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First Posted: May 25, 2021 01:55 AM EDT Photo : Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Police in Mexico were attacked with weaponized drones from the Mexican drug cartels as they were in the middle of clearing blockades in El Aguaje in April. The attack has led to the growing fear that these weaponized drones pose another obstacle in the global fight against illegal drugs. Reports noted that the blockades were placed by organized crime groups who inhabited the area. El Aguaje lies in the west of ...

Footnotes today. aleppo, syria, a young girl pulled from the rubble still alive after nearby air strikes killed at least 11 people. now new reports suggest isis is using weaponized drones in syria further complicating that seemingly endless civil war. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. >> thank you. over the weekend isis used drones armed with grenades against iraqi forces and two leading security firms have issued reports warning about the widespread use of drones and the impli...

Gray area and we have to close that gray area down, make it very, very clear that we need to respect the fourth amendment. >> there are a lot of concerns about drones anyway. when you talk about drones actually being able to taser somebody, or shoot rubber bullets, there i think are two concerns primarily that come up with the public. one is, drone snooping. and two is the accuracy of using a weaponized drone. do you know if this sheriffs department is going to have any sort of operational train...

The prohibition on nonlethal was removed. so, it didnt legalize it because it was technically already legal because there was nothing in the statute. and presumably, the other states in the nation also have nothing on statute, and therefore the weaponization of drones would be legal in other states. our attempt was to be the first state to make it completely illegal. >> illegal, right. we know the faa has a ban on weaponized drones but only on civilian operations. police departments fall under g...

Authorized by the state house committee to amend it. the original author not happy, telling the daily beast this is one im not in full agreement with. in my opinion, there should be a nice red line, drones should not be weaponized, period. the man behind that original bill, representative rick besser with us now. thank you so much for being with us. i was reading that grand forks county sheriff bob ross says he opposed your version of the bill because it required a warrant. he argues that he nee...

Across in record numbers, numbers which europe has not seen since world war ii. new legislation sponsors by a lawmaker in north dakota is not being used as hed planned or expected. not only can police now use drones to seek evidence in criminal cases. they can arm them with nonlethal weapons, tasers trapped to drones, drones shooting rubber bullets. thats next. clinically proven isnt easy, so at gnc, why do we do it? why do we include key ingredients found in fruits and vegetables to create th...

Dramatically. 1/3 of the u.s. air force fleet is un3457bd. we are training more drone pilots and there are reports that we are building a drone base in north africa. american drones have reportedly killed an estimate of 4 j. 700 people in the last decade. these numbers look like theyll keep rising. theres no doubt that drone strikes have helped us get rid of a number of influential terrorists without the cost of ground assault, but this is an incredibly gray area of counter terrorism. for one, w...

Hours and 52 minutes including when he took questions from his republican colleagues. washington had some tough questioning for eric holder. the attorney general was forced to admit it would be unconstitutional to kill an american citizen with a drone strike on u.s. soil unless there was a pearl harbor type imminent threat. i usually think filibusters are a bizarre quasi constitutional mechanism that is basically anti-democratic but i do think its important to have a serious de bait about drones...

As you say chavez is genuinely popular there? >> yes, he is. i think most venezuelans are very sympathetic towards america in general in terms of they like cheap gasoline prices, they like american cars, like shopping malls. this has traditionally been one of the most americanized societies. its something i tried to capture in my book. this was never a cuban scenario. >> rory, moises, nicolas, thank you. great new book out. rory, great new book out. you must buy them. up next, what in the worl...

Determined opponents, the head of the sierra club tell me why he disagrees. next up, hugo chavez is dead. will his successor continue chavezs antiamerican, antiwestern, anticapitalist ways or is this the beginning of a new venezuela? we have a great panel. including moses nian. also, rand paul is worried about americans killing americans on american soil. hes right. but theres another huge problem with drones we need to start worrying about. ill explain. first, heres my take. later this ye...