rick scott is calling for us military involvement in the country. >> we are going to have this, to figure out how maduro to step aside, china and russia need to walk away. >> reporter: democrat support regime change but warned against military intervention. >> i'm not interested in any action at this moment. maybe later but not now. >> reporter: donald trump mess with juan guaido's wife at the white house. not clear if there any plans for juan guaido to meet with donald trump. the white house or perhaps another location. breaking tonight, special counsel robert mueller was not happy with how the attorney general's for page summary about the russia investigation sparked, quote, public confusion. the news comes hours at a bar's testimony in congress about the handling of the probe. kristin fisher is here to explain tonight's breaking news. >> this is the first big leak since the mueller report was released and it comes just hours before the attorney general testifies on capitol hill. the washington post and the new york times reported within minutes of each other that the special counsel, r

pusher power last week, he has indicated that he would be open to the option of the us using some sort of militarycretary of state, has that ultimately a set of options may have to be taken that could involve the use of the us military. is that your official position now asa is that your official position now as a movement that you invite, that you believe, inevitably, there will be some sort of us military intervention? first of all, the term intervention? first of all, the term intervention is something we take issue with. arguably, we have been intervened, as you well know, because they have seen your visits to venezuela, which are wonderful reporting, we have been intervened by the cubans, the russians, the iranians, it is absolutely invaded. they have invaded our security and into forces... ifjuan guaido it is recognised... with respect, they we re recognised... with respect, they were invited by the government in caracas. you know it much more than i. caracas. you know it much more than i, the point about talking of us military intervention is that it invites maduro to play the card of raili

are poorly conceived and easily what they just wanted you ask what are you recommending military use are you advocating a military intervention i'm not here to answer your questions you come here and so why do you say what i say i'm not asking you when i will read line here at what point do you know only getting the people to come out because you're putting more lives so what are than what all the other options than what do you recommend that attend what happened on april 30th and may for us is in keeping with the constitution that was drafted by travis and i every urging i did it and it didn't work when. people trust you know why should people come out to mr karzai because now they know because now they know how how the regime is fractured that deals taluk of a your and by the best and that i saw me now has an arrest warrant he is the hezbollah bad man they also say those issues raised your best and lost you know why is it about one crisis group says you don't know most of america is that the only view because remember the old missouri national crisis no that momentary there are lots

not the iraqi government but the us military. i think the interplay of the awakening and the surge, the reinforcement of us forces that president bush ordered at the beginning of 2007 has not been that well understood. the way in which both of them needed the other in order to produce the dramatic drop in violence and operational defeats of al qaeda and later the militant groups in iraq. our co-author jim powell, his research into the way that the awakening generated and spread at the tactical level, his study about how battalion and company commanders and so on interacted during that time embarked on a series of confidence holding measures. took some leaps of faith. the way in which that intro played with the arrival of more us forces, the way in which the generals were be able able to deploy new forces in order to assist in the american's list awakening. and to punch al qaeda and iraq into 2008. that's a story that has not been explored well so i think readers will appreciate those chapters which came from the pen of jim powell

but to use military force against iran, there is no authorization for the use of military force. clearly under the constitution, congress has the power to declare war. the president must come to congress unless there is an urgent issue about defending america or some two powers. in this case, they are planning the military operations. the proper course is to come to congress. i would hope the president would respect the constitution. this is a pretty fundamental seek and i hope he would congressional approval which i'm not sure he would receive. this week, all senators will get an intelligent. what will you need to hear on this issue? >> i expect that we're going to hear about things that iran is preparinghow they are we know that they were extremely upset, the united date pulling out of the nuclear agreement is going to cost them economic relief they thought they were going to receive by joining the agreement. we also know that they were extremely upset on the declaration as a terrorist group. is whatwe want to hear is the calculation, what is our intelligence community saying?

but to use military force against iran, there is no authorization for the use of military force. clearly under the constitution, congress has the power to declare war. the president must come to congress unless there is an urgent issue about defending america or some two powers. in this case, they are planning the military operations. the proper course is to come to congress. i would hope the president would respect the constitution. this is a pretty fundamental seek and i hope he would congressional approval which i'm not sure he would receive. this week, all senators will get an intelligent. what will you need to hear on this issue? >> i expect that we're going to hear about things that iran is preparinghow they are we know that they were extremely upset, the united date pulling out of the nuclear agreement is going to cost them economic relief they thought they were going to receive by joining the agreement. we also know that they were extremely upset on the declaration as a terrorist group. is whatwe want to hear is the calculation, what is our intelligence community saying?

they are not ruling out a us military option. is the us military option really there?” is normal when you have a situation of crisis happening in the us hemisphere for the defence department to participate. when i was at the white house that was the normal course of planning, no matter what the crisis was, even if it wasn't in our hemisphere but i don't think they are thinking of air strikes, boots on the ground, operations inside venezuela, an invasion of caracas. i don't think that's possible. it is more about seeing how they can support the refugees that have gone into colombia of which there are about 2 million, and on the other hand communicating that all options are on the table. that is a key piece of the message that the administration wa nts the message that the administration wants the regime to hear. the russians have said that there could be grave consequences if you ramp up operations, the russian foreign minister saying that this would have knock—on effects for the us — russia relations, looks like a cold war scenario. does it affect those relations? you m

law and the us line is to appoint someone as an interim president in another country threaten to use military force along with choking sanctions to overthrow the current regime which the. united states might object to the use of the term coup but if we turn to the dictionary the words defined as being a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government our guests are debated whether that's what is being attempted in venezuela. the u.s. supports coup d'etat is all the time this is another example that one has no power under the constitution of venezuela the fact the u.s. recognize him recognizes him is of no import the u.s. recognizes him because he has already agreed to privatizing venezuela's oil in the interest of u.s. companies that's why the u.s. recognizes him and that does not make him with the opinion of the united states is no the only opinion for all other fifty countries recognize why go as a legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also while you go there are legitimate president this is an unfolding coup that the u.s. wants to push forward and we h

today to defend the constitution and our liberty knowing it could cost their life by joining the us military. beautiful men and women in the military and i will tell my constituents one thing we are focused on doing is to makeau sure when you send your son or daughter to join the military it is the top military in the world the most ready military, the most capable militaryre's we have a dangerous trend from 2015 and during the obama administration. 25 percent. because no man or woman joins the military should be joining that is not at the highest levels of readiness. so i'llhe pass this on to my colleagues so to support the military and with that great work that you do with u.s. senate to supporthe you with all heart and soul. . >> while the senator from alaska is still on the floor but with the military appreciation month of those members of the military and their families in north carolina to have 1 million veterans like hundreds of thousands of people and then look at fort bragg if that is a military conflict it is the 8d airborne down from four to carolina sometimes within 48 hours noti

record that his work has been extremely important and is well understood but just to underscore us military engagement with the saudi arabia andd partners isn't just the humanitarian crisis but to the national security interest the conflict in yemen is a nightmare but at this point it doesn't advance the interest of the united states or regional stability to recognize to have a strategic partnership with saudi arabia and a mutual desire to have expansion of the terrorist groups who seek to do us harm. the current military support for saudi arabia is detrimental to the shared goals and the broader partnerships. the suffering this conflict is caused is beyondd measure and 75 percent of the population and the largest cholera outbreak killing thousands hungerwo and malnutrition 2 million innocent children underce the age of five so with 85000 children have already died from starvation since the war began continuing the military involvement should not be an option. so with that direct sales to come at the expense of human rights and regional destabilizationat. saudi arabia has shown a disregard

us military has stopped to filing public reports on the war in afghanistan that story and much more after a short break this is our to trust. what holds us do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want to be it's. actually going to be prose that's what the three of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. city. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic to follow through the only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. this is r t international now the u.s. military has stopped publishing its regular reports on the amount of territory controlled by different forces in afghanistan the head of the watchdog responsible for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will now know less about their country's successes and failures in the region their reports are made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or c gar thi

us military stopped publishing its regular reports on the amount of territory controlled by different forces in afghanistan the head of the watchdog responsible for monitoring this is us citizens will now know less about their country's successes and failures in the region the reports are made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or cigar the special post created by congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country cigar also conducts criminal probe the work of the special inspector has been criticised by donald trump who slammed the idea of making this public. kind of stuff as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public is the enemy the enemy reserves reports a study every line or they should be private reports and be locked up and if a member of congress wants to see it you're going to read it over the last two years washington's gradually been reducing the amount of information it makes public on afghanistan twenty seventeen it stopped publishing data on casualties and then last july then did

the military is responsible for our security we want the military but we want want military that is ruling us they should hand over the power so the military to now didn't shoot until now they say we are we are not the one responsible for it but at the same time they should be the one responsible also because they are taking care of security and that's why they should be taking care of the security of the protesters so the big issue as far as the military is concerned to say ok who do we hunt power to what else is holding up these 2. i think that's them. that's the biggest thing like to to hand over to whom do we want to hand over and the other side some say also that the military themselves have interests in ruling the next. transitional phase of 2 or 4 years because we just look to the neighbors to egypt and we know what's happened in egypt today you have a president who was part of the military and that's why in khartoum a tradition the military is part of the ruling structure and you never know to know if they are just being nice or really they have their own strategy but they taking it s

of the resolution we are voting on to send an important message that people wish to add direct us military support of the saudi led coalitions. i'm not surprised the president issued a veto to stand by the campaign to devastating consequences to the people of yemen. everyotol time we have a resolution but let us be clear 3 million human beings have kbeen forced to flee while they are on the brink of starvation and those that are suffering from the largest cholera epidemic in the world. these are the coalition countries themselves to the man-made conflict. oho comes back with a stabilizing support from iran with the civilian population centers and the united arab emirates continue the campaign to threaten humanitarian access. and this is almost at a breaking point so to be sure ngth the implementation is a challenge. to have a meaningful and comprehensive process even if it is one step at a time to ensure it reaches those who need it most desperately. my colleagues and the president have repeated we do engage in important security and military partnerships withsh the countries comprising th

we can decide we are worried about using our military but if he doesn't step aside we will have somethingshannon: democrat is congresswoman omar talking about the us getting involved in venezuela in some way and here's what she said. >> a lot of the policies we have put in place helped lead the devastation in venezuela and we set the stage where we are arriving today, this particular bullying and use of sanctions. shannon: how much is the was to blame for the current situation? >> maduro made the decision to kill his citizens, to be a murderer, not letting humanitarian aid. he made these decisions and so america is trying to bring democracy and freedom. these little kids - he is completely wrong. she out to go down there. a lot of these people are pure socialists, go live in caracas, see these people. no food, no water, no medicine. she's completely wrong. shannon: let me ask about the foreign influence, russia, cuba and others have seen a lot of things popping up the maduro regime. if they don't get uninvolved with the situation or secretary of state talking with his counterpart in russi

started the hash tag and website ask a venezuelan in order to apply that all venezuelans support us military destruction of their country but since they didn't clarify what to ask of venice well and i just kept emailing the website with questions like i have my baby because i know dyson vacuum. can it survive in there. yes. of course they truthfully ask of him as well about the one why do. and they really truthfully men ask a wealthy upper class venezuelan who moved to america the clone the pro goob people don't want you asking the millions of poor venezuelans who have no interest in us imperial intervention alex rubenstein it meant pressed it a little digging and discovered the website ask a venezuelan dot com is owned by nellie romero she describes herself as an expert in political and social media engineering and in old social media post from arrow. ordered and hyped up the violent protests that resulted in numerous deaths in venezuela but it's not only media strategists acting as protesters another pro quo activist seen on embassy grounds was emerson hevia a senior principal architect at

that the iran is interested in military confident i also think the us is also not interested i- military conflict and the this the in what we see in the last days in this more. cycle okay of office measures to prevent -- investments in business in iran because no businessman want to do with the county wednesday's the feel that the mobile home the next days the rebel well. let me ask the two of you how you interpret these us claims. about having new and credible -- evidence of a qualitatively higher risk and tory tussosock u mentioned the hard liners in the white house john bolton -- certainly everybody remembers the evidence that he and others presented in the run up to the iraq war is that what we're seeing here a similar situation- exaggerations or do you think this is more credible. to be honest it's a little hard to tell what we're dealing with here because it did seem to appear. somewhat out of nowhere about a week ago we had a s seduled visit from secretary of state mike pompeii -- to berlin which was called off at the last minute so that the secretary of state could t travel to ir

as well as opposition leader has called for direct contact between his movement and the us military he made the appeal as opposition supporters gathered for another day of demonstrations against president nicolas maduro but taught out for. short of expectations. reports. another prove test in venezuela this one to demand the release of the vice president of the national assembly. so i have a son to says she cannot wait any longer for a change in her country i am in we cannot continue with nicolas maduro in power we can hardly eat another detaining our lawmakers what else needs to happen from a door to go away. but for now it seems the little is not going anywhere venezuela's president denounced the cia as being behind efforts to overthrow him last week at coole attempt that did not succeed. because the person who carried out the coup is a coward a traitor his name is manuel of the heart of the christopher a traitor who is guilty and a coward after which he fled. many people in venezuela believe mother would or is not the legitimate president. they say the lections last year were field

we heard juan guaido indicating he would be open to us military assistance. ary intervention in the wider population. i would say some sectors of the opposition would agree with him and some were not. and he has been very careful how he phrases his words, he does not talk about military intervention, he talks about military cooperation. and he says this is a decision that would need to be made by the national assembly of which he is president, and there would need to bea president, and there would need to be a vote to authorise it. he has also invoked history, he said that when the independent invited british agents into the country in the early 18005 agents into the country in the early 1800s to help the independence movement, that was military cooperation. suggesting that if there was some kind of military assistance from the us it would be donein assistance from the us it would be done in the same vein rather than as an intervention. so it is a sensitive topic. i have spoken to people who support it, i know many do not. so he has to be careful how he talks

failed to override the president trump veto of the war powers resolution calling for an end to us military involvement in yemen the measure needed 67 votes several republicans who voted in favor of the override senator collins murkowski, paul and young. here is the debate from earlier today. >> i cast my vote in support of the resolution we will be voting on. this body with the american people wish to end direct military support of the saudi lead coalition campaign in yeme yemen. i'm disappointed not surprise they issued a veto with the campaign of devastating consequences and every time we have a vote on the resolution the numbers get worse but let us be clear more than 15 million on the brink of starvation and those that are suffering from the largest cholera epidemic in the world. even the coalition countries themselves do the man-made conflict. and with iran to watch attacks into the civilian centers targeting the campaign to threaten humanitarian access. the political process that emerged and to be sure the houthis present a serious challenge. [applause] . >> thank you tonight we are

sending them to us and to go back 50 years to see what life was like before diego garcia was the agassi and it was a little archipelago where people actually lived who were involved in the military this picture here talk us through well then why did you send us these pages. i think it shows. a totally normal life which they had their. military base game in you will you will know that. this was an early night in the sixty's when one of the states wanted an island in the indian ocean for foreign military base and the u.k. said well be be our guest good look for your island. so so the american navy why don't look for an island for their base to found out about bride and 1st. but the bra of was not convenient to them because another brother was a unique total population and they did not want to disturb the turtle population so they went to their 2nd best shows which was there last year. they did not is they to forcefully is the indigenous people on the go last year and on their us by most and we know the rest. this is quite a vicious story in terms of how the brits decided to get people off the island they stop them from coming back if they went off to have hospital treatment they r

she wrote, the authorization for the use of military force that congress passed in 2001 against al qaeda does not authorize a war against iran. saber rattling and risking the lives of our men and women while eshewing diplomacy is not leadership. >> >> perhaps she didn't see the president standing there with the swiss president. that looks like dip loameracy. i hear what karen is saying about the national security adviser and the president self-acknowledges that frequently ambassador bolton is a little more hawkish than he is in his positions. and the president knows it and balances it out. i think talking to the swiss president, it clearly indicates this president wants to talk. he said i hope we'll not go to war. unfortunately, the same is not echoed back by the ayatollah saying it's poisonous to enter into talks with the americans. so it's somewhat troubling. but this president doesn't seem to be rushing headlong into any type of conflict whatsoever.

including this video of a us military helicopter firing at civillians in iraq in 2007, killing at least former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning, who's already served seven years in prison for leaking information to wikileaks, was jailed again last week, specifically for refusing to testify against assange. i will not co—operate with this or any other grand jury, so it doesn't matter what it is or what the case is, i'm just not going to comply or co—operate. julian assange is currently being held in a jail in london. the authorities in sweden also want to question him about a rape allegation. he is expected to fight both extradition attempts. but the man who once courted publicity even as he claimed asylum inside an embassy knows that finding refuge this time might prove rather more difficult. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. bradley moss is a lawyer who specialises in national security cases in washington, dc. he's been critical of mr assange in the past but he says he is concerned about the implications of the latest charges for freedom of the press. let me be very clea

strategy with iran, it's time for a sustained debate and vote on a new authorization for the use of military force that allows our nation to in fact destroy terrorists and fight threats to u.s. national security but doesn't result in endless war. the 2001 and 2002 authorization for the use of military force authorizing military action in iraq and afghanistan are outdated and must be replaced. mr. president, i'll conclude with some words from abraham lincoln in that now famous letter to mrs. bixby where he talked about in this letter her loss of her sons' lives in the civil war. it turned out when they did the checks on it to be two sons. when the president was writing he thought she had lost five sons. but we still have families that suffer the loss of a son or a daughter in conflict, we hope not as many as two or more. but in this case president lincoln said, he started in the second paragraph with this line, the grief of a loss so overwhelming. and then he goes on to say to this grieving mother, but i cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the

drugs in order to perform better and stronger and faster on the battlefield of soldiers in the us military and other armies around the world have had a long history of being given drugs to supplement combat missions going all the way back to world war 2 when better means were widely distributed to soldiers on all sides of the conflict and found a means of actually found their way into the contemporary war on terror as well in fact back in 2004 u.s. pilots in afghanistan accidentally dropped a bomb that killed 4 canadian soldiers due to the drugs influence and now according to professor mehlman the defense advanced research projects agency is trying to make troops kill proof by engineering super nutrition pills and substances to make them smarter and stronger so with captain america the adventure is dominating the box office appears the us military is hoping to create their very own versions of captain america with the help of the pharmaceutical companies joining me today to discuss this are to admit america producer brant bourne r t america sports correspondent steve christakis thank you g

the best thing we can do for the people of venezuela is make sure we don't use military power. e for us. there's not the potential that it go well for us. you use military power, you take the probability that their problems become our problems and that is bad for america and it's bad for venezuela. lauren: but there is a need to respond in some way as it feels like this window of opportunity is closing to oust maduro. there is video of maduro showing a sign of strength, flanked by the military. we thought there was support, that high officials would defect. that hasn't happened yet. what's the window of opportunity here? >> well, we've got to make sure we understand what the u.s. military is for. it's not to help one politician or another in another country. our mill you tri is supposed to be -- military is supposed to be used when america's securities is threatened or we're attacked. rights now, there is no security issues at play. it is a complete humanitarian issue. we can't -- that can't even be on the table. there are other things we can do that are humanitarian things, we

so they figure it out and it is one of the most important stories is how the us military transforms itself to deal with these problems that it was told never toexpect , told not to plan for, told it would never deal with and i will simply end by saying that i know that one of the great debates that we're having in the us military right now and one of the great quandaries we're facing is whether to hang on to that extreme, whether it matters for the future, whether we will ever fight a war like this ever again. i don't know. typicallywe fight exactly whatever war we least expect. that seems to be the constant in american military history, that whatever aware war aware expecting, we fight the polar opposite. i don't know what the next war will be, hopefully there will never be another war but i suspect there probably will be . our military did such a remarkable job in learning how to deal with the circumstances that it faced in iraq as described so beautifully by these two volumes. it would be a tragedy if we lose that. >> thank you sam. let's open it up for discussion forabout 10 minutes .

the debate over whether the us military should get involved continues. we will take you through the streets of caracas later on but first, donald trump is getting a look at investigating the investigators, wanting to relitigate what has been settled. our chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge has more, you covered a lot of ground today. >> reporter: there were a number of key points. he defendant attorney general william barr's decision not to testify, which drew back lash from democrats when i called him a liar and trend contempt. i asked the president and what circumstances he would allow done began to testify about the special counsel investigation. >> i have had him testifying for 30 hours. i don't think i can let him and tell everybody else you can because he was a council. they testified for many hours, all of them. i can't say one can and the others can't. i would say it is done. nobody has done what i have done. i have given total transparency. it has never happened before like this. this is all done. even my finances must have been

the pentagon warned that china could use its research presence in the arctic to strengthen its military presence, including the deployment of submarines to the region as a deterrent against nuclear attack. we need to examine these activities closely. we keep the experience learned of other nations in mind. china's pattern of aggressive behavior elsewhere -- of aggressive behavior elsewhere should inform what we do and how it might treat the arctic. let's ask ourselves, do we want arctic nations broadly to go the way the former government of sri lanka, or malaysia, with debt and corruption? do we want crucial arctic infrastructure to end up like chinese constructed roads in ethiopia, crumbling and a dangerous after only a few years? do we want arctic ocean to transform into a new south china sea, fraught with militarization and competing territorial claims? do we want the fragile arctic environment exposed to the same cological devastation caused by china's fishing fleets, or unregulated activity in its own country? i think the answers are pretty clear. then there is russia. as a fellow

the us military operation puts them under the purview of us southern command. al craig fowler came to light up options in the over secure conference room, the tank. afterwards the national security adviser said the united states will not tolerate foreign military interference in the western hemisphere. donald trump made it clear there will because for his usurpation and reproduction. the president took a softer tone speaking about his phone call today with vladimir putin. >> is not looking to get involved in venezuela other than he would like to see something positive happen for venezuela. >> the vice president fight back at congresswoman omar who said us policies are to blame for lack of food and medicine in the socialist country. >> he doesn't know what she's talking about. nicholas maduro is a socialist dictator. >> women of color heard this before, instead of we disagree, she doesn't know what she's talking about. they have to make us feel small. on the bridge between colombia and the impoverished country the stream of hungry and sick venezuelans continue by

line is to appoint someone as an interim president in another country threaten to use military force along with choking sanctions to overthrow the congress seems. washington is trying to convince the world the way they've been pulling the strings in venezuela has nothing to do with the word coup yet as usual they're leaving all options on the table including the use of force. military action is possible if that's what's required that's what the united states will do those who are not venezuelan should know is all options are on the table secretary of state is in close contact with the pentagon he was among the officials who were briefed by the u.s. southern command quote unquote on a wide range of military options as the command continues to monitor activities on the ground and as well self-imposed venezuelan leader one of light bill has been hinting he would be happy if washington stepped in militarily and you don't rule out a military intervention because it's entirely clear what the madeira regime is about anyway it's clear for him that would probably be the best case scenario aft

us values and interests. russian hybrid tactics and chinese economic interest in this great power competition involve full-spectrum of grants tools and conventional military force is an essential element of power. in international security. russian and chinese access capabilities, threats to counter us forces and complicate combined operations with allies. therefore in a complicated security environment and imperative to reevaluate and stepped us capabilities and operational conflicts that guide their use in accordance with our broad strategic approach to the power competition, u.s. army and air force need to think strategically about us force posture to guarantee the security of the united states and its allies and partners. we could not have a better day to discuss these issues than the secretary of the army, mark esper. the 23rd secretary of the united states army, doctor esper has a statutory response ability for all matters relating to the u.s. army including recruitment, organization, training, equipping and care of 1.4 million national guard reserve soldiers, the part of the army civilians and their families. before his role as secretary of the arm

of the resolution we are voting on to send an important message that people wish to add direct us military support of the saudi led coalitions. i'm not surprised the president issued a veto to stand by the campaign to devastating consequences to the people of yemen. everyotol time we have a resolution

what would make you use the u.s. military will listen to what i think you're saying that that certainly is something that it's an option and the national assembly has determined that the election of president was there but there was a legitimate there needs to be a new the government. why so allergic to the word coup if you look at the definition because they recognize that these words have a meaning so long as you don't say what it is you can rely about just from the media point of view don't you think one of the first question that he should ask is by what authority do you establish or does mr why does say i have the ability to supplant this person. ask no question i find it fascinating. that the media not known for being poor. is sol dare i say willing to support the position of the tribe of ministration regarding the maturer ministration being removeable so where is the balance. we asked a number of us media outlets for their reaction to the watchdogs findings and the allegations of bias will let you know what they say. u

he proposed using funds for military construction, anti- drug trafficking, money seized from criminals. that same day governor newsome promised california would sue to stop the spending. >> fortunately donald trump is not the last word. the courts will be the last word. >> reporter: today attorneys representing 20 states including california and house of representatives and activists lined up to ask the federal judge to issue an injunction stopping all that spending. >> we are asking for an order blocking the use of these funds that congress didn't appropriate to build a wall on the border. it's simple. they didn't get the money. they can't build it. that's why we had a shut down. >> reporter: with the aclu he says feted raleigh government had an odd defense. they argued the judge shouldn't stop the spending because they haven't spent it. >> i think it is extraordinary that they said there was an emergency that requires that we suspend every normal way of building government and get the military involved in building the wall. now they're saying let's not do anything too fast. it's an e

they talk about the fact the two us military destroyers went to the strait of hormuz and a senior defense attorney will send a deterrence part of this is going pretty well. how much is about that, making sure there isn't a conflict. >> that's a lot of it and i don't have as much information as the congressman or the general but i believe there is a credible threat from iran and it is appropriate for us to move these ships into the gulf and other forces to prepare for iran and deter iran. there is a real threat. this is what iran does. when is unhappy with something the us does it engages in retaliation but doesn't retaliate head on. it uses its proxy forces and engages in terrorism and other things to strike civilian targets. one of our targets are personnel in iraq. we saw this in baghdad. as the news article you referred to earlier suggests if you are confused about the policy you are not alone because it is confusing. he has ratcheted up sanctions, wants to isolate iran but left his phone number with the swiss embassy in tehran and he wants iran -- it reminds me of that pop song, here

he has testified to us military investigators that abu ghraib he was stripped and paraded naked with a sack over his head dressed in women's underwear cuffed and hung from a window frame for hours when he asked to pray and beaten into unconsciousness. and given another herman. how many did it. feel good and i thought i had. them and i didn't get the. money he says it was part of u.s. interrogators strategy is they trying to quell resistance that the u.s. times terrorism or detaining people across the country especially those from sunni areas. as much. over the past year human rights groups have reported that iraqi government security forces have conducted sweeps preemptively arresting hundreds of people detaining and sometimes torturing them in secret prisons inside the international zone some of the same people who were detained by the americans and were accused of being terrorists then many live in sunni areas in and around baghdad from where armed groups still orchestrate attacks. the government says there are no secret prisons i could say that there is no secret detention so we w

uses military force in venezuela, or something like that. clearly, i think the problem for the u.s. would be mainly on the latin american and venezuela sides. many latin american countries, not all, but many latin american countries have backed this effort, originally in the name of defending democracy in latin america. when the trump administration talks about the monroe doctrine, the use of military force, undercutting the trek of tyranny and socialist countries in venezuela, cuba and nicaragua, it makes latin american countries much more uneasy about this. and i think it would be almost impossible for any of them to endorse some form of military action. >> kevin middlebrook giving us some perspective on what's happening in venezuela. kevin, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> tropical depression fani is weakening but could bring heavy rains and mudslides. we're tracking the story, ahead. so skin looks like this. and you feel like this. aveeno® positively radiant get skin happy™ stand up to chronic migraine with botox®. what if you had fewer he

that comes as the trump administration continues to mull over a possible military intervention in the country. what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela it's an option we continue to say and we always will all options are on the day all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table because they always are we asked the u.s. state department to comment on their deleted report but have yet to get a response we spoke to max blumenthal an investigative journalist and the editor of grey zone dot com the actual website that published of the details or the deleted report in full. really reveals the pride in the state department and harming venezuela's economy and the contradiction. it contradicts the public messaging of the state department through. spokespeople like kimberly brier who tweeted several days ago that one. and his fake government his administration have delivered tangible results for the people of venezuela and she mentioned the delivery of seven thousand two hundred packets of toilet paper to venezuelan families compare that to prev