Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t. V. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. By the u. S. Intelligence chief is hesitant to fully relinquish the power to monitor americans phone calls and Text Messages hes putting early pressure on congress to reauthorize the National Security agencys Surveillance Program which is set to expire at the end of the year with more his partys killam up. While the Trump White House as well as dan coats the outgoing director of National Intelligence are urging congress to renew the freedom act of 2015 and this ability of the National Security agency of the United States to conduct spying on individual citizens now essentially dan coats in his letter argued that even though the program is no longer in effect its necessary or could be necessary at some point to reinstate it and that it would be in the interest of the country overall for congress to renew the free. This is what dan coats said as Technology Changes adversaries tradecraft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt. To these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well now Civil Liberties groups have argued that it is necessary for congress to not renew the freedom act of 2015 they argue that there are sections in the act specifically the spying and surveillance section of the law that put the privacy and Civil Liberties of millions of americans into jeopardy the governments implementation of the cool detail Records Program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and the lack of use and for q. C. It is highly concerning that its 3 years to detect the fact that the n. S. A. Was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the program the n. S. A. Should not be permitted to resume this program now prior to the freedom act of 2015 the n. S. A. Spying Program Collected billions of records and the freedom act of 2015 reduced the amount of data the n. S. A. Was collecting under the freedom act the n. S. A. Has the ability to collect data and phone records of suspects as well as those suspects contacts even if those contacts have different phone companies however there was a concerning revelation in june of 2018 when it was revealed that under the freedom act the n. S. A. Had collected data on millions of americans that it did not legally have authority to oversee they said this was due to a technical irregularity so there are many concerns now but at this point the white house and the outgoing director of National Intelligence are urging congress to renew the the freedom act of 2015 a controversial surveillance law investigative journalist Dave Lindorff believes that ultimately the National Security establishment will get its way. Basically the vast majority of congress is going to support renewal of this horrible law and they say is largely what it wants to do for years it was doing a lot of illegal surveillance is. Snowden reported long before it was even authorized and so you do wonder why they feel likely need these laws saying that they can do that and since they do things that they cant do anyway they were surveilling for 3 years massively beyond what the c. D. R. Was allowing them to do and they didnt do anything about it the intel anybody about it only because it got discovered did they have to deal with the. U. S. Justice department has unveiled a warrant for the seizure of the iranian oil supertanker grace one it comes only one day after authorities in the british territory of gibraltar released of the detained vessel the warrant says the vessel all the oil on board and nearly 1000000. 00 in cash are subject to forfeiture based on violations of the International Emergency economic powers act the document also cites Bank Fraud Money Laundering and terrorism related statutes it alleges a scheme to unlawfully access in the u. S. Financial system to support illicit shipments to syria from iran by the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps which has been designated a terrorist organization by washington. Previously irans top diplomat sharply criticize the u. S. For attempting to block of the release of the ship which was 1st seized by British Royal marines off the coast of your browser last month. Having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving Cancer Patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law on thursday the u. S. Justice department made a last minute application to gibraltar asking it not to release of the grace one which was accused of attempting to illegally ship oil to syria but the Supreme Court in the british overseas territory decided to release the vessel and 4 of its crew members the tanker is expected to set sail soon trotters chief minister says the detention was lifted after receiving formal written assurances from iran. The grace one is that for now released from detention on the sanctions act by operation at low on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if released the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions i welcome that assurance. The iranian authorities deny the grace one was shipping oil to syria in breach of e. U. Sanctions 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded iran seized the british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming it had violated International Law us then later announced its intention to create a Naval Coalition to combat so named iranian aggression in the strait. Middle east analyst. Thinks the u. S. May have overplayed its hand with its british ally. Very skeptical that the u. K. And gibraltar officials will heed the call by the u. S. Car meant to continuing pounding and tank air and you know despite the legal fight sought it is a safe bet that given the fact that iran is also holding a british tank this is part of a quid pro quo whereby the release of the iranian tank will be followed shortly immediate future by the release of the british tank held by iran we know that. Garmin and their boys john saw that as well as those in gibraltar are. You know annoyed by this lingering crisis and they want to wash their hands off of it and the u. S. Is trying every trick in the book to lingard this crisis and to keep the u. K. As part of this socalled time. Escort for the oil tankers passes through the strait of hormuz and they will says worries that once this crisis between iran and the youll k. Is resolved then they will pull out and yours will be a coalition one. Amid escalating hostilities between india and pakistan the Indian Defense minister has stressed his country will continue to abide by the no 1st use policy when it comes to Nuclear Weapons however you did have this morning. It just through the till now india has strictly adhered to the no 1st use policy what happens in the future depends on the sickest and says so this is a region in question kashmir at the northern tip of india and pakistan now both countries lay claim to kashmir with the United Nations describing it as a disputed territory of the socalled line of control remains in the defacto border and the countrys remain and maintain their own administrations within that territory but earlier this month india revoked kashmirs special autonomy status now pakistan says that decision has destabilized the status quo in the region the United Nations prohibits any changes to the status of any disputed state is also fear that kashmir is majority Muslim Population could be targeted by people of other faiths in the region with the conflict already into its 72nd year without a solution but. Weve been hearing from political and strategic strategic analyst in both pakistan and india on what is next for the kashmir crisis. It is something the nuclear blackmail which some has been using against india by which they say that look nuclear so we cannot afford an escalation of full scale war and so you have to be in with the disturbed terrorism that this once or across our border in Indian Country we saw in years trying to carve the Nuclear Bluff of france on by saying look no 1st use is not set in stone if the circumstances change as a Defense Ministry saying by the chief means you find santa downs in a large scale terrorism wonderful meant you know an uprising against india you mean your country we are priced to you know do incursions into india did it reach me have to intervene it is just battle heats are signaling not to our conduct in the military misadventures of actually from bugs somebody sparked what specter which is not the wording but it should be reporting from the from the perspective of the International Community because in the broader picture then there is a war between 2 countries and whenever the situation arises where one particular can be going to use a Nuclear Weapon they are not going to consider the option that since they are declared all see to have or not india has blown apart all the biological agreements and 17 u. N. Support constant resolutions which calls are the best on me so has left more room for their dialogue but different commercial given indeed does not intervene. This see india as a big market and that is why i did the longer jeopardize the evolution with them and that is why the one in politics isnt being driven by the hard economic realities and not by them what ality. The us congresswoman has refused to to travel to the west bank to see her grandmother if she has to do so under israelis conditions and the situation has drawn fierce condemnation back on capitol hill. Israel doesnt advance its case as a tolerant democracy or and theyve ruined us ally by barring elected members of congress from visit in because of their political views i strongly condemn this decision by the Israeli Government which undermines the ability for our 2 allied countries to have the frank open and its times difficult discussions that we must have in order to ensure israel remains secure and democratic nation israels analysis and treaty congresswoman taylor and omar is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel on thursday tel of even ounce that would block visits by the congresswoman over their support for palestinian led Boycott Movement in the us israel has since said. You could enter the country on humanitarian grounds to visit her 90 year old grandmother defending his earlier stance Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu sided israeli laws prohibiting entry to anyone supporting boycotts of israel decision came hours after donald trump encouraged betting the u. S. Lawmakers. It would show great weakness of israel allowed representative omar and representative chloe but to visit they hate israel and all jewish people and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office they are a disgrace being critical of israel and the us can hurt contractors ever since the anti boycott act was passed 2 years ago individuals or companies wanting to do business with us state governments are banned if they boycott trade with israel but some are calling this a violation of free speech we spoke to the Green Party Candidate for new York City Council marnia who told us trumps intervention in the case is the 1st of its kind. This is the 1st time that a sitting president has actually told a foreign country to not accept members of his own government so in that sense i think its very unprecedented and its surprising at the same time i think many of us in the United States that if you really have 7. 00 this isnt a womans administrating absolutely i think it is a double standard but actually whats interesting about this is that the fact that there are sort of this retaliation is punishment for individuals and even ive heard even business its that are being. First of all its at least complete violation of the 1st and then i mean every american i mean were allowed to point on any. Form get involved politically with issues that is really of violence of the moment and i wouldnt mind a lot so i think thats tragic and i think thats immoral and i think thats the product question that over the Democratic Party really has to do has to look at look at least to stand up against. The 2 russian pilots who averted potential disaster on thursday morning have been given the countrys highest honor the hero of russia war by president putin their air bus jet lost both engines after a bird strike while taking off from moscows you go skiing International Airport that forced them to make an Emergency Landing on 233 people on board the crimea bound Euro Airlines flight survived arties roughly Agency Managed to get a hold of exclusive video of the evacuation. I dont i mean of. All the good looking. People for the dish youre going to live. With all the studio that each studio. But is included. So lets go through what happened it all took place so quickly that the pilots were not able to return to the airport as they had barely managed to get airborne in reaching an altitude of roughly 260 meters but they acted decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield just over a kilometer from the runway and without emptying any of the fuel tanks the pilot in command a 41 year old. Had previously been a lawyer before training as a pilot he has been flying with Ural Airlines since 2013 and became a captain last year his copilot 23 year old Georgie Morrison got his pilots license just 2 years ago. Russian Health Ministry says 76 people sought medical assistance after the incident one woman is still in the hospital her condition is not believed to be life threatening. Sort of reports now from the crash site in southeast moscow. 226 passengers and 7 crew members of fuel Airlines Flight bound for crimea from moscow are celebrating their 2nd birthday the air bus a 321 collided with a flock of birds just shortly after takeoff from the capitals zuckoff ski airports the captain semir yusupov had just seconds to make the right decision when he discovered this strike caused engine failure with 16 tons of fuel on board no ability to make it back to the runway he knew that an Emergency Landing could result in a catastrophe shelia with little bro after we to call off the engines became an. 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines are off despite all our efforts the plane was going down we realized that we didnt have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision in a blink of an eye this man with nerves of steel decided still land the aircraft in a nearby cornfield without using the landing gear and shutting off all power to prevent an explosion and various officials praised the crew for their professionalism during the spine chilling landing as well as for a well organized evacuation it is something we acted in line with our training we listen to our instructions and evacuated very quickly they did as we expected there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really carefully just cook tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt your leg. You know its better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on his belly everything is fine the media was quick to make connections with another such incidents when the loss of life was a virgin thanks to pilot the miracle on the hudson involving a u. S. Airways the aircraft flown by captain Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles hit a flock of geese after takeoff from new york citys La Guardia Airport and lost all engine power im able to land at any available airport they had to ditch the jet in the hudson river just outside of manhattan with all of the 155 passengers a rescued by nearby ferries and bolts thanks to the heroic solve for the captain and his crew their relatives and loved ones self all the people involved will get to see them again Ramana Koester of artsy Moscow Region efficient safety advocate and pilot a kid in you are. Told us that birds are the most common problem facing airports and pilots and what landed at the plane was still with skill and resolve. People who describe it as a miracle i dont prefer i dont call america i prefer to call it a shiny example of the professionalism and skill of the 2 pilots down a recent offer and gregory was and thankfully those events are incredibly rare. When a lot who