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Did Donald Trump commit treason in Helsinki? Legal experts weigh in on the “T” word. Also: we learn all about Russia’s GRU, the country’s largest military intelligence agency; we remember Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 four years after it was shot down over eastern Ukraine; we meet Crimean families who have been displaced after Russia’s annexation of the peninsula; and finally Alina Simone, a Russian immigrant living in New York, explains why she has given up on teaching her daughter Russian. (Image: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference in Helsinki. Credit: Getty Images)

There is a growing fear that a sonic weapon attack will occur with President Trump's upcoming summit with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland on Monday. Today, we talked with two former DARPA employees who felt a form of sound wave technology such as MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) would be the ultimate "non-lethal" weapon and quite possibly be implemented during this prestigious event. On tonight's show, Clyde Lewis talks about MEDUSA. #ExclusiveArticle for #GroundZero #Medusa Article: Clyde Lewis Montage: Brandon Ison Original Music: Brandon Burke https://soundcloud.com/brandon-burke-798485551/enceladus

On this episode of Party Politics, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus deconstruct what this week’s political news means for you, starting with President Trump speaking out on Russia's President Vladimir Putin's alleged election meddling. The latest GOP Tax Bill takes another swipe at the Affordable Care Act by trying to remove the individual mandate. A global roundup looking at a coup in Zimbabwe, a Saudi Arabian crown prince consolidating power and Aussies voting for gay marriage. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gives testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, where they really want to talk about connections with Russia. Keurig pulls its sponsorship of Fox's Sean Hannity's show after Hannity defended Alabama's U.S. Republican candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused by nine women of sexual assault allegations. And speaking of Roy Moore, Brandon and Jay walk us through just what it means for Alabama and the Republican Party to have these allegations come out about Moore.

The US House of Representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Donald Trump objecting to the legislation. Daniel Fried, former sanctions coordinator at the US State Department looks at the latest step. Is infrastructure spending really the secret to boosting economic growth? We look at the cost and benefits of planned projects around the globe. And, the "world's most useless airport" is finally about to get its first scheduled flight. The BBC's Roger Hearing will be joined throughout the programme from Singapore by Asit Biswas, distinguished visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and from Los Angeles by Andy Uhler from the Marketplace programme at American public radio. They'll also be joined from Taiwan by the BBC's Cindy Sui and by Chris Heathcote author of the Global Infrastructure Outlook report and the travel journalist Simon Calder. Picture: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg this month. Credit:Saul Loeb AFP/Getty Images.