His mind over the iran nuclear deal. Why senator Robert Menendez will vote against the agreement. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Wildfires burning through the west and crews are struggling to keep up with the fight. A group of active duty soldiers are preparing to join firefighters. They will be sent to battle fires that have destroyed homes and businesses from colorado to california. One blaze east of seattle has scorched 70,000acres. Nearly 1,000 people are under mandatory evacuations there. Another nearby fire burned more than 12,000 acres and entire communities and tourist destinations near the flames have been forced to evacuate. Here in washington, firefighters have made some progress. Winds have calmed down just a bit, but it was too late for many homeowners. Over here, very little is left, just ash and rubble. We see a door here, a garage door, looks like some animal cages here and all along the streets, the houses look si
Terror threat levels to critical that means another attack is imminent. British authorities reportedly identifying a suspect behind the rush hour blast that injured at least 29 people, including a 10 year old boy. The terrorists planting a home made explosive in a bucket fitted with a timer on a packed train. It did not go off as planned. This could have been a lot worse this is the fifth terror attack to hit the uk this year alone. Welcome to risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. Despite the london terror attack and north korea, shooting its second missile in just two weeks over japan, all three major stock indices hit record highs. Lets get back to Great Britain. A manhunt now underway for the terrorists bomber amid fears that he or she may have left other devices and could be armed with weapons like knives. The home made bomb left in a bucket with a timer on it failed to explode as intended. Again this could have been much worse. Witnesses on the train said a fireball shot down the ce
[inaudible conversations] afternoon. Thank you for joining us here. And the museums historic curator and we have an extra special treat today on an event that even existed a week ago. We were able to put together quickly and we appreciate you coming out. We couldnt miss the opportunity to have this man, jack barsky in front of you today on. If you dont know his background, well talk about it today. This is as probable as it comes. We talk at the museum about how pop culture is not necessarily true in many ways about how it over exaggerate what it actually is. Here we are going to see a true story that really got its beginning in the helpful east germany. Returning to it downright fascinating story about a man recruited by the kgb to infiltrate the United States. 10 years actively spying for the soviets. He resigned in a choke earlier im not sure that you can actually do that, from the kgb. But there is a very successful second career and Information Management. I was finally discovered
Times know about the drones, i guess. [laughter] i think we can say that. No, i think, i think journalists have done their work in developing a lot of information about what our National Security apparatus thinks, how its motivated and how its acting. I think thats true. But what we, but we have not had a fundamental policy discussion in the country that we need to have. And i think and i think we can define that along many different lines. But for me the key issue is, um, if we look at whats going on in pakistan, for instance, you know, we have the cia engaged on a traditional, in a traditional theater of war in what historically have been viewed as military tactics over a sustained period of many years involving hundreds of strikes with clear military objectives. And is that a correct use of an Intelligence Service . I think thats a very fundamental question, and weve got the same issue with respect to yeaman, i think yemen, i think, potentially other places. So this is the cia growi
History of the Confederate Flag and much more. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. And now from the spy museum here in washington d. C. , bryan denson talks about Jim Nicholson, the highest ranking cia officer ever convicted of espionage. [inaudible conversations] and a hush fell over the audience. [laughter] its terrific. You guys are a great audience. I am peter earnest, the executive director and absolutely delighted to have you here this evening. Its always were always not sure what an author will draw, and clearly you have driven drawn a very good crowd. And i think youre in for the telling of a really very strange story, but a very well told story. I would ask you, please as a courtesy to the speaker if youd be kind enough to turn off your cell phones and other electronic data. Weve got both were both taping and cspan is as well. So that would they can occasionally interfere. So th