as far afield as the us france and china has now reached 56 people. live from moscow watching our team to national and daniel walk ins welcome to the program. dozens of world leaders dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust it was time to mark the 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating auschwitz death camp in nazi occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i don't know exactly when me and my relatives are going to die just because we're jews i'm in a concentration camp before all of us will be shot in a shelter thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all. the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several jobs in birkenau in auschwitz one of the jobs was clearing the ashes from where the jews through a tunnel to a small river. i worked there together with another guy who was already old he was 32 and i was 16. i didn't know what these ashes were one day when i saw it in daylight i asked. what is the job we're doing so he told me what it was. not me. blush. and never forget it every morning i look at my hands and see well i have the number here and i see it every day at a time in the. world leaders at the holocaust memorial forums spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened israel fighting the red army for its role in the victory over not says a wall in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the darkest moments the world has ever seen. it by your skill before my visit to driesell i looked through the official documents and reports of red army offices after the liberation of auschwitz concentration camp i must say de colleagues it was impossible to read the details of how the merciless machine of people extermination work these crimes conducted by the nazis were deliberate and well planned what they called the resolution of the jewish issue is one of the darkest emotions in full pages in modern world history and. u.s. vice president mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating auschwitz raising questions as to whether that was the liberal. when soldiers opened the gates of ours for its on january 27th 1945. they found $7000.00 have starved half naked prisoners. hundreds of boxes of camp records that documented the greatest mass murder in history. this is miss ration in the united states on both sides of the aisle are 1st of all very ignorant of history unfortunately and also there is a kind of a wave of truth that has swept the us over the past several years started in the democratic party of course trying to find a way to blame someone for the loss of hillary clinton now it's that now it's so bad that anything russian that's mentioned even this even a soviet activity in world war 2 is is just is just forgotten so it's a massive stary on the us part one survivor's harrowing stories not only about a scaping the death count but actually being born there as well we spoke with him about the liberation of auschwitz and how it's perception has changed over the years. people tell us but there was no liberation they say so if there was no red army then there wouldn't be me or other prisoners or my mother i have never questioned the merits of these soldiers i have always been grateful the prime minister and the president criticized the red army equally it was the same under the previous authorities know the admit there was a liberation of auschwitz but at the same time this so there was no liberation of warsaw if you call that the 2nd occupation. was liberated but that was and other cities were not i don't know maybe the americans liberated them when they will mark exactly 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz here not international will be following the memorial events on what is an emotional day for so many people around the world to remember one of the most horrific chapters in history we'll hear some of the stories of those who survived. the psychologist the architect of the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques post $911.00 has been on policy i think about his role in any torture program that admission came during a military tribunal which is preparing a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind as well as for others of the attacks on new york and washington in 2001. whatever personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my moral obligation to protect american lives outweighed temporary discomfort of terrorists i get up today and do it again and james ritual was contacted contracted by the cia in the wake of $911.00 to consult and create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he was one of 3 men authorized to do waterboarding torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included now illegal coercive measures. in the media aftermath of 911 we tortured some. lawyers for the 5 detainees now seeking for any statements made on their interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture and he wants you to settle down as believes the quintile mowbray court proceedings are deeply flawed. but none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youth who were held for years i kuantan them oh there were people who had nothing to do who were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o $780.00 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today. the 1st attorney mr mitchell water boarded was a palestinian man known as. he's never been charged with any crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo it was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo and heart interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during his time there's a buyer has attempted to illustrate his experience is warning you may find some of these images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there is absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and systematic torture that was used and it was used and authorized from the highest levels from the presidency f.b.i. the cia the top levels of the military the studies were known the conditions were no. and this isn't just one or 2 people michel and jennings this was an entire unit set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating forms of torture of pain of waterboarding are slamming of of packing into tight boxes of stress positions and on and on all of this really has to be exposed and there are counting demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these torture camps. a deadly coronavirus outbreak which began in china in mid december has roughly support across the globe cases have now been confirmed in early neighboring countries but also in france kind of in the united states chinese authorities confirmed over 2000 cases with the death toll now reaching 56 people in the country the president xi jinping has warned of a grave situation as the spread of the virus accelerates travel companies in the country have halted group tours due to the outbreak meanwhile the russian health ministry has warned of a serious risk that the corona virus could spread across its 4000 kilometer border with china only quarter breaks down what's known about of that leave us. people are dying of a new virus and it's spreading like wildfire across asia if we still know so little about this mysterious illness. and. this new coronavirus has been identified as a mutation of sars a respiratory disease that killed over 750 people around the world from 2002 to 2003 antibiotics have absolutely no effect on either of the viruses and that's been enough to put the russian authorities on high alert not least because a chair is a border with china the break of a new coronavirus which was 1st recorded in china carries a body logical threats to the population of russia the $1500000.00 chinese tourists that visit russia every year have now become a potential public health risk russian authorities have begun screening them at all international airports prepared to diagnose the virus if it appears on top of that moscow has advised people against traveling to china the official number of suspected cases in china was just under 300 by tuesday however some experts are saying the current number of infections is much higher using the number of cases detected outside china it is possible to infer the number of clinically compared to cases within 160 that may have occurred thus phone we estimate that a total of 1723 cases own set of symptoms russia is not alone in being worried about the outbreak reaching its territory a number of other countries have big. on screening for the disease at airports as well china stepping up containment efforts after she stressed the seriousness of the outbreak on national television the disease also got the attention of the world health organization they've called for an emergency meeting to decide whether or not to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern that's a title reserved only for the most serious of epidemics and with the lunar new year millions of chinese around the world are expected to return home to their families one can only hope beijing will have the situation under control. this week the u.s. democrats concluded their arguments against donald trump while policies impeachment trial over to the senate russia was of course a hot topic during the opening speech on wednesday head of the house democrats out of shift mention the apparently all important woods and once russian intelligence services russian expansionism russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency. we can fight russia over there in the russians through russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said hey russia if you're listening they were listening and it's the russian story. while the cameras were focused on the senate floor due to a ban on filming a sketch artist since that capture the atmosphere in the chamber so the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs doodling even sleeping so it is also faced a 12 hour no phone policy. desks that we spoke with journalist and political commentator chad what more he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment boards with the russian narrative. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax rushing so completely flat and even their strongest where everything it going to the president of lot even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will not even they've grown bored with this narrative and when they start ripping up russia again. it's just so sad you can't help but laugh and laugh and laugh and below see 7 times at last count referred to russia or putin is the impeachment proceedings well how do you deal with that most effectively you either mock them and laugh at them or you ignore them and gosh darn it that drives them insane came. climate refugees or people that moves you to environmental disaster can no longer be sent home to their country of origin if they're seeking asylum and their lives are in danger that's according to a new landmark ruling by the un which could set a new precedent for migration the communities of dubuque dad with arab os national and international efforts the effects of climate change are receiving states as individuals to a violation of their rights thereby triggering dinara full my obligations of sending states where the ruling is based on a complaint brought by god in the from kiribati in the pacific ocean who said he was in danger due to rising sea levels in pride for asylum in new zealand but was rejected he also failed when he took it to the united nations but the case has now set the way for others to apply germany's interior ministry has spoken out against the united nations decision most studies suggest that environmental change is a trigger but not the sole cause of migration decisions or political commentator david violets and former leader of the wales green party pip about agility gave us their views on the case. i think the u.n. ruling is a good one we're going to see millions and millions of people maybe 300000000 people. fleeing climate change where the through starvation or drought storm flood to certification and we have to be ready for it we have to start talking about this we actually must start preparing ourselves for this it's just another way till essential exploit the u.n. support but to advance open borders and you know even at the most obvious level i can't believe anyone swallows the gulf that actually contradicts much of what the u.n. talks about i mean the u.n. constantly whines avoid the desperate need to reduce our carbon footprint well hey if you bring hundreds of millions of climate refugees from low carbon societies to our advanced higher carbon societies you're going to increase the carbon footprint so the un really need to start to get it right this is not restricted to the developing broke world we have most of our cities i think there are something like 32 of the world's greatest cities largest cities are likely to be under water london new york deli there are just so many of them out there that. it doesn't make any sense to. to look at this in any way other than the fact that people will be on the move and we have to start talking about how we deal with this and the u.n. has opened this conversation. but pepper you've missed something you've just said so many of leading cities are going to be under water so you see all these people coming from the less developed world i mean we can surely import them and submerge cities and therefore cities submerged or i don't mean any road is suggesting that all these people. well you just said you know you answered your statement and said you just said you said that many offer cities well beyond the water which by the way is absolutely disconnected from reality but even if i take you on the war on your actual words what you're saying is let's bring 3rd world people to submerge their base but doesn't make a lot of sense does that every sensible country even germany is going to reject it so people like pepper can continue to dream on but what we need to do as a country is to protect our borders protect our people and look after our own simple as our climate change also significantly shaped much of the 2020 world economic forum this week the event wrapped in the swiss luxury resort of davos set the stage for an unlikely battle between america's treasury secretary steve motion teenage if you could act was quote a 3rd work in the u.s. finals she shrugged off her view saying the 17 year old should go to college before lecturing world leaders on climate issues she the chief economist who is she i'm confused after she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us it doesn't take a college degree in economics to realize that the remaining 1.5 degree carbon budget and on going fossil fuel subsidies and vestments diet up their sleeve minutiae is not the 1st u.s. official agreed to thornburg has clashed with a recently back in december donald trump suggested the activists should work on her anger management problem and the differences disputes continued at the world economic forum the latest episode of in case you missed it took a ringside seat. it's that magical time of the year when our wealthy overlords gather for the economic forum a glitzy gathering looms for bringing together the world's business elite yet the one percent meat for champagne and skiing in the mountains leaving the 99 percent to pray for an hour long. because hundreds of thousands just to go to davos for that the filthy rich the mall to be entertained this year they got rug row tickets for the heavyweight championship of the world though trump says grad. school for gratitude. is in a ski resort this week with an i think gets away with their release sending us a high work. pay for full course ticket. to a slow start the worry she warms up quicker than the atmosphere. or one year ago i came to divorce and told you that our house is on fire. i said i wanted you to panic you could forget i've been warned that telling people to panic about the climate crisis is a very dangerous thing to do thank god for that because i've got to say with the way she's been talking i thought perhaps no one had told her we must forget about net 0 we need real c. of well all i need is some good news let's see what's happening in the orange corner fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism in action. knows what he's doing and knew there was nothing to worry about carbon emissions we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. calm down. i mean night is not the life of the party that is just a kid who is in the area where trump and grettir can see eye to eye today i'm pleased to announce the united states will join one trillion trees initiative being large here at the world economic forum one trillion truths oh yeah great is going to love that one we're not telling you to offset your emissions by just paying someone else to plant trees in places like africa while at the same time forests like the amazon i've been slaughtered at an infinitely higher rate ok so this is going to be a bit harder. as we all do and. nothing can be done sitting here right now you wouldn't believe it's possible that we have found the inches you'll be hearing about it but we have found is that things that people say would not be possible with say or i'm convinced are new. opening another front in the global trade war washington is now targeting longtime allies in europe its renewed threats to put tariffs on the blocks or to trade in response to the e.u.'s move to impose a digital tax on u.s. tech jobs. reports from paris. not being is a beethoven for the idea is give a little here get a lot there for global companies it's often a direct line to the heart of power for generations boozy lunches were once the fashion but now it seems did still giants more interested in offering up a cup of joe as it plans to introduce a digital tax take for it seems the big 4 that google amazon facebook and apple are trying their best to cozy up to process. i don't think it's a good idea to talk about politics or policy with a glass of wine in your hand and excellent food offered by a person who has clear interests to represent and then there is a little less transparent lobby because there are members of industry associations well they have consultants working for them so you talk to people who don't realize if they are representing the interests of google or facebook or silicon valley because the names are different these lobbyists seem to have some very deep pockets according to transparency international in 2019 google spent some 8000000 euros trying to get into brussels good graces while the lobbying budgets of the big 4 have skyrocketed since 2014 so why is this new digital tax regime causing them such a headache well until recently most digital giants pay their tax bill in the country where they're registered but as they've grown questions are being asked as to why they were paying tax income derived in individual countries their front lead the charge by imposing the so-called gaffa tax causing the trumpet ministration to go into a tailspin. but the companies are one of the british version of. if they're going to be taxed it's going to be. gone and from say they're still tooling things through possibly. for a free couple from facebook other countries in europe are now gearing up to take a slice of the profits point even the brits you know longer agree with the e.u. on anything on the same page we plan to go ahead with our digital services tax in april italy says it to you is gearing up for a digital tax leaving the u.s. to throw more threats of tariffs as if they're like a buy one get one free offer we've been pretty clear that we think that the digital discriminatory in nature but it seems with the new terror threat so almost a weekly basis from the trumpet ministration the french a boy by the idea of safety in numbers what will they do tomorrow go off to austria and spain italy the united kingdom all the other countries across the globe that will implement digital tax we're going to order global trade which is in nobody's interest and the result is not worth the effort it's taken them a while but it does appear that all e.u. countries are now on the same page all in agreement that they should be taxing digital giants which means if no agreement is made globally in the next few months starting with talks in paris next week the u.s. and e.u. the old allies could find themselves going head to head. paris. economics professor steve keen believes america's push for its own national interests is having a detrimental effect on others around the globe. since trump is in shock. he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for american a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american and he's going to impose taxes on them and they'll continue without adding this axis and he could easily threaten to cut access to the guts of the countries if this is just a company he said just as if they were if they were quantify taxes in national jurisdictions like europe probably since they have to pay taxes in america from income then globally and of course that undermines the whole idea of having national succession systems up next that in a siberian tigers footsteps a little comment to shuttle back in 30 minutes time with the latest headline. operations understand that the cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes staffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does on a bipartisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship in d.c. is corporate influence over government. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously.