bow to the army and we have 0 tolerance. 12 years ago the tail hook sex scandal shook the u.s. navy and the air force faces what may be an even bigger problem and other sexual abuse at the air force academy in colorado springs 100 out of 42 allegations of assault against women have been made in the last decade one highest ranking air force generals knew about serious problems of sexual assault at the academy yet fail to take action we don't intend to sweep this under the rug we take it very seriously we're going to address it publicly in congress outrage senators accused the air force brass of ignoring assaults on women we have a clear pattern. of reports of sexual assault where the reaction of the air force academy seems to be to blame the victim we are in the proce

are ongoing although dong trump has called off negotiations several times we spoke to a number of us army veterans about this they told us that america's power projection abroad has actually made it less safe. u.s. military veterans from all wars are very very concerned about the propensity of the united states to continue to use warmongering as an instrument of foreign policy and i myself was in afghanistan in december of 2001 as a diplomat i helped reopen the u.s. embassy there and that's 18 years ago and at that time we were telling washington you only have a small window of opportunity here the us going into afghanistan in 2001. will ultimately suffer a great losses and the afghan people more importantly as we've seen over these last 18 years and particularly in the last 6 or 7 years are suffering for mendez tremendous casualties and deaths we're told that it was weapons of mass destruction that there were ties to 911 that we were bringing democracy to the people and i felt that we were doing many of those things i think our military industrial complex is profiting from war and i thin

back in 2010 he published a classified documents leaked by former us army soldiers chelsea manning these revealed alleged u.s. war crimes in iraq so let's get more on this now because we can go live to org and you know this seems a form iceland of the syrian minister also known for his support of junior science you very welcome thanks for coming on firstly can you just outline why you stand up for doing this and why you were one of the few that seemed to support him. well let me start by saying that. i'm siding with julian assange as an individual who is being unjustly treated very unjustly treated but then his case however is birds lots of other than the individual julian our sons and the totally unacceptable hardship he's beings have directed to. it has to do with the rights or whistleblowers and consequently the rights of citizens to be provided with information on crimes committed by states and individuals so it has to do with democracy and let me add that eventually attests to do with the rule of law because associate got to wants to respect the rule of law must have access to infor

otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. e and they also use television and radio, warning people about the danger. they have realised that, unless they moved to some safety, that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been good. it's been a busy day on the election campaign trail, with the main parties unveiling new policy pledges. the conservatives have announced plans to train more gps, while labour and the liberal democrats are focussing on more support for childcare. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. it's enough to raise your blood pressure. you know what it's like. try to get a non—urgent appointment with your doctor and you can wait days, sometimes more than a week. today, the conservatives promised an injection of more gps into the health service in england by 2025. the package

otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. they use and they also use television and radio, warning people about the danger. they have realised that, unless they moved to some safety, that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been good. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has welcomed the supreme court's decision to award a bitterly disputed religious site in the northern town of ayodhya to hindus. he called for a new india, free of hatred between religious communities. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. they've waited decades for this. today hindus celebrated after they were granted land which had been bitterly contested. land here, in one of the holiest cities in india — ayod hya. but muslims have also worshipped here for generations. it's in this town that the 16th century babr

otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. lso use television and radio, warning people about the danger. they have realised that, unless they moved to some safety, that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been good. tensions are high in bolivia as the president, evo morales, comes under more pressure to resign after accusations that last month‘s election was rigged. the main opposition leader has turned down the president“s invitation to talks. on friday, police in several bolivian cities came out in support of the anti—government protestors, with some of them calling for mr morales to resign. bolivia‘s armed forces have said they will never go against the people and the crisis must be solved by democratic means. a little earlier i spoke with mark weisbrot — a latin america analyst. he gave his ass

correspondent, david willis has the latest, on the impeachment hearing following the testimony of us armye was listening in on the call. he was born in the ukraine and is an iraq war veteran and appeared today in full military uniform to tell the impeachment enquiry that at times he could not quite believe what he was hearing on that call. he said that president donald trump's call for his ukrainian counterpart to open investigation into the political rival, joe biden, was inappropriate and improper and "my worst fear of how our ukrainian policy could play out was playing out." on wednesday there was another big witness and some nervousness about amongst republicans about wednesday's testimony. i would think so. this is going to be a pivotal witness. gordon sondland, the us ambassador to the eu was the man who reached out on behalf of president trump to the government of the ukraine. he did so, initially, he said, in order to press the fight against corruption, but subsequently he amended his testimony and basically seemed to agree with the fact that there was a quid pro quo, that aid mon

integrated into china at different times in history but especially when mao zedong invaded the area with us armies the 949 yeah issue is that china is the chinese communist party has a big problem with any organized religion also christianity islam even indigenous chinese religions are now being forced to sign a size that's because they've been more successful in a communist party's own ideology even their own congress started to turn to religions and spiritual pursuits started to go to church. so when we as you say we've known about these camps we suspect these camps exist and we suspect they have since last year or so. where is the international community on this issue. i think the international community is far behind you know really showing that they are getting dependent on chinese influence and technology and money and 30 international bodies such as the united nations have been quite significantly and quite successfully co-opted by china a letter criticizing beijing's actions in changing was supported by 23 countries 22 of them were western. 54 countries many of them muslims supported beiji

he faces espionage charges i could turn to turn he published classified documents leaked by former us army soldier chelsea manning these revealed alleged u.s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan we can big supporter of pink floyd co-founder roger waters believes that the songs get any more of a fair trial in the u.s. than it would in the u.k. there's no process of little big hollywood at the moment somebody's in somebody's bank go in belmarsh for 23 hours out of every $24.00 being slowly murdered by the state because he told an uncomfortable truth. about war crimes committed by the united so. he's been hung out to dry as a warning to others. others who might decide that they might be journalists that they might fall through the function as journalists by in forming the public and the electorate of what goes on critically in their name so this business of their tradition has nothing to do the legal process is being railroaded and it's disgusting to find the truth these days is it really difficult in any setting a new universe he would be lauded as a hero of the people for getting at the trut

otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. the methods they use and they also use television and radio to warn people about the danger. they have realised that unless they moved to some safety that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been good. and how large an area do we expect to be affected? 12 coastal districts and there are millions of people in these areas and many fishermen have been warned to not go into the sea for the past few days. in a neighbouring state of west bengal we already have reports of how the cyclone is making an impact. have been a few deaths. the full extent of it, once the cyclone crosses the path in india and bangladesh we will know after a few hours because the authorities will then be able to assess how much damage the cyclone has done. stay with us on bbc news, still to

otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. e are some of the matter is they use and they also use television and radio, warning people about the dangers. they have realised, unless they move to safety, that lives are in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think we can hide over and set on top of this roof and if we spend a few hours here we can save oui’ spend a few hours here we can save our lives. but bangladesh has learned its lesson and the disaster management has been pretty good for a few years. how vast an area expect to be affected by this? about 12 coastal districts and many fishermen have been warned not to go to the sea for the past few days and in the neighbouring state of west bengal we have reports of how the cycle is making an impact, a couple of deaths there. but the full extent, once a cyclone crosses india and bangladesh, we will know after a few hours because the authorities will then assess how much damage the cycle has done. our south asian editor. let's take a look at some of the other storie

only faces espionage charges by can 2010 they publish classified documents leaked by former us army soldier chelsea manning these revealed alleged u.s. war crimes in iraq is on saga has raised concerns over washington street meant of whistleblowers generally and it comes as another saga overly curious covering the playing out protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential is basically on the verge of not only revealing the identity or getting somebody else to reveal the identity of the whistleblower but also bringing harm to that person. ok i'm still alive i'm alive now by roger waters musician co-founder of course of pink floyd and a supporter of wiki leaks thanks for joining me. let's just get a reaction 1st of all to the news of the sexual investigation being dropped against julian assange is what was your reaction to that. well mainly mouth punching will share i couldn't believe the statement that prosecutors put out by the way is the alleged in g c there's no evidence to support the idea that julian assange changed injured anybody but anyway tha

take away the army's control of the south and the king is put in check but have the king give us control of the army and he has put himself in checkmate which is exactly what could be said happened. the senators that are going to judge whether johnson was guilty got him to agree to nominate general john sheffield, a good union general, a man who believed in it abiding by the rule of law and congress. to send that nomination in. there is a clear connection so the story is very clear. the moderates voted to acquit partly on the issues involved, partly on the law but also because they had removed most of the risk. andrew johnson have been tamed so 11 months later, when johnson retired, there was good reason for the cartoon. the impeachment had killed all of andrew johnson that mattered as a viable and powerful force. how do i start it? he gets off topic momentarily, but not that far. in arkansas'constitutional convention, when they made the best constitution arkansas would ever had, delegates congratulated themselves on creating a society based on equal rights. and one delegate rose and he

southern city of nasiriyah medical sources say live ammunition and tear gas canisters were used earlier the army dispatched commandos to provincial areas with instructions to restore order we're also hearing of 3 deaths in the city of najaf where protesters set fire to the rain in concert on wednesday iraq's foreign minister has called his iranian counterpart to apologize over the incident. reports from baghdad. in a doc a dramatic escalation hundreds of anti-government protesters storming the compound of the iranian consulate late tuesday in the southern city of najaf set in parts of the diplomatic mission on fire replacing an iranian flag with the intent of how to go when the consulate was set on file all the broad police in the job and the security forces started firing and as if we were burning a rock as a whole the riot police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the security forces rained us heavily with live bullets the protesters say iran is exerting too much power in an office and they want their government to take action to limited. according to analysts it's not just this attack th

us.>> an army veteran and new father of this matter and still holds out hope that someday they will get justice. >> one little break and you can go home and pop the for that.> still honoring the $100,000 award they started off back in 1984 also smaller awards being offered in the other cold cases. >>> a massive cell phone fencing ring delivery drivers across the state stolen goods for resale last month police with other enforcement agencies served search warrants including a wireless in hayward. that was the largest for electronics in the area. police arrested a people and seized 1800 electronic devices, $350,000 in cash, and 2 handguns. investigators say the suspects were connected to 62 robberies and 31 cities across the state and still nearly $1 million worth of merchandise.>>> police arrested a san bruno man for embezzling a music program at least $25,000 from the oxide middle school. the 43-year-old working as a volunteer treasure at the time, investigators say they surrendered today and now jailed on the charge.>>> police at stanford university and meza game three separate reports

before serving as a infantry officer in the us army for 6 years inuding with a 101st airborne division r. investor taylor let a rifle platoon in vietn and was ward the bronze star medal and the air medal for valor. llowing his military service, he worked at the department of energy as a staer in the us senate. as an advisor as well. 2 us ambassador to na. in the 1990's, a master tailor coordinad us assistance to eastern europe and the former soviet union. and ter served in afghanistan. worked on the middle east pea process. in 2006 president bush nominated him s an ambassador to ukraine. we re serve until 2009 and then was appointed by president barack obama to be special coordinator for middle eastransitions master tailor was serving as the executive vice president of the nonpartisan us institute for peace when. in june 2019. secretary f state mike pompeo asked him to return to lead the us embassy in kiev has chard 8 affair. mister george kent. currently sees as deputy assistant secrery in the department of state's bureau of european and eurasian affairs overseeing policy toward ukrai

york and grew up eating in new york delhi's he also spent a yes as a food service specialist and the us army that means he knows how to ke care of the soldiers even after they leave the service, you know i always believe when your discharged from service do not discharge from each other and it's sad to see other veterans struggling of a concrete something to give them opportunities why not we created as the full battle rattle delhi, a food truck that feels more like a new york deli the cruise the streets of aurora feeding people and providing jobs for veteransgives them an opportunity to get on their feet were not just a food truck or vehicle for like brian get the basic skills and training they need for a career in the cone or the arts and if customer reviews are any indication of what kind of cook still make these vets are going to soar they it. they love the love that's in the food, they love the cause they just love the sandwiches, it's just a great experience. >>coming up next a man accused of putting razor blades and halloween candy bags appears in court. claims those razors got in the

in syria on the free syrian army aid and assistance that we're going to give to the free syrian army is used to advance the cause against guys will watch the transformation of the free syrian army as well really on have they gotten more quickly better or is it just me well guess what forces fighting under the f s a's latest incarnation are now attacking the united states as part of the de confliction exchange information has been received from the u.s. side to that on 3rd november. a convoy of american servicemen was fired upon from the territory controlled by the pro turkish syrian national army so how did this happen how does a group go from being worthy of u.s. support weapons and training to being terrorists to attack america as well let's review the process of the f s a's evolution as the syrian conflict escalated they were presented as a soft force to counter the quote brutal regime of bashar al assad western journalist even visited them they are former syrian soldiers they say they refused orders to fire on their own countrymen a few months alongside to take up arms against the assad

we advise not when we lose i mean even militarily you may use if you want to use such a weapon the mother called the syrian army because we don't have it anymore but really logically you can use it when you are losing ground not when your advancing so you deny the use in job or shake. the area of aleppo. you presumably deny for the way people do and 70 all of these you deny the use of chemical weapons by the syrian every story worth nothing more than a geisha the one who said there was use of chemical weapons he the one who should prove his story he'd want to should offer evidence is that you speak with the c.w. did. lead britain and the united states and for us to believe. they needed to bomb your country on the basis of they really do believe both. believe is one thing and bringing evidence is another thing so we're talking about evidence what the evidence that they have. to prove their story nothing they have nothing that can be any truth in the room was arguably on your side saying video evidence has been manipulated in that rebels were using chemical weapons via the saudi arabian government and chemical we

yoga was virtually unknown in sierra leone but to us study convinced the army it could help fix competence with depression and p.t.s.d. . to see this you guys are really good it makes us forget about what we've been seeing want to have been doing 5 years after the yoga project started here it is providing respite for many long term it provides them with the hope of a path to recovery. thanks . it's now to a challenge for guys only south african rugby player 5 o'clock has started the hash tag 5 challenge be bold enough to check your balls he wrote on instagram he's calling on men to strip down today and beans and check for signs of testicular cancer springboks captain said he was more than happy to take up the challenge posting the evidence that he too has a payoff speedo's in the national canis fox website has all of the details the message is testicular cancer is curable if caught and treated early enough. and that is the one now from africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page will need you now live images. in sierra leone next time. i'll go to the eur

and flood the mojave desert communities, the us army corps of engineers announced today. it's changed it has a risk characterization of the baja be river dam from low to high i urge unsee of action the earthen dam was built in the 19 70's near the san bernardino mountains it is never breached but an assessment last year found that during an extreme storm water could flow over the top in a row, the dam. in national news tonight. beto o'rourke is out of the presidential race o'rourke shock supporters today by dropping out of the fight just hours before a marquee dinner in iowa and heroes now has more on the surprise announcement. >>and then there were 17 democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke announced friday evening, he's ending his bid for the white house, the former texas congressman dropped out just hours before he was supposed to speak at a dinner in iowa along with several other candidates were my service will not be yes, they can. in an e-mail to supporters are work said he would not run for any elected office next year. aides familiar with the situation say p

yoga was virtually unknown in sierra leone but to us study convinced the army it could help x. competence with depression and p.t.s.d. . did come up to see this you guys really good. forget about what we've been seeing want to have been doing. 5 years after the yoga project started here it is providing respite for many long term it provides them with the hope of a path to recovery. let's look at sports now in a major upset in tennis stefano has defeated roger federer in the semi that the a.t.p. finals the 21 year old greek cruise past federer winning 6364 to see possible face austrian dominic team in the final on sunday. and in football germany sealed their place at next summer's euro 2020 tournament after a 4 nil win against belarus and mention. him live side has also required it required a helping hand from old rivals the netherlands whose nil no result against northern ireland confirms germany's qualification. germany had been in the driving seat long before mathias opened the scoring in the 41st minutes they got back and he's on stadium and yogi live side's lead was doubled

was virtually unknown in sierra leone but to us study convinced the army it could help x. competence with depression and p.t.s.d. . did. this you guys really good. forget about what we've been seeing want to have been doing 5 years after the yoga project started here it is providing respite for many long term it provides them with the hope of a path to recovery. this is the news live from berlin don't forget all the latest news available 247 on our website that's dot com i'm called aspen thanks want to. go to the girl next you to. a good line of story. with exclusive. the must see concerning part culture.