Loud & Clear

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Ali al-Ahmed, the director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs. Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman has begun an international tour that is taking him to Egypt, the UK, and the United States. He has already outraged many in the Middle East by calling Turkey, Iran, and Qatar “the devil’s triangle.” He faces large-scale protests today in London. But he’ll get the red carpet treatment from Donald Trump. Today is the first day of a regular segment looking at nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Greg Mello, the executive director of the Los Alamos Study Group, and Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, join the show. The Trump Administration is suing California over three of that state’s sanctuary laws. Those laws give the state final authority over federal detention centers for undocumented immigrants, and they forbid