My childrens godfather is a former special forces group and he had a line he got from a commander somewhere in his career that said there are some peoplpeople just need killing. Some you will not be able to reason with or negotiate with and there is just evil in the world and that is kind of the approach he takes. He doesnt necessarily like it when he knows it needs to be done he went out and he does it. He runs through the bucs as a combination of multiple people that ive known in the world of government, diplomacy, part of government. Hhes actually named after somebody right here in dc who processes fisa warrants for the prophetic justice. So there is one over at doj, real life, and i hope it is a great name for a character. He is a collection of these people and then what i tell folks is that hes my alter ego. He gets to go and do the things my wife wont let me do. She let me go to afghanistan but she drew the line of chasing female operatives. So there is a line i cant cross. Host
On the frontline of chinas coronavirus battle im in london with the top stories from europe including some of the most intense fighting in ukraine since the peak of the conflict means one soldier on the Peace Process race. And im far a smile after all the days sport including a reality check for the new Australian Open champion american 50 a candidate loses her 1st deputy to one match following her triumph in melbourne. But when talks resumes in geneva earlier to get a lasting cease fire in the bia the un envoy said he was feeling some mystic but 2200 kilometers away smoke has been rising above libyas capital further threatening the existing truce thats on most accounts is hanging by a thread diplomat scared sir james bays begins our coverage. The ports in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general have to us forces carried out the indiscriminate strikes about the same time that 5 of his representatives sat down at the u. N. In geneva for talks with 5 from the g. N. A. T. The inte
Declared winner of afghanistans president ial election 5 months after the vote took place. The u. N. Says the Syrian Government is hitting hospitals schools and camps for displaced people with air strikes in northwest syria as it keeps up its offensive to capture the last rebel stronghold close 2900000 civilians have fled conflict zones in and western aleppo since the beginning of december overwhelming aid agencies 80 percent of them are women and children forced into increasingly smaller safe areas the Un Human Rights Office says its recorded 299 civilian deaths since january the 1st around 93 percent of them caused by an Syrian Government and its allies in that time the un says 12 medical facilities and 19 schools have been directly hit or damaged by syrian and russian airstrikes with 2 hospitals hit on monday. The sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities schools. Would suggest to you cant all be accidental. And at a minimum even if they were accidental it show
Business with the u. S. Government agencies. Starting with breaking news out of libya this hour with the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva on the same day warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked a port in tripoli the government of national called say the attacks on civilians showed after is not serious about working towards a resolution at least 3 people were killed in wednesdays attacks tripolis port so important its a gateway for food fuel and all sorts of imports for the country and libyas National Oil Company announces there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations half his forces say the target of the shelling was an arms ship believed to be the 1st such attack in this offensive the city has been under attack by half his forces since april and now all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters as we said the attacks came on the go between the sides had been on the way in geneva the tripoli governm
Business with government agents. However in libyas internationally recognized government pulled out of cease fire talks after tripolis port was targeted by forces loyal to the warlords. At least 3 civilians were killed in the assault diplomatic editor james bays has just sent this report the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. Its now 10 months since general haftar appended the International Communitys peace plans by ordering an offensive to try and seize tripoli the operation launched defiantly just hours after he met u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorist who was visiting libya at the time in the months since the death toll has mounted as weapons have continued to pour into the country despite the latest attacks when he spoke to reporters the secretary generals envoy was determined to push the