News with Ed -- December 27, 2017

Media banging their head against wall on Trump - Lionel

Did President Donald Trump’s latest executive order – which allows assets to be frozen and property seized over human rights abuses and corruption – trigger Eric Schmidt’s departure from the helm of Google? Might Trump ultimately wield it against the Clinton Foundation? What about his ongoing Twitter war with CNN? Lionel of Lionel Media joins “News with Ed” to offer his insights.

Open-source app turns tables on Big Brother

A new app called “Haven” purports to turn your smartphone into a surveillance system, using your phone’s high tech capability in your favor instead of against you. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who helped develop the app, hopes it can be useful to investigative journalists and human rights defenders. RT America’s Natasha Sweatte has the details.