The release of an audio recording has shed new light on the seizure of a British tanker on the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.  Another escalation in tensions on this critical waterway where one-fifth of the global oil exports pass through as Iran continues to struggle with sanction that are crippling their economy.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters joins us for this, Trump vs. The Squad, and upcoming Mueller testimony,

Next, genetic genealogy has been used to help solve cold cases involving suspected killers and rapists, but now it has been used to exonerate Christopher Tapp for the rape and murder of Angie Dodge in 1997.  Experts now say this technique could be used to clear others who have been wrongly convicted. Sal Hernandez, reporter for BuzzFeed News, joins us for another first for genetic genealogy.

Finally, the viral face aging app, FaceApp was nothing but good fun until reports came out that the company was owned by Russians and that the app could potentially get all the photos on your camera roll, but is there anything really to worry about?  Geoffrey Fowler, tech columnist for the Washington Post, took a look under the hood of this app and lets us know if you should worry about your privacy.

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