Using private private contractors to take on iran to the trumpet ministration you know you have people have accused of advocate in the past youve talked about using private contracts to confront iran no no you see no role for blackwater s. G. In any relation to iran now ok just to check before going to what is what got us one quest last question you are part of a group of high profile Trump Supporters including steve bannon sheriff david clarke and others who are planning on raising private money to build a wall along the Us Mexico Border you even have a go fund me page what i dont get though is im pretty sure i heard donald trump say that mexico would be paying for the war. Dont discount mexico actually paying for the wall i think most of us have but yet more and more news and look theres a lot of places where its federal land and in a go fund me individual effort is not possible but theres a lot of places where u. S. Ranchers or u. S. Landowners own land right up to the border they are sick of their farms effectively being massive. It spots for drug and criminal activity and so they would welcome that the guy who started that is a triple amputee a military veteran who started it and hes raised more than 20000000. 00 and the cost per the you for the last people for money when mick went trump told us more than a 100. 00 times people have counted that mexico would pay for the wall so why do we need you in the sky and go fund me page from lied to war because again dont discount mexico actually paying for part of the world. There are things that may happen that mexico end up paying he wanted the entirety of the world where it couldnt say hey mexicos going to pay for part of the wall part very explicitly said mexico will pay for the wall the last chapter is not written on that mark my words you will pay for the wall so then why you fund raising. You want it both ways there is no raise money because people are frustrated theyre sick of not a frustrated that the president cant get mexico to pay for the wall 2 years into his presidency after claiming there it is a National Security issue when you have thousands of people crossing the border with a lot of drugs look america has a huge opium and you know the majority that in fact come through legal points of entry im talking about the funding trumps in mexico to fund the war did he lie to people when he said what used to be a bipartisan issue the democrats have made items that are to say that you didnt lie to us when he said mexico to pay for the well given your now trying to get americans to pay i dont believe the president has lied and like i said the last chapter of mexico paying for the wall is not done yet ok mark my word i will wait for some more ok in the meantime americans are going to pay for it through your fundraiser lets go to our audience whos been waiting very patiently im going to go to the front here and were going to the back gentleman here with the band. Being originally iraq and having spent some time in iraq ive seen how iraqis still shudder at the name blackwater reminded of the endless aggression the use of weapons as call horns or even the use of tear gas as call Traffic Control do you not think that blackwater has a role to play in perpetuating violence in iraq as well as laying the foundation for the creation of al qaida in isis. Theres 110000 iraqi civilians have died after blackwater and involvement in iraq blackwater was not the problem in iraq a very sick tarion government dominated by iranian units that have been pounding on the sunnis and pounding on the kurds is probably the thing that led to the crop of basis but even if thats part of it most military experts into the us military experts agree that high profile incidents whether its abu ghraib did help act as a recruiting sergeant for groups like isis that didnt exist before the us invaded iraq so Something Like the missile square massacre that is still remembered in baghdad may well have done helped people say you know what im going to go join an Insurgent Group thats how americans treat of private contractors shoot 9 year old kids in the street shoot mothers with their children i think massive unemployment and an Iraqi Government that is you know when im not disputing that im agreeing with you im not saying because you discount them in iraq you sitting at home seeing the missile square massacre doesnt think you know what im not as well go join the insurgency this is how americans treat as innocent people no thats not you know look there is a justice a process that served there was actually accountability lots of investigation for that but like i said i always there you dont answer the question as if iraq you sitting at home sees the missile square massacre you dont think that might incite him to join in a soldier but there are of course bad news travels fast and irritates people to be about news is what this gentleman suggesting but we did not create 110000 iraqi civilians that were murdered ok. Me and the iranians lets go back to the audience gentlemen here in the red. Id like to ask what you thing some of President Trump the greatest 4 inch policy achievements have been thus far and what he should focus on for the next 2 years to secure reelection. Well you know the president he campaigned against endless wars and the pentagon look there is a real military Industrial Complex but hes trying to stop that he is trying to remove or reduce the u. S. Presence in afghanistan and in syria hes been getting the North Koreans to the table and if you can actually go she and to the korean war it will be a magnificent 1st step and i think if thats if thats the case then the u. S. Should be willing to pull all troops out of south korea and the u. S. Presence in korea which weve had for 77 years youre not a fan of iran as we discuss briefly should you negotiate with iran to why is it iran is the evil regime nobody should talk to them but north korea i send them love letters he sends me love letters. To my knowledge i think there certainly is still back channel negotiations with the iranians as well but you know they continue to do. You know questionable things in syria ok. Lets go to the lady here and then the gentleman there. Hi this is also with regards to the august 3rd meeting of the 16 you said that you mentioned it in your task to need to the House Intelligence Committee i have the transcript right here of the testimony on the 30th of november 2016 you did and i could read from it if we dont have time for you to read the transcript of the so why didnt you why you why are you saying you did when you can have another go answering this question why didnt you mention it in your test i mean it was nothing to hide not all the discussion that there was trust transcribed and thats a fact ok your answers to the questions suggest that there was no involvement that they asked you for example have you had any me at any meetings of the u. A. E. Delegation prior to the official meeting and the august 3rd meeting was prior to face our meeting george another is a representative of the m. P. That was one like i said not everything was transcribed from that discussion you werent there. Youve been very kind of i admire you be very forthcoming to on this issue youre very dont want to say much are you worried are you worried about milo no not at all now ok. Lets go back to the audience lets go to the gentleman there. I was caught up in this was going to move till covering this story at the time was me and as you know we saw people getting killed money on drugs it was in good movie discuss this with you before but just going back one listens have you from me. If done things differently then if you knew what you know im sure i wouldnt have i wouldnt ever do security for the state department again it just wasnt worth it it wasnt worth the damage or the horror of the company if we were going to do it i would have insisted like we did for any n. G. O. Work that we did is that we have cameras because the camera serves as a 3rd party neutral observer because its very easy to 2nd guess something that happens you know days ago or weeks or months ago but its very different and you have to make a split 2nd oh so youre saying cameras that the implication being that you dont accept you did anything wrong that had there been cameras your men would be vindicated if that was not what youre saying to be explicit about look because theyve been found guilty in American Courts and in the courts you dont like but theyve been found guilty in American Courts after the 4th time of trying ok theyve been found guilty in American Court and we had numerous other incidents where there was a shooting and we were accused and when it was all square and we believe young men did anything wrong and when Law Enforcement authorities viewed the tapes. There was no problem believing this was square human did anything wrong so very simple question in hindsight sure if its an innocent civilian every innocent civilian thats killed is a tragedy is a horror and we try very hard to avoid that thats why 40 when 41 men died doing that mission shielding other people from enemy bullets who are trying to kill them and slaughter them or hang them to burn theyre going to some more questions lady with a hand up do it for my friend to come to yes i was a Us Television journalist in iraq during and after the invasion i saw blackwater people humiliate and terrorize iraqis they were hostile to journalists and they were hostile to n. G. O. S why should you get a contract to do the same thing in afghanistan thank you thank you thank you. How did you know that they were black or personnel they very very clearly Walking Around not just driving cars Walking Around they were blackwater as journalists we knew who blackwater was let us know they were not soldiers they were blackwater if there were there are literally im sorry there was hundreds and hundreds of companies employing u. S. Nato and other country veterans difference between the between blackwater and nato im sorry by saying i dont think youre that sharp that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy or you need a yard and sharp to tell the difference well thank you ive always wanted a lot of time to do that you know as well you know youre going to be tracked and youre going to agree before this gets out i would kind of deal with that id carry on with your audience will go to the judge with a tie in the suit. So afghanistan be. Fighting 20 International Terrorist groups since 2014 the afghan National Security forces have been doing this by themselves so how do you justify that youll get a contract and go and do the war in afghanistan given that youre making money out of this business and you would ever want to conclude this business there and one point please do us a favor and have a bold line between the centers of the democracy is totally up to the people of afghanistan to decide who is their next president thank you are you ready for. You after yourself and you believe the afghans dont want nothing like thats definitely not going to deal with the 1st question about this you have a selfinterest in perpetuating the conflict because you get paid heres the thing the of the 62000000000. 00 right now the u. S. Spends 5000000000. 00 supporting the afghan Security Forces 57000000000. 00 is the cost of u. S. Presence there thats going away ok the support for the afghan Security Forces the airlift the medivac which is wholly inadequate right now because Afghan Soldiers are dying at a rate of 30. 40 per day if there is not a skill to support supply provided to them how many cars im sorry ashraf ghani himself said the Afghan Forces will collapse in less than 6 months i say its more like 6 weeks ok so there has to be some kind of capability to keep the afghan Security Forces operate and able to function so that afghanistan can actually have a free election and they should be totally free to choose their next leader i agree let me ask you this despite all the things you and black would have been accused of some of which weve discussed tonight but this much more you said in 2007 quote i sleep the sleep of the just im not feeling guilty just wondering is that still the case today you still have no regrets no guilt no ruined sleep at all over all those innocent lives taken by blackwater employees. Look the fact is the company did what it was asked to it was asked to protect protect we saved thousands and thousands of people we saved many many wounded u. S. Soldiers well beyond the scope of the contract. Ok we did what we are asked any any injury any civilian thats injured in a car crash or actually having your 9 year old children shot in the correct and instance since long after blackwater was involved 110000 iraqi civilians have been killed in that same conflict by isis so by incompetent government i want to have george bush on the show last about his sleep im asking about the people your guys killed does it keep you awake at night we were asked to do a job and we performed very very well well have to leave it there thanks to our audience here in the oxford union thanks to our panel of experts who have come tonight and thanks to erik prince for joining me on head to head thats our show head to head will be back next week. International trade would you support of having free trade with nazi germany or the japanese or chinese nazi germany controversial immigration policies that you want to as a well founded euro persecutory should be able to comment the off minister from syria hes closer to the Syrian Refugees like the buffalo maybe his son goes head to head with syria trump advisor Stephen Moore this year the trump deficit crosses the trillion dollars youll be urging everyone not to reelect money from well no not 5000 jews you. And i once again welcome to have a look at the international forecast were hanging on to the summer warmth across eastern parts of the u. S. Eastern areas of kind and 70 across the deep south further north a taste of winter diving in across the rockies a fair bit of snow a top temperature in calgary of minus one celsius right on that leading edge of the cold air which is going to continue sink his way in a lively storms in the process but a southerly wind will have a greater effect as we go through the next couple days chicago 22 celsius 18 celsius there for minneapolis and knows temperatures will rise as we go through monday still what a messy picture with that rain to central parts of kind of that into scotch pushing it with manitoba snow there over the rockies to the east of that week so getting up to 21 in new york 70 in found high its around 15 in seattle 17 that forced San Francisco notice some snow there just around Sierra Nevada so some light of the storm is a possibility some wet weather to just around the Desert Southwest plenty of showers maymont across the caribbean quest of shallows just about anywhere actually temperatures typically where they should be at around 3132. 00 degrees but wolf sunshine between. New yorkers are very receptive to al jazeera because it is such an International City they are very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. Aljazeera. Malcolm and polony awards in the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes you have been through the rubble say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a military campaign in the disputed border province. The taliban carries out a series of attacks but afghans come out and vote to choose a new leader. Hong kongs police fired tear gas and water cannon of thousands turned up to mark the anniversary of the prodemocracy movement. And well tell you about a controversial project that promises to bring jobs but threatens a unesco World Heritage site in kenya. Yemen the rebels say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a month long military campaign. These have been targeting the Southern Side the region of not drawn a Spokesman Says theyve also captured several saudi Army Officers assigned to you a coalition in yemen has been fighting the who these for more than 4 years. We have taken a number of military positions and we have captured over 4 military. Brigades those prisoners of war are just few in number in comparison to the thousands who have been arrested and surrendered themselves we tell our leaders sired up all malik al who think that we are going to chart our slogan and raise our flag until we reach riyadh abu dhabi and to the white house mohammad al our top has more from santa the whole of these spokespersons the they will reveal tomorrow on the the all the details about this operation that they will show to the to the media also the followers of those who have been arrested in their thousands also that we will show some of the operations that are being being carried out by the whole of these inside saudi territories and specially in iran they have been carrying all these operations for over nearly 5 months they have been trying to put sage on these brigades of that had been. Captured by the whole of these. Just within the 72 hours though we have for the tightened their sage on the. Brigades and to these around the whole of the fighters this according to the military spokesperson despite of the saudi and intensive air strikes on these positions of the hope these also some of the. War of prisoners have been also killed in the saudi attacks along with the whole of the fighters in these operations. And speaking at the u. N. General assembly the foreign minister of yemens internationally backed government blamed iran for the conflict in his country sara has been accused of arming the who the of outlaws mohamed are drumming thanks saudi arabia for its role in helping fight the rebels. Iran exploits the resources of its p