Warning consider putting an end to war in the region. If you wanted to shoot at the i think that is the most likely response in effect use of the reins to disappear as you know theres plenty of time to do some dastardly things its very easy to start. Also coming up where theres smoke theres fire where theres a baby theres growing fear today india banned the sale of all the Electronic Cigarettes new york state did the same to flavored vaporing liquid. With millions of people using these products in a completely unregulated environment it seems that this was just a ticking time bomb ready to happen. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with old Unanswered Questions and new threats connected to last weekends attacks on Oil Facilities and sold your way. B. A today saudi arabia appeared to align itself with the u. S. Over who could be responsible washington accused iran 4 days ago and has still presented no evidence today the saudi military presented what it calls unquestionable proof that iran sponsored the attack but it left unanswered the question where did the missiles and drones come from well today iran again denied any involvement and it sent a warning to washington that any move by america against iran because of the saudi strikes will get an Immediate Reaction where you can add that threat to a list of others issued this week the iran backed the rebels in yemen who say that theyre responsible for the attacks say other salty sites are still on their radar and they have also threatened to hit Oil Companies in the United Arab Emirates meantime here in europe leaders have condemned last weekends attacks but offer no support for any military response which it was president from implied with his locked and loaded tweet today truck requested more sanctions against iran a move that could mean that the chances of an immediate military retaliation are dwindling or have more on that in just a moment but 1st here is part of the case put forward today by saudi arabia against iran this attack did not originate from yemen despite this effort to make it a bit so that a collaboration with that proxy in that age and to create this false narrative as clearly it secondly that that was a nice from the north and was unquestionably sponsored by iran we call we call upon the international community. To acknowledge it all maligned activity and that if you add is a possibility and it isnt a couple khalifa look at the add on today we announced for the 1st time that we have tens of targets on our list of targets inside the emirates some in abu dhabi and dubai and they could be targeted at any moment that the i you know there was that latest warning there coming from the who the rebels in yemen would help us read what is happening in saudi arabia the u. S. And iran im joined tonight by Bradley Bowman senior director of the foundation for defense of democracies hes been a National Security adviser in the u. S. Senate and he served in the u. S. Army tonight bradley joins me from washington belize good to have you on the show maybe you could let me know what you think about what we heard today from saudi arabia did the that saudi colonel did he deliver a compelling case today or did he just simply fall in line with the u. S. I think its important to view this attack for what it was not was a direct unprovoked attack on Global Energy markets i think nows the time for and for gathering facts and analyzing options you know wars are easy to start hard and conflict military conflict is a start and the one thing is certain if there is not a strong proportional and measured response i think well get more of the same well you say this was an unprovoked attack but cant we argue and i know that some members of the u. S. Congress today have argued this that if iran is responsible then iran has been provoked by the Us Withdrawing from the nuclear agreement. Well that would be quite an interesting argument to argue that sanctions warrant what most people consider an act of war in which missiles a lot are launched across borders and there are explosions taking place. The goal of the us max Pressure Campaign regardless of whether one agrees with the decision to withdraw from the Iranian Nuclear agreement is to bring to iran to the negotiating table its amazing the lengths that iran is willing to go to avoid negotiating the the evidence that was presented today by saudi arabia you as a military man and also as a military analyst would you say that that was a convincing case presented by saudi arabia that leaves without question that iran is responsible. Its a good question ive learned not to make definitive statements unless im on the ground able to look at things myself but if the equipment that was presented on video camera there wasnt facts from those attacks which it appears to be it should be very easy or relatively easy to determine the origin of those weapons you know and a lot of disguised theres been a lot of discussion on whether it came directly from iran or came from the who tease i think when we play that game were playing right into the hands of iran the whole reason why iran establishes proxies around the region whether its hezbollah and their attempts in yemen and who the proxies is and they can avoid the consequences for aggression that ultimately comes from them so whether it was directly how wrong it was there who the proxies in yemen bottom line is iran parents responsibility if you have this evening i spoke with a consultant from the Yemen Polling Center and she told me that if youre talking about the the rebels carrying out an attack youre almost always talking about iran being partly responsible which you know goes along with with what youre say saudi arabia the today said that the missiles and the drones were launched from the north not from the south where yemen is located therefore this attack had to be sponsored by iran those that that coat that cause effect relationship its not a sound one isnt. Whether this attack came from iranian territory as some have suggested and some of the initial information suggests or whether it came from the movies in yemen the bottom line is that the who these get their support from iran so iran iran the leaders and her on are also only responsible for this attack if one of those 2 instances explained to us and i think its important just to zoom out for a minute and and understand what is going on here what is going on here is a iran is lashing out either directly or via its proxies in order to avoid coming to the negotiating table and they are responding with violence what or why they would why the be considered acts of war and against international and Global Energy markets when the question for the u. S. For our allies in europe is how are we going to respond are we ok with us which is take a listen to what u. S. President trump said today he was asked about needing more information about how these attacks happened take a listen. I think my thinking pretty much remains the same and. We havent learned much that we didnt know but but there is there is a certain. Guarantee fact there were really at a point now where we know very much what happened so a guarantee factor we know what what happened and then today the president asked for more sanctions against iran its that the the is that going to be the reaction from the u. S. To these attacks more sanctions. That appears to be what the president has asked the treasurer targets and to undertake. I would be can i would have to look at those sanctions in detail to assess how strong they are my initial thought would be that thats insufficient that is insufficient to deter additional attacks by iran or iranian proxies in the future the bottom line is whoever did this was not deterred and thats a bad thing and the way you reestablish deterrence is to inflict pain and that pain should be proportional and it should be strong and measured we dont want to we would not want to see a lot of iranians injured in the us that would narrow the growing gap between the great iranian people and the illiterate legitimate regime we would want to do that we would want to give them a fucking point but you would advise if you were advising the president you would advise though that a military response would be proportional to what we saw happen on saturday in saudi arabia it could be a kinetic military strike it could also be a cyber action or multiple cyber actions there are lots of Different Things that the u. S. Hopefully with its partners and allies could undertake not with the purpose of starting more on why it went the purpose of reestablishing a more sound peace and avoiding a larger war but the quickest way to get more aggression is not respond firmly to it but the i think the fear is that if there were to be a military response that would trigger a retaliation from iran and then you would find yourself in a war is there any way to respond militarily and contain it to guarantee there wont be a tit for tat military striking contest. None of this is certain and anyone who makes a confident prediction i think is not being straightforward and theres no guarantee how its wrong will respond but i think if there is a strong proportional measured response whether its kinetic or cyber or Something Else it sends the message to the mullahs in iran that just sort of activity rather direct or indirect is unacceptable and there will be significant pain then that would that would help begin to reestablish deterrence and make clear the such an attack really an act of war across International Boundaries an Acceptable Weak response will simply buy more of the say all right Bradley Bowman with the foundation for defense of democracies joining us tonight from washington d. C. Are we appreciate your time and your clear words and insights tonight thank you thank you for they are jenny im grateful thanks. I will post a part of them on this general structural change in hong kong which means free election if hong kong false it would easily become the springboard for the totally tearing regime of china to push its rules and proxies overseas its allies and its Economic Economic powers to come from all this to there come this values as i speak hong kong is the ending at a critical juncture the stake have never been higher i dare for earch the us congress to stand by hong kong and most of all to pass to hong kong human rights and democracy act this is not a plea for this socalled foreign interference this is a plea for democracy this is a plea for the freedom to choose i hope historians will celebrate the United States congress for having stood on the side of hong kong this the start of human rights and democracy cause press hong kong thank you. God bless hong kong those are the young voices of a movement yesterday joshua was both prodemocracy activists from hong kong spoke before a u. S. Congressional committee as you just heard they delivered a passionate plea to lawmakers who are considering a bill that would allow sync sions against anyone trying to dismantle hong kongs special status within china now getting an invitation to testify before the u. S. Congress it came only after months of demonstrations in hong kong those protests sometimes they have been violent have put prodemocracy supporters against pro beijing forces and its not really the black and white story the crisis in hong kong has placed people sometimes entire families in the middle of a movement but he is berlinger and sherry chan have this report. Images of clashes between police and protesters deeply troubling to marry when still early the conflict line runs through their family they support the protests but mary is the daughter of a policeman and stellas fiance serves in the riot police i have been depressed since it all began in june i feel my position is truly embarrassing. Since the beginning police have been accused of using excessive violence on protesters the longer the protests last the more aggressive both sides become videos of her newsmen abusing protesters regularly go viral and anger many people stellas says that she and her fiance have agreed to discuss things as calmly as possible. But sometimes they become angry and confronting more aggressively than he just answers that he was not on the spot and did not see what was happening so he cannot judge. They have agreed to meet us on the condition of anonymity stella and mary are not their real names they fear repercussions for their relatives in the police force but they could also become a target of radical protestors in hong kong on the internet people say the families of policeman should burn in hell come on i didnt do anything wrong why should i suffer. The progovernment and the prodemocracy camps show less and less tolerance for each other several times both sides clashed on the street or a Shopping Center government supporters call protesters cockroaches protestors accuse them of being paid agents and marys family the constant arguments led to her move out of her parents home. Since the protests started ive only had dinner with them once we dont see each other and i left all the family groups on whats up. An end to the conflict that is tearing their families apart is nowhere in sight protests are happening every weekend and all those stellar lead disapproves of the violence that marks many protests she continues to attend some of the marches she carefully avoids revealing her background to fellow protesters. I have never thought that people would see me as guilty for being the fiance of a policeman some friends have asked me if i still wanted to have children knowing they would grow up with such a burden i feel helpless. But there are also days she says when she believes that the rift between police and society can be healed after this crisis and. Well the backlash against vaporing is growing and it is getting global today india announced a ban on the sale of all Electronic Cigarettes citing concerns about Health Concerns new york state did the same today outlawing flavored eve cigarettes or the flavored liquids that go inside the governor of new york is calling for Emergency Action in response to concerns about a nationwide outbreak of long conditions some of them deadly but his decision it has angered some business owners. They promise to help tobacco logics quit and stayed millions of american High Schoolers are now on e. Cigarettes a new one is quite sure how harmful they are doctors called a craze a ticking time bomb no new york state has moved to defuse it banning flavored fashions. Names why bubble gum cotton candy captain crunch which was my favorite. These are obviously targeted to young people. The people selling the e cigarettes are fuming the have 2 weeks to offload vast quantities of their food stocks before the ban comes in. When i heard about it it was like waiting. Its going to affect a lot of business thats for sure and seconding my regular customers who are coming every day may have any disappointed with the news across the states the race is on to crack down on v. Triggered by a spate of related deaths and illnesses especially affecting young people. Around one in 4 High School Students uses each cigarettes and that number is rising. Donald trump has said a nationwide prohibition is forthcoming just as we have a problem in our country its a new problem its a problem nobody really thought about too much. A few years ago and its called vaporing especially vaporing as it pertains to innocent children and theyre coming home and theyre saying mom a lot of a one leading Health Professional says action is badly needed. So right now we have an open field where anything goes people are playing russian roulette with their bodies every time they purchase those profiteering from the part to says see these latest moves will only push people back towards more harmful tobacco cigarettes. Are on this im joined tonight by Gregory Connolly hes president of the american babying association thats a Nonprofit Organization that champions the use of a ping products to help smokers quit hes in washington d. C. Tonight gregory welcome to the show let me ask you are you are one of those former smokers who was able to quit by becoming a vapor yesterday and an even more relevant i failed to quit in 2009 with that tobacco flavored cigarette it was only one year later when i was able to get a watermelon slavery baby product and actually disconnect the taste of tobacco then i became smokefree so your experience speaks to the incredible attraction of these flavored liquids the flavored liquids that were banned by new york today. Yes and there are about 3000000 consumers in the United States who have switched to babying from smoking and the vast majority of them are using flavors despite the rhetoric despite the claims of people like Governor Cuomo and those funded by mayor former mayor Mike Bloomberg throwing around hundreds of millions of dollars in trying to eliminate they being industry fruit and sweet flavors are the most popular flavors with adults not to that governmental and so we fear that this is going to send smokers back to our eczema years back to smoking and worse its going to do nothing about what is actually causing these long illnesses in the United States its not nicotine theyve been products it is a licit marijuana cartridges with contaminants in them that are country peoples lungs and oils its not a story ive heard it and ive heard that agree ive heard that in the last couple of days but where is the wheres the evidence of that and where are the where do we have the c. D. C. For example saying that thats why people are getting lung to lung conditions and dying so the c. D. C. Is playing politics theyre just saying dont think we