i mean, i'm just stating the obvious here. we don't know how all those things tie together, what the sources were. but nonetheless, we do know the location, secretary. >> well, frankly, it's not much of a surprise. you know, our concern was that if the taliban took over afghanistan, they would again create a safe haven for terrorists. that's what they did before. and that's exactly what they've continued to do, and the result is that it doesn't surprise me that zawahiri was finding some kind of safe haven in kabul. the problem is that i do believe that our intelligence officials continued to maintain an intelligence network in kabul and throughout afghanistan, because they had a legitimate fear that because of what the taliban was doing, that terrorism could again spring forth from afghanistan. and that's why zawahiri paid the price for that. >> so, clarissa, since you have spent time there, and of course, you were there during the chaotic withdrawal. as you know, people were desperately trying to get out at the airport, so ma

the united states. ready now succeed in changing the reality is on the ground in the contemporary world, and china will eventually be winning this struggle for national arena vacation. now you mentioned, hey, when set up are, has its own sovereignty and independence. she is misleading herself. she is misleading the world, taiwan as a province of china, 1000 not have its own sovereignty. taiwan does not have its independence. there is no middle buying in the middle of the i was straight. high, one is chinese territory. therefore, chinese plains and naval ships have full freedom in saving directly to taiwan. and if ty, while military force wants to fire a 1st shot, chinese people's liberation army will not allow them to fire the 2nd shot. victor. many thanks. indeed, victor gal dep, with the view from bay ging, patrick falk, is a journalist based in china's capital. he says the china doesn't want to appear weak in the face of policies visit for there was more fiery rhetoric from the foreign ministry in be

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secretary of state blew it off as shenanigans. for secretary general declared a winner before one vote was counted. the whole vote process was corrupted. nobody cared to see if there were shenanigans of cheating or fraud. we will rise up and save the constitution, that we have the final say. we're gonna reassert our authority here and try to do the right thing here, and correct this entire disaster has happened over this election cycle. >> of course the climbs there of the election are complete nonsense. the election was looked into, none of the claims looked stood up, he was all ridiculous, all eyes. that interview with mastriano was approved by donald trump on his youtube channel. mastriano said he spoke with trump at least 15 times between the election and the insurrection for plans to overturn trump's loss. of course, those plans ultimately failed and when they did, mastriano helped organize buses to take angry trump supporters from pennsylvania to washington, d. c. to the capitol on january 6th. mastriano even marched to the

red states, kansas, is not necessarily the same thing as red state alabama. blue state parallels abound. and kansas is a complicated place. i know that because i have lived here most of my 41 years. and we often have a divided government, presently, a democratic governor and a conservative legislature. we have a history of progressive politics, going back to early 20th century socialism and a national leader for women's suffrage. that is sort of baked-in to the earth here in political and cultural terms. and the fact that we have indeed gone for the republican candidate in presidential elections consistently for many decades tells you something, but not everything. and that nuance means that on a very polarizing issue like abortion, it turns out that, while this is a conservative state in many ways, it is also a state that deeply values freedom and a broad coalition of voters and activists were able to really beat that drum. and say, if you are concerned with autonomy and the ways in which our state constitution grants that as ruled by our supreme court, just

to state. would you like to see congress where you once served past legislation banning abortion nationally? i think it's appropriate right now that the discussion happens at the state level. that's really what the constitution defines as the responsibility of the state. so i'm thankful for the supreme court decision that said this would be debated amongst a government close to the people instead of at the federal level. in in not my first rodeo lessons from the heartland you recount a story that all his sticks with me when i'm telling the story for whatever reason about the republican majority elected in 2010 and sort of the the leadership difficulties speaker. john boehner majority leader, eric cantor and their team had in coralling this new what was then a new tea party majority in telling these stories. sometimes i think is informative for people when they're looking at republicans in congress now and sometimes the difficulty they have unifying what it was surprised me into some degree, alt

she has the right to go anywhere she wants where they are in the united states of the united states of america and joe biden shouldn't have thrown her under the carpet because china is a bully. i don't want to take dan's time. >> the world health organization is another example of what china seems to control, that of course did a disservice to this entire planet when covid was emerging and dan, i think we all agree i love that she was going to taiwan but we presume that it's an organized dynamic involving our entire government and everyone is in agreement, and we are not going to display the family fight in front of the enemy, which they then know and i think it inspires them and they use that and figure they can do even more and move forward even more aggressively. normally this should have been a visit that reinforced our strength and our support of a friend and would you agree it seems to have done the opposite at this point? >> well, i think that it is a business disturbing that the administration was behind the scenes discouraging speaker pelosi from making that trip but i agree t

if you're going to talk about the us you would say these united states these united states. that sounds so weird to our ears, doesn't it? so when did these united states which she was used? well into the late 19th century. when did that become the united states? how did you get one country out of these various countries that were, you know various states? now it's important to remember apropos of this that and as we talk about the us constitution. that when the car that the united states has had two lives. i realize it's very easy to forget about the first life because it was pretty short. the first life of the united states was from roughly 1776 to roughly 1788 89. period of a decade and more that's when we were a confederation. then the united states change this government had a second life and it became a federation a federal republic and that's a really key distinction because when the country first started the we say the country but actually the states. all felt very different from one another. yes, they spoke the same language sorta kinda depending whether you're a ver

state. we appointed tougher judges and parole officers, we went for the most dangerous state to the safest big state. it could happen again, but not with the leadership in new york now. trey: that was going to be my question, is that a platform that can still succeed in a state that is you know, other than you and a few other notables, it is a tough state for republicans to win statewide, can your platform win again in 2022 or beyond? >> absolutely it a tough state for republicans you have to get between a million and a half two million registered to democrats to vote for you, crime is not a partisan issue, it should not be. this is a life and death issue. that affects everyone, doesn't matter if you are a republican, democrat or liberal or conservative, you know that crime is off the control in new york state, an aggressive agenda to change no-bail law and remove prosecutors who refuse on u uphold the law, and pass criminal justice laws is a winning issue in new york state. it has to be a w

they can get away with it in states like ohio once they've rigged these state houses. to be clear, and jane points this out in the piece, there's been gerrymandering by democrats, as well. but steve, to something that's going on now, the supreme court is actually right now, this court is allowing states' congressional maps that lower courts have found to be illegally drawn on partisan or racial lines to stand. so to quote "the new york times" -- >> i think this is part -- >> go ahead. i'm wondering like that is happening right now ahead of the midterms. >> yeah. we've seen a couple of decisions from the supreme court in these unsigned, you know, unexplained shadow docket orders. one in alabama, one in louisiana, and these orders have had effects in ohio, in georgia, and other states where as many as ten seats that actually would likely have been drawn to favor democratic candidates in the 2022 midterms if these lower court rulings had been followed are now probably going to favor republicans. and i think this is part of a larger trend where the supreme court is at once

to what states -- what liberties the citizens of those states enjoyed with respect to what you could expect to be protected or were you entitled to have confidence whoever you were, if you were born naturallized or naturallized in the united states and traveled throughout the country, you could ensure that certain fundamental rights that were necessary for the protection of your liberty and civic equality,s vis-a-vis other is izes were consistently respected. that was the context that was ultimately resolved in what ranty referred to as republican citizenship. that began with abolitionist circles and taken up, modified somewhat by the republicans and then a commitment beyond any doubts to this citizenship and grounded in fundamental rights and specific equality, together with a commitment to empowering a institution, particularly congress, to legislate on behalf of those civil rights and to protect that civic equality in ways that the original constitution, or the 1788 constitutions had fallen short of doing. >> well, one frt of the things about republican citizenship and things left

there is a direct link to repair for state and state institutions. i think just to build off adam's point just to make the connection between because i think part of what we're also talking about is like material versus symbolic. yeah shifts, you know, you tennessee in the 70s. like this is why i always say it's impossible to fully disentangle symbolism from the policy that it's connected to because in in 1978, they put up a bust of nathan bedford forrest in the tennessee state legislature in the tennessee capital nathan. bedford forrest was a leader of general in the confederacy and he was the first grand wizard of the ku klux klan. all right, and so you don't you don't put up up this not 1878 that they're putting up a bust of nathan bedford force they put up in 1978. right and it only recently came down. i think the last year or two. if you put up a bust of the first grand wizard of the ku klux klan that says something about what your policy. orientation is that says something about which a policy priorities are and that for me is inextricably link

both doj and the state of new york. they've either gotf the eviden at this point, specially documentary evidence in the civil case in this matter of they're lying about their net worth and they're playing games with charities and taxes and all of that. it's time to put the pedal to the metal and read some conclusions on this stuff because trump is still huge in this election. let's not make any mistake. january 6th committee hearings have changed the way a lot of americans feel about this guy. i'm in a state where i watched these grown men gravel for scraps trying to get any voice of approval from donald trump in a u.s. senate race. >> you wonder why claire spends a lot of time in new york. senator claire mccaskill, phil rucker, tim miller thank you all. i do want to talk about speaker pelosi's trip to taiwan. it took a few more days than expected, but the senate has finally passed jeremy mentioned it the so-called pack act with the help of some people like jon stewart. that's the measure that provides millions of veter

that you list the states, and the states create this. it isn't the people of the whole country, it's the creation of the states. but as long as it's creation of the states, and this is wilson thinking again, then in some way, it more or less comes back to this league of friendship, which is what the treaty, as gordon calls it, or the league of friendship as they called it at that time, the articles of confederation created a league of friendship, that there were 13 solid states linked together. but if you go back to the document i keep hammering on, the circular letter of the states, washington says we need a central government that is the final say in everything that is common to all of us. common to all of the states, which wouldn't be slavery, education, you can think of things it wouldn't be. but it would be international and interstate commerce, he makes that clear. he also says, this is in the visible, once you join you cannot get out. he says that in 1783, we need a central government which you can't leave. once you are in it's a

i don't think we should focus too much of the united states because they're not state specially not a part of the law of the sea convention understand, behaves according to the law. say convention. i think what is really important here is if we heard that the state to a part is to this treaty, they are, they are obliged to also make sure that the flag, the vessels that they flag and will activate on the highest it's taking place on some vessels on vessels off to the fishing potential. they've been mining shipping, of course, k belaying. don't forget, other potential and current use of the ocean or taking place from, from the vessel from boats. and these both have a flag and if that is the flag space that is responsible for the behavior over these vessels and the hood need to police this. so if the read is this treat the we're hoping can foster the collaboration between this flag say and who are signatories to a whole host of other agreements. but they also have to implement when they're, when they're invest sosa vessels and they flag or bracing on the highest is let's not forget, forg

the state of new jersey, there are more than 150 nesting pairs throughout the state. that is an extraordinary come back. there are stories like that all around the country. i think that reflects not only the federal government's important role in making sure that the species are protected, but also the efforts of the state and local governments and the county governments and -- to do there -- [inaudible] another program that president nixon initiated is called the legacy of parks. he looked over -- he was really big on trying to, you know, cut government bureaucracy. he observed that when he announced the story of the epa, it kind of ran counter to his normal philosophy in creating a new department. it is not something i think he would have expected to do. he asked all of the federal agencies to look at the land that they own to see if there was land that was no longer being used but could be turned over to state, county, local, or tribal governments to be converted into parts. that program was -- 80,000 acres of federal land was turned over to create parks. 642 new p

arizona is generally a purple state. michigan is generally a swing state. there is a reason arizona has two democratic senators. it seems highly unlikely to me that they will go up for somebody throne for major offices. the final thing i would say is we should ban primaries in august. most people have something better to do in august then go to the primary. do it in september when people are home and paying attention. when you have it in august, you have a core of people who can throw things out of whack. judy: you get a low turnout. even those of us who love politics, august primaries may not be at the top of the chart. what do you make of the outcome in these states this week? jonathan: i hope david is right in that the republicans have done a really good job at self sabotage. i hope he is right. but what i fear is what happens in the general election? will people come out and vote? will people vote on the issues? will people vote to save democracy? or will people be apathetic and stay home, thereby allowing -- you can even call these friends anymore. the

s. secretary of state. he addressed the gathering and he used his platform to attack other countries. he accused russia of nuclear sabre rattling, he criticized russia over the issue cray. and furthermore, he accused the islamic republic of iran, of nuclear escalation. now it's important to note that this all calm, in the aftermath of the united states, pulling out of quite a few nuclear agreements. now the un head antonio gutierrez, he warned the entire gathering that the world faced a nuclear danger. not seen since the height of the cold war. and many note that this meeting comes on the heels of a statement from the white house on which they are mulling over the possibility of reopening the j. c. p. o. a. the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran following the iran nuclear deal. but this comes after the united states actually withdrew and racked the iran nuclear deal that had been negotiated. so here's what we heard from the bio white house. united states is determined to lead by the power of our e

the united states is not only assisting iran and venezuela, but the united states is creating an economic crisis at home. so saudi arabia obviously benefits, and we don't know where this will take saudi arabia. but whatever land we look at this situation, it is the americans and europeans that lose as the digital world faces an acute shortage of semi conduct, ship ships, rushes to become one of the key suppliers of neon, i guess that's used in digital and medical devices that is currently in deficit with moscow set to launch new production facilities. rachel blevins reports a global shortage of semiconductor chips has impacted industries across the board from smartphones to cars, to medical devices. at a time when the world is more digital in demand is higher than ever before. however, much moscow state technical university is hoping to change that with a facility dedicated to drastically increasing the production of purified me on. we've new new production, we are going to achieve 5 percent of work production may be in the next year. and the bowen, one universe, to allow us to do this. w

secretary of state colorado. it is one of the first -- and current -- oversaw the largest election in colorado state history with 90% of voters casting their ballot. before the election, box. we ay honored to have her with us today. i would like to jump right into some questions. we will move to a q&a there are no cards on your chairs if you would prefer to write a question but we also have a microphone if you would like to ask. if you would like to write questions now someone will come around to pick them up. to kick things off, with a little bit of a discussion. in the aftermath of the 2020 election, election officials and local offices found themselves amongst the onslaught, following showdowns, republican state legislatures sought to enact laws. stacey abrams put it, they had grand plans tried to overturn the will of the voters? charley: this year alone we have seen 21 states that have enacted laws to manipulate the administration of our elections for partisan gains. a lot of these policies amount to somethin

guest: the van is an interesting state to watch. it is a very transient state. about half of the voters will be nooses 2016 when the seat was one. he is running against her, and with the center in state, he was involved in trying to block the election results. that is what democrats will focus on. i think, compared to walker. he is sort of a generic candidate. there are not a lot of things there, compared to the other problem candidates so all things equal, it will be a competitive race. republicans love an opportunity to make inroads. host: thank you for your inward -- insight. you can follow her on twitter. thank you. are going to take a break. will more back, we will have open forum. any public policy issue. those of the lines on your screen. start dialing it. >> washington journal continues. host: we are in open forums until the top of the hour at 10 a.m. eastern time. any public policy issue you have , we start with president biden. he is slated to announce student cancellation of loan payments. a pause of payments. that is today. the hill is reporting that

they are not provided by the state. the state is not attempt to stop the flow. i see the gulf states in terms of, they've taken a different approach to iran. they themselves have channels with iran to manage those relationships. we have encouraged those diplomatic conversations. are they going to hold china to account recs i i look forwardo the day because frankly china is getting away with murder in some terms. >> second, let me present to you an argument that i find compelling but not persuasive but i think it's important for us to talk about. and that is at this, as china becomes more dependent on exports from the gulf, relative to u.s. dependency, some would suggest that china should in fact, pick up more of the tab for regional security and security of the gulf frankly may matter more to them that it matters to us and yet we pick up almost all that cost. they have bigger military presence today than they did it but it is still our guarantee in the region that matters. so is there any constructive role that china can play with respect to regional security, ,

this decision made california the third state in the nation to declare a state of emergency right behind new york and illinois. in this press release, governor newsom said the state will build on the framework developed during the covid-19 pandemic to deploy vaccine clinics for monkeypox. what this announcement doesn't do is get more vaccines to california. >> it won't increase the number of vaccine dose that is we will receive that is determined solely by the federal gove government. reporter: today senator scott wiener asked for $38.5 million to help counties across the state respond to this virus. >> when they have to set up vaccine clinics to administer the vaccine, you have to pay staff. they have to pay for the sight. they have to pay for the outreach to make sure that people know about it. >> on the same day, the state declared a state of emergency, san francisco's health emergency went into effect. hundreds of people waited in line in san francisco general hospital hoping to get a monkeypox vaccine, many leaving without it after hours of waiting. >> we made an initial request of

, and putting battleground states we have a problem. >> secretary of state blew off all the allegations and shenanigans. are our attorney general declared a winner but before one vote was counted, so the whole process as has been corrupted. no one wanted to see shenanigans in disenfranchisement and we're gonna rise up and say, constitutionally we have the last say. >> barrage of lies and lies and more lies. none of that is true, the voting machines were not rigged. that guy spreading that excrement nonsense, that dangerous nonsense, that nonsense that led people to storm the capital that led to people dying, to cops getting their heads passed in on national television, that guy's 's burning that nonsense has a very real shot of being the next governor of pennsylvania. midterms is for ugly favor the opposition party. all those candidates that we've just highlighted are running a post-swing states that donald trump won once, that had elected statewide republican. they're all just a stone's throw away from overseeing elections, from being the person inside the paper saying, yes disconnecti

a slovak state u. s. president roosevelt had no objection to either the austrian angeles or the partition of czechoslovakia. the united states had no desire to interfere in europe's conflict. the world was sliding into a major war, but churchill and stolen was the only the politicians who seem to know it's close to this prison. well, greg, you know, would bizarre puff su 4 white give, don't you see a put your bus, you goofiest you, horse contractual like, you know for sure i was what was due to west catch you before you duty, daughter. jim's from a worship to read off slave war gilbert school so years ago that you should were visible, boucher to what i still go to that bulletin, butch flowing you cheerful school, just the soviet ortho was in a thanked, ignored events, took their courses. if soviet russia didn't exist for that, a heavy price would soon be paid in munich, britain and germany signed a mutual non aggression pact that was the culmination of the policy to appease hitler. ah, i have brought y

the situation in munich was also noticed in the united states. some often said that hitler must have forced chamberlain at gunpoint, france and england have concluded a shameful peace. march 1939. the soviet union had a proposal for the western countries to form an anti fascist block to counter hitler's intentions. this has been trying to rally the west, make a stand with them against fascism. they opposed munich. they oppose allowing hitler in to czechoslovakia, but nobody would do that. so wasn't just in 1039. when the shelby, as well proposed an alliance. but britain and france against hitler. it had been actually throughout the late last half of the 19 thirty's from peach, acoustic russia and professor of history at the american university in washington dc. analyze is the balance of power that developed in pre war europe because our staff had there, we could have prevent a world foretell because hitler was we handle, he would wait and he was bluffing. and assuming that the west was back in his band, up to him at the west was hoping emmanuel e

in the state and understanding the diversity of the state as well. it gives me the opportunity to know, where i worked on the fire station and responded to emergencies and did vegetation management, also when i worked in administration as the administrative officer. i think all of those things may be well-rounded for the position i'm in today. >> could you sketch out a description of the work cal fire does separately from maybe the local firefighting departments or the federal land? what specifically does cal fire do ? how large of a portion of california are they responsible for?>> thank you for the question. cal fire is the wildland fire agency for the state of california protecting 33 million acres across the state, that's a lot of the foothills and valley areas of california, we are up higher in elevation at our federal partners take responsibility for the wildland fire jurisdiction, but not only does cal fire respond to wildland fires, that also provides municipal fire services, we are also the state fire marshal's office, and equally important,

why is the united states and restructure terrible compared to wealthy companies? andrew: i have been around u.s. politics like you for a couple of decades, served a variety of presidents from different parties, the attitude of the united states is obviously to keep taxes low and public spend under control. the word control is interesting, that stops forward thinking in terms of planning. the short-term is around fiscal policies has hurt us. in essence infrastructure as a long-term return. to get a long-term return, putting into private hands is one way of doing it, but early the public side of life has to be willing to be the ford spend. -- forward spend. the spend on roads, ev charging stations has to come from the public domain. raising taxes to spend money on structure means you have to trust people doing the spending, think the public-private bottles the way to go, it is create an infrastructure bank. is public company owned or public sector owned that has a private sector matching funds. that sort of breakthroughs yet to occur in the state. the way we go is t

united states to criticize the united states and its european allies, speaking to an opposition party. and then saying, actually at the end of his speech, there was a quote, we must take back the institutions in washington and brussels. we must coordinate the movement of our troops because we face the same challenge. so this is unusual, right? for a head of state to come to the united states and attack the current government and attack of course, european governments as well. so quite clearly an unorthodox a figure, but very successful in his own. any so, right, you see any parallels between victor alba and said donald trump? well, yes and no. so the reason why victoria been is so successful is that after he won in 2010 with a majority that allowed him to change the constitution at well, he rewrote all the election rules so that he couldn't lose subsequent elections. so part of the what looks like or been success is a fiction of the system. he is created in which he can't lose. now donald trump just wishes he were that successful, donald trump was not as disciplined in his 1st term to

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state. and sister republicans had the majority of the state delegations, if he could throw the election into the house, he could somehow hold on to power. so there was a plan and it wasn't, it wasn't hopeless, it wasn't a great plan, but it was not hopeless. and a violent, dramatic act represented his last desperate attempt to get a strict plan back on track. so looking back, how close did he get to his goal? would you say? i don't think he became very close to school of remaining president, but he became very close to the school of disrupting the constitutional process and succeeded in putting to an end the long tradition of peaceful alternation our united states. this was, this was a non peaceful transfer power, and it's a stain on american constitutional history forever. and it's a precedent as well. it's a president, and it is a warning. if we can see the warning, we can avoid the precedent. do you think jumbo, his family or any of his most senior aides will ever stand trial for plucking

just across the state line and buy it next-door and bring it across the state line. you know what the mexicans -- mexico is having problems. you know what their biggest complaint is? gun trafficking across the southern border into mexico. there are certain gun dealers that are basically -- not gun dealers. they are wholesalers, providing the weapons to anybody who has the money. folks, look. we can help local law enforcement. we can solve more gun crimes if we have someone heading up, which we finally do, this organization that designed to track this kind of behavior. finally, my plan invests in crime prevention programs that help keep young people from getting in trouble in the first place. under my plan, they can provide summer and afterschool jobs, more access to mental health and drug counseling, more social workers and housing to keep them off the street. when they get out of the jail, they get to five dollars for the bus -- they get $25 for the bus ticket and end up under the same bridge they did before. [applause] this will help prevent crime, getting young pe

being independent of the united states. >> for either moscow or the united states trying to keep up it seems to me the first decade or millennium after 9/11 they tried to develop a special relationship with the british which comes back together and persists. the stable geopolitical alliance with the united states which would protect them not just against the russians but also against the europeans. they seem to be going through that quagmire to be the shield ioof europe. does that seem plausible to you? >> to be directly elected since the changes in the fall of the berlin wall. he says he felt to share that he was pro- american family solidarityhe background and i think they used that that if he had been president might have been somewhat reluctant to do where torture could be carried out. >> after he left power and the administration takes control and begin to focus more effort than they do on the united states. the sentiment also went beyond the intelligence among the polish population and that i think was bound over time to dissipate which would have been done if someone at the stat

religion because the state upholds religion. you make people fast by the power of the state. you create hypocrisy and impiety and i think that's an important point i highlight in my book but what they also see is that when you bring the state and religion together the state manipulates religion for its own ends. in my book i show how that happened in early islam and despotic states at such as the romanian empire introduced and supported the very doctrines of abrogation i mentioned because they needed an aggressive interpretation of jihad . they also introduced theological doctrines such as the doctrine of predestination because they realize that these people think an fatalistic terms. they become more obedient to authority. which means theological doctrines must be a big part of the discussion of islam and that's why actually a big portion of my book is about really revisiting some theological doctrines and theological disputes in islam . the dispute such as whether the koran is created or uncreated which influences our ability

tight restrictions on abortion. amid where state rejected changes the states constitution in the 1st referendum on abortion rights says the supreme court overturned constitutional protections surrounding states including arkansas, missouri, oklahoma and texas. all had trigger bands come into effect. shortly after rove, yvette v wade was struck down, leaving kansas. the safe haven for abortion rights abandon, wyoming has been temporarily blocked by a judge, but it's expected to come into effect soon. and iowa is due to bring in a 6 week ban that was ruled unconstitutional in 2018. hell me, hank in as a pro abortion rights activist, she joins us live now from st. louis, missouri. first of all, can i ask you about the state of reproductive rights there? so st. louis is located in missouri, which has always been an extremely hostile state for abortion rights. before it was over turned, there was already only one abortion clinic, and so abortion is currently completely bandon. very, the thing about st. louis is that it's right next to illinois, which is a state that has passed protections

leaders knowing that states. we're going to have to navigate this you unique to state and and as as it became clearer as the spring moved on that, you know kids were not catching this disease and we're not spreading it like adults did that the opportunities for getting back into classroom settings? we're very real and should have happened for most kids if not all and so we we tried and did everything we could to support states making that decision and that call and and you know when the initial covid relief package was passed we got that money out to states and available within the i think even shorter than the required time period by congress, which was a no small feat and and so every every state and district had the opportunity to access these funds for whatever they needed to make their schools safe and healthy for their kids to be in but it was just amazing to me. how how many did not go about set about the with the goal of getting kids back in class and in person and and as that wound on through the summer

over the last year, 19 states with trump nominee, state legislatures enacted, 35 new state laws that make it harder for americans in those states to vote. but the polls show that a majority of americans want strengthen, not weaken, the right to vote. 87%, including percent of republicans, favor national standards to protect the electoral process. 82%, including 55% of republicans, favor increased early voting, promote maximum participation. even more disturbingly right to equal protection of law is under severe attack. an assault on the rights of women is now coming from supreme court, which on the verge of overturning long settled constitutional rights, including a woman's right to choose whether to bear a child. this is completely of step with public opinion. 72%, including 55% of republicans, agree that a woman's right to make decisions affecting body and her personal life should be protected. civil rights enforcement been undermined, making it more difficult challenge systemic racial discrimination. but 81%, including 64% of republicans, agree that the laws against racial discrim

the states directs their work. and here is a fascinating work. and here is a fascinating card on african americans that someone could easily write an entire paper on this. there are people who have written papers on the idea of race, not only in employing the idea of african americans and looking at this car, but how race is depicted in other cards. this is the common man, woman, and a child. as we see, the common man is threatened, kidnapped in four lynn, visited by the police. the police state, one if you look at the back side, this turns out to be hungry, but you wouldn't know this if you didn't to be hungarian. and the women and children, indeed, i picked this card to look at more closely because it's the only card that features women and children. this is the only card in the trading deck and the trading game of four boys that features women. the other cart about nuclear armageddon has women in its, but a man is in the foreground. and so here we are. but women, the koreans fleeing from the chinese reds, the soviets. they have even braved the

republican state legislatures in each state. -- in each state we investigated have proposed or enacted laws that make it far more difficult to administer elections. local election officials told the committee that they tried to push back against these laws because they did not improve election security, would increase costs, and were inspired by false claims. but a republican legislatures enacted them anyway. these pressures have been so great, that experienced election professionals are quitting their jobs. let's be clear, the election lies pushed by former president trump and his allies have inspired truly dangerous efforts to subvert elections. these schemes are not about fairness, election security, or the truth. they make it harder for americans to cast their ballots but easier for dishonest officials to overturn the results of elections they don't like. today's report details a set of actions that congress and the administration can take to begin addressing this problem. these include establishing a coordinated federal approach to protecting our elections. it also includes ensuri

yes, the united states will criticize these events in the united states have criticized the suppression of humanitarian organizations around the world for quite a long time. but you know, it's a case of the right hand, not knowing what the left hand is doing. the on the soft us, we see report types of criticism. we see jungle left cricket 5, the actions of the state of israel moderately, so, but with no great teeth to it. but behind the scenes, the, the military industrial complex, the clandestine services, the cia, the acting, you know, hand in glove with, with the state of israel to make sure that these very things are still happening in the face of the criticism of be in a academic and independent journalist jason, michael. many, thanks for joining us on the show. it's always good to hear your thoughts on the matter. and so, you know, we, molly, us has announced an additional military aid package to ukraine worth at $775000000.00 with washington saying that the conflict is at a standstill. the package includes additional ammunition for hi mars rocket artillery systems and more how it

the results are going to vary from state to state. results that don't seem consistent with the state's colors. in this case, kansas a very red state went in that direction. that's why i think a lot of the manufactured hysteria that some aspects of the democratic party went into is undercut by this result in kansas. people are going to make their own decisions. indiana did something very different. this is the way it's going to work across the country. >> manufactured hysteria? >> no. it shows this was an issue that people agree with and when we get on the ground and organize voters in a red state across the state in cities and rural areas and suburbs people show up. unfortunately for republicans and fortunately for us, if we continue for this momentum, we might actually have enough energy to pull it off. >> julie pace, when you talk about amending the constitution, voters tend to reject radical solutions. >> that feels more permanent for voters. what was notable in kansas wasn't just the outcome was the turnout numbers. general electi

the best i can do is help the united states. they really don't have a military strike option to get the right. they know it would have done a long time ago. they had it. so all israel really should do is to support the united states in any way possible to make sure that iran and the rest of the will come to an agreement in terms of your asked you to program. ok. moment does that? does iran have a plan b if this deal is not revived? but 1st of all, i like to say that iran proposition to israel, if i could pop position to a part that south africa, you run once this system, this racist regime to. and i'd like the whole bay, but we will, we do have one inside story by the time. so please at 6, the nuclear dale. well, the iranians, if the united states at this point, when both the european and the rhyme, you are saying that the ball is in the us court. if the americans are not reasonable, the run is, will continue to expand their piece of nuclear program. and also we are closing in on winter. the weather is going to get very cold in

and it is part of the fabric of our state. one of the issues i was wondering if you could touch on is we are energy -- is where energy fits in? where do you stand on energy issues? >> i went by it real fast. if you go to advancing american freedom you will see we spent a lot of time on it. our organizations actually spent the better of 10 million dollars in the last four months on ads around the country promoting a return to american energy independence. we have been running them around the country, urging americans to call their member of congress. it is extraordinary to see the damage that this administration did in a short period of time to the historic progress we made on independence in the tru mp-pence administration. by allowing the responsible exploitation -- exploration of oil around the country, we became a net exporter of energy for the first time of three quarters of a century. we are the saudi arabia of natural gas. an incredible amount of investment, so many of these sites around the country and the american econ

they are not as states because europeans are just pursuing the united states policy. they are no independent parties, they are called coordinators, they are not really party otherwise when the you with agree that the deal. thank you. the europe you should have made up for the loss, benefits of your ron after the us full out. but they never did that, they made promises for 14 months, but they never did any kind of action. right now. they do not move aside from the us policy. that's the problem. the main problem is that the us does not want to remove the pressures from iran because they are not opt for all can for conflict resolution. they just need to contain the ra there has been, or derek been 6 agreements between iran and the us, or iran, and the 3 year old and allies of the united states in the last 2 decades over at amazon, iraq, it's all me, program j. c. p. o being the last one in all these cases, even american experts and official than european they all state that you're on has been always in compliance. what is undertaking that the, the europeans and americans

this governor opposed -- we are one of 13 states that has a separate state tax. when our land was going for 2000 in third -- and --an acre -- when you are at $16,000 an acre and you have a 500 acre farm, you are forcing those families to fracture their farm. that is when they are most susceptible to have it broke down in pieces and we see owned agencies doing rounds to buy the company -- property. we have seen this over and over and he has to stop -- it has to stop. [applause] >> the question is about tax environment and competitiveness. >> where you are in this job, you work together. it is starting to me that senate republicans in the minority who, when something good something is, they have credit and when something bad happens, it's not how it works. we cut taxes more than any time that the past 25 years and there has not been a single increase. we oppose this year and agreed to the largest tax cut in state history. these are realities stop with that scene -- realities. when i came in, it was 40% and now it is 70% and we propose it to 85 percent. the eliminat

other states need to pay attention. donald trump was up there rallying for me, saying pay attention to alaska and pay attention to the united states of america. do not let what is going to go on in alaska happened to your state. otherwise, the integrity of our elections -- integrity, that is the cornerstone within our republic, the democracy we practice. if we cannot trust free and fair elections, that is why our country crumbles. pay attention to what is going on in our state with this new voting system that is confusing everyone. lo and behold, finding out who crafted the thing it was rino lisa murkowski's attorney who wrote the thing and shove it through and put it on the ballot. they can always say the voters approved it. the way the question was worded, how bad it was. do not let it happen to your own state. if alaska has to be the test case -- i just went through this primary. we 50 candidates in my race, you did not have to declare what party you are in, and i one that handedly. i got more votes than anyone else.

some blue states, a republican may not win because they're just going to win in a blue state. the question is the system of government is being rigged so that votes and voters are locked out odder officially from being represented versus being reflected overall in the state. this is literally taking systems or the ultimate result of the legislation doesn't reflect in any way the view of the people in the state. i will use ohio as an example we are estate, strong majority supports roe v. wade. a deep majority. but our laws passed every few months that say no roe v. wade, no exceptions, even for a 10-year-old victim of rape. that is extreme even in ohio. same with common sense gun reform. that will never see the light of day in a legislature that is not reflecting the views of ohio. these institutions is statehouses are literally being designed to reflect extremism and to make it so that extremism can exist without ever being held to account. that is the problem. gerrymandering overall is a problem. host: the caller was critical of the media. a recent article in the new yorker y