and now, in georgia, the parent company of georgia power has been actively engaged in lobbying against new transmission lines and other cleaner, cheaper energy sources. southern energy spent 101 $91 million from 2015 to 2020 alone far more than other utilities. has the georgia public service commission approved that for other political activities? >> as much as i can see, from the issues that have happened, that is not the reality that i have found in georgia. >> did your commission approve those? answer for the record because i am running out of time. many people do not think that is fair. and it is costing -- causing electric bills to go sky high. >> your time has expired. >> i filed the ethics in energy act and i would like you to comment on the record with the follow-up cost. >> your time has expired. i will go to ms. blasko for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i really want to thank commissioner myers, from arizona, for coming here and representing our great state of arizona and for all of your great work. i think it is very common sense work that you do, to benefit the a

kiddos of explosives into russia through georgia power. 3, adding of the plan was to free, meet the country for tara, at the about what continued the coverage of the latest trend, stripping the world right now. welcome to i think the national i a michael portrait . now israel has been not war with him. that for nearly 4 months, but so far managed to eliminate only about 20 percent of the groups forces, according to us estimates from a combined or all the us central command commented on televisions, lack of success so far. i think they set themselves a goal of removing the political echelon and the military leadership that agile on of, of a marsh. when they went in and they have not been successful today. doing either question is a logical reason on what is the progress on how successful the offensive has been. so far, the army managed to cut the guys as creeping 3 surrounding guys with safety in the north and being quite an isolated hon eunice. pedro reports about significant losses and militants around $9000.00 fighters were eliminated. israel also claims a dismentos have mass units in the

additionally burns sits on the board of directors for the general aviation association, georgia power, and the corporate angel. he is a board member of the national air and space museum and a member of the national committee of performing arts among others. burns is also a proud alumnus of georgia southern university where he received his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and from there built a career worth applause and appreciation by georgia residents. congratulations, mark. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. manning: mr. speaker, after the supreme court overturned roe vs. wade, we knew extreme maga republicans wouldn't stop with attacking abortion rights, we knew they'd come to birth control so i introduced the right to contraception act to codify the right to use all forms of f.d.

where i think is more directly a concern for georgia, if we're talking about system of power, is thestill in a one—party system. that's why it's very bad that the vertical of the system, which is a one—party system, is one person. 0k. so you are... and we should explain this. i mean, you're president, but it's a largely ceremonial role. you have been... the government tried to impeach you. we have elections coming this year. if it's largely ceremonial, why did they want to impeach me? well, 0k. why did they want to? i will answer. i will. what is your answer to that question? my answer is the same as gutierrez when he was asked, "what is your power?" and he answered, "it's the word, it's speaking." and that's the same thing. in a country, when you have a word that is recognised, that you are legitimate, because i was elected by the people, you can say many things and you can be very influential. so probably it was more of a political attempt to limit... we have elections this year. what does that mean, then, for the elections? what are you planning to do? i'm first planning to play m

in sherman's power. and as for the rebel future the capture of atlanta secures the possession of the whole state of georgia and renders the condition of the rebel more desperate than ever before. the importance of atlanta can hardly be overestimated. the paper quoted a savannah newspaper. the triumph of sherman involves the rule of us all and that it would bring, quote, the abolition yoke, end quote. a nebraska note newspaper noted a good effect on public feeling, but was otherwise somewhat reserved, perhaps because of the frequent announcements of great victories for once. the more enthusiastic paper was write. this was quite a contrast from the beginning when editors expected a quick result on june one, 1861, the nebraska in reported that federal troops would occupy manassas the following night. quote, driving away the rebels have congregated there. the union and dakota and opined that the reverse of bull run would only spur the north to greater effort. the washington statesman where will the triumphan

the georgia case is outside donald trump's power.ould for a federal case but that case seems to be imploding. we talked about the problems fani will is had planned, the conflict of interest developed in the development of the indictment, i can see that being transferred to someone else, different prosecutor and why would the da want to this disaster of a case? i could see them dropping that as well. those are the biggest challenges to donald trump coming out of the colonel justice system and they may disappear. neil: the fani case, there was a push by donald trump to make a federal case hinting at what powers he might have as newly elected president to wash it away, they did that. >> jack smith ended up bringing a set of charges, charged trump with fraud which is used against contractors and charged trump with obstructing congressional proceeding which is usually used for white-collar crimes, people deify subpoenas and so on. what smith did is dropped the stuff fani did, he wanted it to be clean and quick and before the election but

sharing, the executive since i so i think is still going to be a clear case of the georgia b apps on how well uh the know the power chair and the next few years i wanted to put that pointed to the dra, how is the default system i set out in the, in the good friday agreement, the best way to govern northern island today? it's complicated, but is it efficient? does it work private? you can, it is called us. yeah. tell us something about the storm and assembly itself, how it works and how much power it has as well as the best way to describe is we have a mandatory coalition that ensures that majority of majority are and some countertop . um, so that uh, the 2 largest parties are in par are going to be sent in under the paid amount because we are moving away from the idea that one graded condone in another group. but that is incredibly complex and complicated. and there is a brian as well opinion not, but we must for the, for the system because actually be invariably find ourselves in gridlock where we cannot reach agreement on the serious public sector issues. i'm the, there is a we're

sharing the executive since i so i think is still going to be a clear case of the georgia b apps on how well uh the know the power chair and the next few years i wanted to put that pointed to the dra, how is the default system i set out in the, in the good friday agreement, the best way to govern northern island today? it's complicated, but is it efficient? does it work private? you can, it is called us. yeah. tell us something about the storm and assembly itself, how it works and how much power it has as well as most the best way to describe is we have a lot of the coalition that ensures that majority in majority are and some countertop . um, so that uh, the 2 largest parties are in par are going to be sent in under the paid amount because we are moving away from the idea that one great condone is another great, but that is incredibly complex and complicated. and there is a brian as well, of opinion, not that we must for, for the system because actually be invariably find ourselves in gridlock where we cannot reach agreement on the serious public sector issues. i'm the, there is a

there are about 2.4 million poor and low income voters in georgia.lf of them a little bit more than half cast their vote they still accounted for nearly one quarter of all the votes cast in that election. that's a huge segment of the vote chair and it was still just half. it was just half of the block of voters. yet most voting drives don't pay attention because the conventional wisdom which is not very wise is that poor income people do not care about politics, elections or voting which just is not true. in 2020 the poor people's campaign a national call for moral revival deliberately targeted the voters in several states and in georgia ice we have heard our outreach help bring 39000 of those eligible nonvoterss who have not participated in 2016 but chose to participate in 2020. they thought our reach wase part of the effort that brought them into the voting electorate that was three times, three times greater than the margin of victory in that state. we went back in 2020 reaching out to every low income voter in georgia who we know, we know we've s

an early look at our 2024 presidential power rankings predicts georgia and arizona will be among thehought to be republican strongholds. the same is happening on the democratic side with pennsylvania and wisconsin. those have shifted from solid blue to definite swing state territory. tonight, we take a look at how the election map has changed over the years. >> so pennsylvania is one of the most important battleground states in the nation. >> we're doing a heck of a lot. in the state of nevada. >> i win wisconsin by 15 points. >> bret: since news coverage of elections began, efforts to accurately predict the outcome have only gotten more intense. >> as we look at the map for the presidential contest, the closest battle grounds as you see them right now, this group of states? >> i believe so. i mean, these were the closest last time around. >> bret: if we go back 24 years, florida, north carolina, virginia, ohio. and six elections. >> keep your eye on virginia. keep your eye on indiana. >> iowa is a state also won by al gore four years ago though narrowly. >> bret: our election map lo

, very understandable that's within the president's self-defense powers. >> reporter: some republicansre blasting the biden administration for conducting the air strikes without congressional approval others are taking issue with the timing, writing, "in true biden fashion he waited too long he telegraphed a weak response over days and gave our enemies time to withdraw their military leadership and assets. >> the entire region knew this was coming and that many of those facilities were evacuated. [ cheers ] >> reporter: president biden today visiting his campaign headquarters in delaware >> not just a campaign, this is more of a mission. >> reporter: while here in the south carolina primary tonight -- >> south carolina, go vote today. >> reporter: nbc news projects he will decisively win over challengers congressman dean phillips and marianne williamson >> supporting biden. yeah always been -- supported biden and obama. he's trying hard to make the country better, and i trust him. >> gabe joins us from a polling location in columbia, south carolina gabe, how's turnout been so far? >> r

about 2.4 million poor voters in georgia., a little more than half of them cast their votes and they still accounted for nearly one quarter of the votes cast in the election. it was just half of the block of voters. yet, most voting drives don't pay attention to them because the conventional wisdom, which is not very wise, is that they don't care about voting which isn't true. in 2020, they targeted this segment of voters in several states. in georgia, as we heard, our outreach helped bring 39,000 of those eligible nonvoters who had not participated in 2016 but chose to participate in 2020. our reach was part of the effort that brought them into the voting electorate. that was three times, three times greater than the margin of victory in that state. and we went back in 2020, reaching out to every low income voter in georgia, who we know. we saw it in 2020 and 2022 and we will see it again in 2024, not only in georgia but across the country. that these voters can be organized to take action together. around an agenda that spe

diluted the part of participation and power of black voters in georgia. the steam -- same state legislature enabled partisan appointees of the state electric -- election board to take over local county boards, the same legislature passed several bills reconstituting county election boards and in so doing, removing black members. what message in your opinion does it let -- send to the electorate when efforts are made to dilute voting power of black voters and remove black county election board members from those local election boards? >> i can connect you with my colleagues who have worked closely on georgia legislation or what is happening because i'm not familiar with the details. i am lucky to work with the former state elections director, chris harvey for the secretary of state who works with us on the committee for safe and secure elections which is a group of former election officials who work to help local officials protect election officials and voters from threats and violence. >> thank you, miss howard, secretary schmidt your experience? >> when

law that we had no such power >> during the hearing. parent tweeted about being forced to listen to the trump team's conspiracy theories all of a sudden, i was going viral in these right-wing segments of twitter >> you would bring threatened. >> oh yeah. right away. right away. death threats, right away >> state senator parent wasn't alone defending georgia's free and fair election other georgia officials like governor brian kemp and attorney general chris carr, fielded in treaties from the president audio from secretary of state brad raffensperger's hour long phone call with the president was leaked well, i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more that we have because we won the state. >> you got to see a window into donald trump's heart. he was willing to just push without facts or figures, and elected official to do something illegal >> according to the indictment, georgia wasn't the only state targeted by trump and his allies across other crucial swing states. similar effort to overturn the election we

law that we had no such power >> during the hearing.t being forced to listen to the trump team's conspiracy theories >> all of a sudden, i was going by hi role in these right-wing segments of twitter. >> you would bring threatened. >> oh yeah. >> right away. right away. death threats, right away >> state senator parent wasn't alone defending georgia's free and fair election other georgia officials like governor brian kemp and attorney general chris carr, fielded in treaties from the president audio from secretary of state brad raffensperger's hour long phone call with the president it was leaked. >> i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 loads, which is one more that we have because we won the state >> you got to see a window into donald trump's heart. he was willing to just push without facts or figures, and elected official do something illegal >> according to the indictment, georgia wasn't the only state targeted by trump. and his allies across other crucial swing states. similar effort to overturn the election were occurrin

law that we had no such power >> during the hearing. parent tweeted about being forced to listen to the trump team's consent spirit. see theories. >> all of a sudden, i was going viral in these right-wing segments of twitter >> you would bring threatened. >> oh yeah, right away. right away. death threats, right away? >> state senator parent wasn't alone defending georgia's free and fair election other georgia officials like governor brian kemp and attorney general chris carr fielded in treaties from the president audio from secretary of state brad raffensperger's hour long phone call with the president was leaked? >> i want to do is this i just want to find 11,700 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state you got to see a window into donald trump's heart. he was willing to just push without facts or figures, an elected official to do something illegal >> according to the indictment, georgia wasn't the only state targeted by trump and his allies across other crucial swing states. similar effort to overturn the electi

c-span, powered by cable. >> now from the floor of the u.s.publican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia offers the resolution to censure minnesota democratic congresswoman over a disputed translation of comments she made about somalia, as the privilege resolution, house leadership must bring this to the floor f a vote within two legislative days or they could vote to table measure, if requested. >>

of power poor and low income voters have unleashed and will unleash towards the election this year. 2.4 million people and low income voters in georgia and in 2020 just half of them, a little more than half cost their votes and they still accounted for nearly one quarter of all the votes cast in that election, okay, that's a huge segment of the vote share and it was still just half, less, you know, it was just half of that block of voters. and yet, most voting drives don't pay attention to most poor and low income voters conventional wisdom, which is not very wise, is that poor and low income people don't care about politics, elections or voting, which just isn't true. so in 2020, the poor people's campaign, a national call for moral revival deliberately targeted the segment of voters in several states and in georgia, as we've heard, our outreach helped bring 39,000 of those eligible nonvoters who hadn't participated in 2016, but chose to participate in 2020. they brought them our reach was part of the effort that brought them into the voting electorate and that was three times, thr

of power poor and low income voters have unleashed and will unleash towards the election this year.come voters in georgia and in 2020 just half of them, a little more than half cost their votes and they still accounted for nearly one quarter of all the votes cast in that election, okay, that's a huge segment of the vote share and it was still just half, less, you know, it was just half of that block of voters. and yet, most voting drives don't pay attention to most poor and low income voters conventional wisdom, which is not very wise, is that poor and low income people don't care about politics, elections or voting, which just isn't true. so in 2020, the poor people's campaign, a national call for moral revival deliberately targeted the segment of voters in several states and in georgia, as we've heard, our outreach helped bring 39,000 of those eligible nonvoters who hadn't participated in 2016, but chose to participate in 2020. they brought them our reach was part of the effort that brought them into the voting electorate and that was three times, three times greater than the marg

power panel. doug collins, former georgia congressman. leslie marshall fox news contributor. welcome to both of you. doug, you first. what is happening in michigan? that's a six-point swing from where biden was in 2020 with trump now leading over the current president if there was a general election match-up of the two. >> i think it just shows a reflection of the time. polls are a snapshot in time. in michigan right now it is a microcosm for the democrats in this state with the issue with tlaib and the palestinian issue with a higher percentage of voters in that area. a general dissatisfaction with some of the left policies that haven't been fulfilled and michigan being an industrial state looking at the inflation issue and prices. we're still nine months away. this is the wake-up call for the joe biden campaign. not sure they will answer the call but they have nine months to fix this. here is the the big thing. these left progressives have nowhere else to go. if joe biden is on the ballot they have nowhere else to go and they won't vote for donald trump. i think this is whe

there will be subpoena power with that committee, but it's really an untested power in the state of georgia and under the georgia constitution, so that could be dragged out for quite some time before any information is produced. there's also the potential for impeachment that i think really will have no success of -- no success in the general assembly should that be pursued, but that could also be a potential headache for the d.a. if more damning evidence is unearthed. so there are those kind of outside forces, which would certainly can create a headache, can create a problem for the d.a. i think that, you know, we really have to separate these issues out into two buckets, one is the political and one is the legal. the legal one being does this derail the case in any significant way? that seems to be really unlikely to happen, but the political side of things, the optics of it, dealing with these kind of outside institutions looking in and engaging in oversight, that's something i think the d.a. will really have to contend with and will be a major headache, again, even if the ultimate legal

power panel doug collins, former georgia congressman, patrick murphy, former pennsylvania congressman the program. patrick, i will start with you. what's wrong with your guy? what happened? >> doug and i are both former federally elected officers in this country, members of congress after serving in combat. we will tell you the number one poll that counts is the election ballot. joe biden 4% voted in the election in south carolina. that's the one that counts. 273 days, harris, until election day and that's an eternity in politics. well we'll see. >> harris: i've never seen you spin anything like that. 96% of 4%. >> he will be the nominee. >> harris: if i had a bigger heart i would send you talking points that would work. doug. >> well, i don't think patrick needs talking points. nobody cared in south carolina because they had been written off. the democratic machine biden will win it. no one showed up and intensity wasn't there. these numbers are bad for biden. there is a problem that is compounding this campaign. if you look at the head-to-head with biden he is better in the polling,

a tornado that spun across the valdosta, georgia area yesterday afternoon, officials said several buildingsere damaged or destroyed and power poles were bent in half. >> there were no reports of deaths or injuries, though experts will be on the scene today to determine the tornado's strength. >> a real life emergency put reality show star mike sorrentino in the spotlight. the man who gained fame as the situation on jersey shore is sharing video that shows he and his wife saving a choking toddler. here's abc's morgan norwood. dramatic video of reality tv personality mike the situation sorrentino saving his son from choking. sorrentino. >> sharing this video on instagram of his family sitting down for dinner, three year old romeo starts choking on a piece of gnocchi. >> oh, he's choke, choke. >> sorrentino jumping into action, picking his son up and patting him on the back until the pasta is dislodged and got stuck right in his it's okay sorrentino, who rose to fame as a regular on mtv's jersey shore, calling it the scariest moment of his life, writing i am so proud of how my wife and i didn'

it is really untested power against the state of georgia. and the georgia constitution.uld be dragged out for quite some time before any information is produced. there is also the potential for impeachment that i think would have no success, no success in the general assembly should that be pursued. but that could also be a potential headache for the d.a., and more damning evidence is unearthed. there are those outside forces, which would certainly create a headache, it could create a problem for the d.a.. i think we really have to separate these issues into two buckets. one, the political, the other, the legal. the legal one being does this derail the case in any significant way? that seems to be really unlikely to happen. the political side of things, the optics of, it dealing with these kinds of outside institutions looking in, and engaging in oversight, that is something that i think the d.a. will really have to contend with, and it will be a major headache, again, even if the ultimate legal questions before the judge mcafee are decided in their favor. >> the headach

, which previously held power, will begin to join the western so-called civilization.s full parental rights to married same-sex partners with children, but the law does not allow gay couples to become parents through surrogates. in greece this question divided greeks into two camps, with lgbtq plus organizations leading marches in support of the bill. parliament. and passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, now both parents of the same sex can be recognized as legal parents, same-sex couples will also be able to adopt children in greece, but surrogacy is only available to them abroad. preparing for the vote has been an uphill battle, with many in the country supporting traditional family values, but 15 of the 27 eu members have already legalized same-sex marriage. surveys show that greek society remains a country of traditional family values. and continues to lag behind other western countries on gender equality. 69% of respondents are against same-sex parenthood. the greek orthodox church, which belongs to more than 80% of the population, said the bill puts the righ

it is really untested power against the state of georgia. and the georgia constitution.t could be dragged out for quite some time before any information is produced. there is also the potential for impeachment that i think would have no success, no success in the general assembly should that be pursued. but that could also be a potential headache for the d. a. , and more damning evidence is unearthed. there are those outside forces, which would certainly create a headache, it could create a problem for the d. a. . i think we really have to separate these issues into two buckets. one, the political, the other, the legal. the legal one being does this derail the case in any significant way? that seems to be really unlikely to happen. the political side of things, the optics of it dealing with these kinds of outside institutions looking in, and engaging in oversight, that is something that i think the d. a. will really have to contend with, and it will be a major headache, again, even if the ultimate legal questions before the judge mcafee are decided in their favor. >> the

georgia, 2008. that happened because george attacked russian allies 1st, russia that intervene. unfortunately, george, i think got betrayed by dick cheney, which encourage them to launch that operation and made, gave them the impression that the us would have george's back again 2014. we've already gone over the history, there was a crew that happened whether you like in a corporate or not. he was over throwing crimea historically as part of the russian sphere in house for us as most important naval base. there was no way rush. it was gonna let crimea fall into the hands of the government knows no talking about joining nato, which by the way was previously outlawed on the funding constitution. if roger was expansion his wife and to take donuts in the honda in 2014, when the leaders and the brakes were republics, were begging to be part of russia. russia said, no, let's do the math. i don't know, air desk, i mean every, the imperial power that has occupied later. and as many always say there's a security concern. the only thing is a strategic military purpose. they, they never ju

georgia, 2008. that happened because george attacked the russian allies 1st. russia that intervene. unfortunately, george, i think got betrayed by dick cheney, which encourage them to watch that operation and made, given the impression that the us would have george's back again, 2014. we've already gone over the history. there was a crew that happened whether you like in a corporate or not. he was over thrown crimea historically, as part of the russian sphere in house rushes most important naval base. there was no way rush. it was gonna let crimea fall into the hands of the government knows no talking about joining nato, which by the way was previously outlawed on the finding constitution. if roger was expansion his wife and to take donuts into hans and 2014, when the leaders and the brakes were republics, were begging to be part of russia. russia said, no, let's do the math. i don't know where it goes. i mean, every, the imperial power that has occupied later and explained, i always say there's a security concern. the only thing is a strategic military purpose. they, they never jus

georgia, 2008. that happened because george attacked russian allies 1st, russia that intervene. unfortunately, george, i think got betrayed by dick cheney, which encourage them to watch that operation and made, given the impression that the us would have george's back again 2014. we've already gone over the history. there was a crew that happened whether you like in a corporate or not. he was over thrown crimea historically, as part of the russian sphere in house for us as most important naval base. there was no way rush it was gonna let crimea fall into the hands of a government that is now talking about joining nato. which by the way, was previously outlined on the funding constitution. if roger was expansion his wife and to take donuts in the honda in 2014, when the leaders and the brakes were public's were begging to be part of russia. russia said, no, let's do the math. i don't know, air desk, i mean every, the imperial power that has occupied later and explained they always say there's a security concern. they always say it was a strategic military purpose. they, they neve

georgia, 2008. that happened because george attacked the russian allies 1st. russia that intervene. unfortunately, george, i think got betrayed by dick cheney, which encourage them to watch that operation and made, gave them the impression that the us would have george's back again 2014. we've already gone over the history, there was a crew that happened whether you like in a corporate or not. he was over throat crimea, historically, is part of the russian sphere in house for us as most important naval base. there was no way russia was gonna let crimea fall into the hands of the government knows no talking about joining nato, which by the way was previously outlawed on the funding constitution. if roger was expansion his wife and to take donuts in the honda in 2014, when the leaders and the brakes were republics, were begging to be a part of russia. russia said, no, let's do the math. i don't know where it goes. i mean, every, the imperial power that has occupied later and explained, i always say there's a security concern. the only thing is a strategic military purpose. they, they

georgia, 2008. that happened because george attacked russian allies 1st, russia that intervene. unfortunately, george, i think got betrayed by dick cheney, which encourage them to watch that operation and made, given the impression that the us would have george's back again 2014. we've already gone over the history. there was a crew that happened whether you like in a corporate or not. he was over thrown crimea historically, as part of the russian sphere and host rushes most important naval base. there was no way rush it was gonna let crimea fall into the hands of government that is now talking about joining nato. which by the way was previously outlined on the funding constitution. if roger was expansion his wife and to take donuts in the honda in 2014, when the leaders and the brakes were public's were begging to be part of russia. russia said, no, let's do the math. i don't know where does i mean every, the imperial power that has occupied later and explained i always say there's a security concern. the only thing is a strategic military purpose. they, they never just say, he

speech, he just mentioned that in 2008, accordingly, when there was georgia , he said that russia will not stop there, in the 14th year, when there was crimea, he said, russia will not stop there, but he is just saying that now, if we do not stop ukraine russia in ukraine, then... she then it will go accordingly to europe and precisely for that reason, that is why the war in ukraine is a struggle there not for the sake of ukraine, it is a struggle for the world and a struggle, and that is, it is not a struggle of ukraine, it is our struggle. we are talking about the consequences of insufficient support for ukraine. and yes, there are many who just want peace and don't care what this unjust peace brings. and i have a very simple example of '38, when so many people in europe wanted peace, and it led to... another conflict that devastated the world. and unfortunately, this is happening now. russia will not stop if it is not stop. and we have the means and the ukrainians have the will. so the only question is how best to do it. obviously, you can feel it here too. in the hall of the genera

that's within the presidents self-defense powers. the president has said, with respect to the attacks on the houthis in the red sea, that they don't expect the attacks to de-escalate. more missiles fired at houthis is likely to lead to more missiles filed on ships in the red sea. and so, the strategy of these attacks, hoping to de-escalate -- working and i think there's only one path to de-escalation right now. the u.s. should pursue it with vigor and that's the hostage deal to release hostages still held by hamas. he will remember that in the first hostage release, there was a pause that enabled humanitarian aid to go into gaza and these groups in the region that were fomenting attacks on the united states dramatically de-escalated their operations. and so, the cia director burns is in the middle east working on this. i think all focus now should be on a hostage deal. that would be good for hostages and their families, it would likely be accompanied by a significant pause in hostilities and gaza, get -- much more humanitarian aid in

of black voters in georgia. the same state legislature in georgia passed a law, enabling partisan appointees of a state election board to take over local county election boards. the same state legislature passed several bills reconstituting county election boards and, in so doing, removing black members from those election boards. what message, in your opinion, does it send to the electorate when efforts are made to dilute thert voting power of black voters and remove black county election board members from those local election boards? >> so i can connect you with myi colleagues who have worked closely on the georgia legislation and what's happening in georgia because i'm not familiar with the details, but i lucky to work with the former state elections director, chris harvey, for the secretary of state, who works with us on the committee for safe and secure elections, which is a group of former law- enforcement and election officials that work to help local officials protect election officials and voters from

under his leadership georgia modernized with the first audible paper system and giving power directly to the voter. first secretary of state to pass legislation requiring photo i.d. for all forms of voting and first to hold counties accountable to voters by expanding polling places. following his remarks, the secretary will take your questions moderated by the executive director of gio politics. you can join by tagging at gu politics and official hashtag at raffensperger. join me in welcoming georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger. >> thank you for your warm introduction and participation of what we do at geo politics. thank all of you coming tonight for spending part of your evening with us for what i expect will be an interesting conversation. mr. secretary, thank you for coming up and visiting us here on campus. >> looking forward to it. >> we met back in, i want to say october or november at a panel discussion up in new york city that i was moderating on the health of democracy and you were one of the panelists, but because it was a full panel, we didn't get to dive too d

lebanon, georgia, the uae and i became the champion of asia . i became the vice champion of the world in the prison category . the most powerful of the world is in these ranks of the end of the member's tray. the tennis team is going to be on the prison table of our country, which will be played next month asian championships, azam bishan mehdi zaiei , broadcast news, table tennis hall, amir ehtshamzadeh, tehran, commerce, minister of sports and youth, hashemi, this evening by attending the federations of wesho , rowing, basketball and cycling. he examined the status of these disciplines. the saipa volleyball team defeated isfahan zob ahan 3-1 in the second round of the semifinals of the women's premier league today and qualified for the final match. mehrsan tehran after sedo's victory against sepahan isfahan. two teams are tied in the head-to-head games and will face each other in the last match on saturday 28th of february. in the final match of the africa cup of nations, the sahel haj football team won the championship for the third time with

so the republicans aren't winning a lot of state offices in a place like georgia. but the one thing they can win is federal patronage positions. when there's a republican president in power in washington, d.c., so longstreet sets himself up as a guy who, you know, a bit at the levers of, the patronage machine and and he he is the recipient of patronage. again, one of the points of this book is to say longstreet's critics and of the historians have considered his life, portrayed him as an inept politician and inept defense of his own record and so on. here's a guy who keeps getting these federal patronage positions which suggests a certain amount of political savvy he's appointed a postmaster of georgia as u.s. marshal of georgia, as minister or to turkey. i mean, you know he's appointed to represent the united states as an embargo sitter. 13 years after he led confederate against the i mean, again remarkable that the british press was, like you americans, are crazy like what? what is this? so so you know he keeps getting these federal patronage positions interestin