Iranian state media say the tanker was detained because it had been involved in an accident with a fishing boat. Paul adams reports. Iran says the stena impero and its multinational crew which doesnt include any britons is now being held at the port. The Authorities Say the tank is being investigated following an accident involving a fishing boat. The ship owners havent confirmed this and say no rules were broken. The stena impero was making its way through the strait of hormuz in International Waters when it was intercepted by a helicopter and several baits. It made a sharp turn north towards iran. Its last reported position, a few miles south west of an iranian island. We will respond in a way thatis island. We will respond in a way that is considered but robust. We are absolutely clear that if the situation isnt resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. A second tanker, the mv mesdar, was also detained but only briefly. It is now making its way to a port in saudi arabia
A mechanism for deescalation so how close can you get to an Armed Conflict without actually having one can we expect to see a steady stream of attacks on ships and tankas in the gulf around the strait of hormuz to the point where it does disrupt shipping. Well i think there is a chance for a deescalation i think thats what President Trump and Prime Minister shinzo be discussed in tokyo but after President Trump returned to the United States his administration slapped new sanctions on iran on the petro Chemical Industry which is an extremely important industry for iran and that was after he had met with Prime Minister shinzo been missed this job he was planning for his mediation trip to iran so i think that step kind of ruined that phase of attempted mediation i think President Trump and the iranians do have a narrow common interest and that is in avoiding war both iran and trump do not want to war they do not want a Major Military escalation but iran does want some relief that is somet
A way to project what were afraid of. So when i think about chinas millions of workers being tracked 247. And potentially put into reeducation camps i think about the black community in the United States i think about predictive policing and i think kind of east and west one of the problems and worries that got with ai is the way that it gets road tested on communities of color in the form. The way these technologies 3rd being developed if not empowering people its empowering corporations. They are in the hands of the people who hold the data and that data is being fed into algorithms that we dont really get to see or understand that are opaque even to the people who wrote the program and theyre being used against us rather than for us. Theres this incredible informational imbalance isnt there that even as a handful of companies are acquiring more and more and more detailed information about each of our intimate lives weve got in some ways less and less information about them in the wa
President Donald Trumps Campaign Team colluded with russia during the 2016 us election thats according to a top lawmaker. Devin nunes, head of the house of Representatives Intelligence Committee also said there was also no evidence that barack obama had ordered Wiretap Surveillance of mr trumps headquarters, trump tower. Lets get more on this with laura bicker whojoins us live from washington. First of all on the statement about collusion with russia what have we heard . When it comes to the accusation that Russia Meddled in the 2016 us president s election the question is did they do it and what the donald trump and his aides now . 17 Intelligence Agencies have come forward and said they have evidence that russia tried to meddle with the election and many of them say they did so to help donald trump win so that brings you to the second question, the donald trump or his aides know anything about it, did they collude with the russians . So far we have heard evidence to say there is noth
The house and Senate Taking up a hearing on u. S. Policy in iraq. Iraq continues to be a big concern in addition to the other conflicts. I know there were some concerns over the webbing end with jordan and iraq situation with them. Beyond hearings and there are not that i have my list in front of me. Beyond hearings i think again the probably one of the markka one twz of the webbing. We will have to keep watching for reactions in russia and ukraine and the middle east. At some point i think we will see calls for the u. S. To help ukraine ukraine. As i scan this hearing list, there is at least in the senate it specks to a lack of accountability. Accountability. They are also looking at Flood Insurance issues but appropriations was supposed to be big success of the month. That there was going to be big deals done before the recess happens. We may get some sense this week whether it will move at all. I just want to get your reaction to your colleague who was a story this morning leadershi