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when is too old, with biden being in retirement, serve any one better than biden, being in the white house. i'm forgotten berlin, this is the day. ah i think he the saturn, about him and the sneering. he said, if you still got everything, if all you get still get your models together, everything to be fine. i am for a shot myself, but i don't think i could run you as you're doing the job. well, if you get this henry together, i can self, you know, just do something a little crazy. i think his health allowed. i think very, very sweet to me also

coming up a ukrainian town that was taken in abandoned by the russians a report on the people living there, living with the ghost of the invaders that won't go away yard. the woman. i thought they would torture me as well for the little boy came as i was told at ada, but they just made me dig trenches, carry stuff around the door and stack sandback sold. go had to be there at 8 and would work until 5 was. so that's how they made me slave away, miss. ah, but who our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with politics and old age and the question, when does gray get in the way this week 2 key figures in us politics have generated some headlines in no small way because of their age. yesterday house speaker nancy pelosi announced her plans to step down as leader of the democrats in the house. at

$82.00 pelosi said that the hour has come for a new generation to lead. however, she will keep her seat in congress, no plans to retire. and on tuesday, former president donald trump made it official announcing that he is again running to be president of the united states and trumpet $76.00. he would be $78.00 if the voters were to give him another chance to move into the white house trunk will be spending the next year or 2 on the campaign trail. no retirement for him either. and what about the man in the white house right now, joe biden has a birthday coming up a big one. on sunday, the president will turn 18 and if you are on social media, you know what i mean when i say that many think that gray is getting in the way some consider biden to owed for the job. but is he or are they being ages and thinking rather old fashion?

it's moments like this or when biden makes the leaders of cambodia and columbia. and i want to thank the prime minister of copper, columbia leadership pronouncing rosanne chair that raised the question is still bite and fit enough to hold one of the world's most demanding officers at biden junior, with the unexpected success of the democrats during the mid terms and the defeat of nearly all trump backed candidates, it seems more likely than ever that he might run again. our intention is to running it has been our intention. a 2nd bite in term would guarantee a measure of stability for the international community. he sent strong with ukraine and maintains a solid position against russia's threats russian incredibly serious mistake for the use of tactical nuclear weapon. he's also convinced that fighting

the climate crisis is a crucial responsibility for his own country. united states of america will meet our admissions target by 2030 and he's apparently seeking a way to work with china. china in the united states can manager differences prevent competition from becoming anything or really mere conflict. and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues, a require our mutual cooperation. they are still nearly 2 years to go before the next presidential election. the chances of a possible bite and when are highly dependent on his opponent. he could face a re match with donald trump in order to make america great. a glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president ha. but trump's

run has triggered an internal fight among republicans over his future rome. and that we probably can divide up um might help biden's party. god bless you all. thank you. regard lists of whom friends for the democrats. you see there was kimberly nature more there reporting caroline to joins me now from our studio in washington dc. it's good to see you, carolina. i want to talk about a president by to just a moment, but let's talk about politics in general. in the us. there is a very, a large number of elderly, older, older baby boomers in american politics. what explanation have you heard, or what explanation can you give for that type of demographic being empower so long? love rent us, you know, getting into a u. s. poly takes is quite expensive. it can cost up to millions to start a political campaign year in the united states. and this is one of the reasons,

but also once of this, people get in there and they're in the congress representing their constituencies. they a tend to, to stay there because there is no term limit. so this is why we see this baby boomers are as to just call them in the congress. but this is slowly changing because some candidates and we've seen that in this years, a mid term elections have been able to get into congress a with a crowd funding models or grass roots organizations for helping them in their campaign. like, for example, the 1st gen z, congress man who has been a is now in office and he's gonna start in congress and next year in january. but he had, when we have been seeing this also with alexandra hudson, cortez from new york. so there are some young people were starting to change this very slowly, but traditionally, at the ones who run for office just have a lot of money. and to start a political campaign in the united states that that's true and older americans do

have more money. that's true, that the numbers are very clear about that. it's talking about the procedure by he will turn 80 on sunday. is that an event that will be marked in public? it's going to be a lot of fanfare, or is it something that will be rather quiet and prob, well, i think he would like to keep it quiet, and he's not marking that day. he's not marking his birthday to white house isn't either, but people are marching this day because it's not just a birth bay. i'm of a u. s. president. it's the 18th birth bay of joe biden. and with that, he is going to become the oldest president in u. s. history. so there is a symbol behind behind this birthday as well. and of course the question that that everyone has in mind is, is he going to run again. this is why a people am as you also mentioned on social media, especially are marketing. this is an important thing. he's not going to have a big a birthday party, but a fun fact. a brand is that his granddaughter granddaughter,

is going to have a big party at the white house because it's her wedding this saturday and she's going to be married there at the white house in the airflow. that's not bad to have a grandfather who can throw a wedding party for you at the, at the white house. and i wonder, you know, it's nice if you can. if you got those connections, i wonder if we place maybe too little value on the wisdom that someone can bring to the table when they are 80 years old. in the regardless of politics, joe biden seems to personify that someone with a lot of experience and is, does that make you think? and what have you been hearing? is he going to run again in 2 years and do people value that experience and wisdom that he would be bringing with him? i think sandals value his wisdom and his experience especially now we have a war going on in europe and a very divided country over here. and we don't know if he is going to run again for

at the democratic party. but he said that he is going to make a decision by the beginning of next year, and we are already hearing differently names like for example, lincoln, the secretary of foreign affairs or management and secretary of transportation might also be considered as candidates for the democratic party yeah, me to lunch is going to happen in the next 2 years. that is for sure. and we're go ahead and wish to buy that happy birthday in advance, carolina, cham void washington. currently to thank you. jamal k shogi was a saudi dissident who fled to the us as a washington post columnist he harshly criticized the kingdom as well as its crown prince 4 years ago, cuz shogi was murdered. u. s. intelligence say that the crown prince ordered the cry, cuz shook his fiance, sued the crown prince in a u. s. federal court. the prince's attorney's argued, a head of government enjoys sovereign immunity and thus cannot be sued. to day the

by the administration agreed to show his fiance says that the news felt like the man she loved had died yet again, while the man who had him killed escaped justice, yet again. oh, pulling now william wexler. he's the senior director of the raphi career center and mid at least programs of the atlantic council in washington, dc. it's good to have you back on the show. um, what, what do you make of the news to day me the state department saying that yes, he does enjoy immunity by being the prime minister. now in, in saudi arabia. it, it looks bad. is it as bad as it looks? well, certainly looks bad, but in reality, this was the only decision that could have been made in the binding administration . i spent about 2 years in office, arguing that the,

the mohammed ben solomon as crown prince. there was a question of whether he had sovereign immunity and they did not make an opinion on to the judge on that question than he what the crown prince was made. prime minister and prime ministers do enjoy sovereign immunity. every prime minister, enjoyed sovereign immunity. and that's a reciprocal relationship that, that international law prevents the u. s. president, as the head of government from being sued every time he travels around the world or the secretary of state. and there was really only that was the only decision that was possible to make if, if that decision had not been made or earlier. if the, the letter had not gone out from the state department, what would have been the consequences? are we talking about the reciprocity that countries enjoy it? was there a fear that that would no longer be adhered to and respected? on this case, the judge will make a final decision. that's how our legal system work. and the judge requested an

opinion of the biden administration. and this was a, an opinion that was made purely on legal grounds. and really, of all the legal questions that get asked, this was probably at the end of the day, one of the easiest ones, because there's not much precedent of saying that a standing prime minister on doesn't enjoy a sovereign immunity under international law. it is going to it, the news is jarring. i think to a lot of viewers because they do. the crown prince is being the crown prince and he's become prime minister. that's just a recent development. is that a development? it, it seems that maybe it's very convenient for that title now to be connected to his name. me. is that the case here? oh, i suspect that one of the, one of the reasons if not the primary reason why he became prime minister, was for the questions of sovereign immunity. the crown prince, of course, has been running saudi arabia for many years. no one,

no one disputes that but the bite administration was and quite appropriately making the point that in fact, president biden's counterpart was the king, not the crown prince and the crown. and the u. s. law doesn't recognize the title of crown prince, and we treated him as was his government title, which was minister of defense. and so in that case, the u. s. secretary defense lloyd austin was his counterpart. this was a statement that did not go over well by went home, had been solomon, who wanted to be treated differently. but the mighty ministrations very firm on this. and only after he became prime minister, did it change its views and it the, the wall, the tradition may be clear, bedroom, the reality is we've got a case now where the united states has to, has to have relations with the leader of saudi arabia. the leader who the intelligence agencies of the us have said was responsible or had given the order for jamal ca, shelby's murder. so he's

a murderer in the eyes of our agents. so we have to accept that we have to deal with him as a prime minister and any attempt at justice or holding him accountable. that that has to be basically forgotten as long as he is in power, correct? well, there's, there's, there's no doubt that this is very frustrating situation for anyone's current. anyone in new jamal could show me, i, for anyone who was horrified by what, what happened to jamal, to which already in his brutal and completely merit was a murder at the ad, apparently at the direction of oliver solomon as concluded by our intelligence community. but quite frankly, the, the point of justice, the primary point of justice, once the case in turkey, which of course is where the murder took place and where all the evidence was. and unfortunately, earlier this year, a turkey decided to move the case to saudi arabia, thus ending the any,

any effort to get justice in that jurisdiction were you my killer 20th. and i can be atlanta counseling, washington, d. c. this is where we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. thank you very much. ah, the war in you, graeme, grinding on now since february, and this week it saw a massive uptake in missile attacks watched by russia, but ukraine's forces. despite all of this, they've been making spectacular gains. surprising many observers, russian troops have retreated from several ukrainian territories that russians were occupying for much of the year. to 90 w's much. he has berlin takes us to weigh ukrainian town near the border with russia. a town that was occupied by russian invaders earlier this year, they may no longer be there, but what they did, it remains it used to take less than 2 hours to drive from heart if to half chunks

. now it takes 5. you have to take small, local roads and long d tools. all the major routes and bridges are destroyed, which is fulfillment is from the border with russia. the town was taken on the 1st day of the war. lucas, tell us the russians set up a torture chemba this factory. they mostly took young men there. there he can, of allah says so just ordered him to go there. after they caught him outside of the curfew yard, the woman at i thought they would torture me as well for the murder. when i came, as i was told at 8 a. m a. but they just made me dig trenches was carry stuff around the door and stacks and back. so i had to be there at 8 and would work until 5 was. that's how they made me slave away. miss clue what the girl said. the hello manager houghton.

everything looks broken and the russians do so from across the board. the people were still here with soon face a tough winter. the electricity is often out and there's no gas for heating. some humanitarian a does come, but not often. it's so hard to get there. given these conditions, not everybody is happy, the russians are usually when they were here, we could still live more or less. normally there was work and we were getting humanitarian aid every 10 days. they would also hand out money. now we have nothing, excuse me. there's not much for sale at the market and not many people, many left for russia with a retreating soldiers. it's an area a long considered pro ration. now the ukrainians are in charge again. many are

anxious and suspicious. painters as collaborators as a woman, she won't be on camera the time. mistrust is everywhere. soldiers in charge of the town, worry that local or informing the russian yet, but not least, we hear about those who are working with both sides. they used to tip off the russian hill. now they come to see us and say this, or that person was a collaborator and put you on something to say you only have to have his mother prepared for winter. took his wife and young daughter out of town and were soon joined. but he's determined to return and hope the tone can get back to normal. we were on our soil when we didn't attack anybody another. we don't want anything else. on

this more selling. this is what the days alike in both chance. oh, well, the deadline for twitter workers has come and gone on thursday. employees had to respond to an email from their new boss, ellen musk. the choice either commit to hard core work or leave. hundreds of workers reportedly took the option to leave, which also comes with severance pay, and the company is not provided official numbers. there were lots of rumors, however, on the social media platform that the site could even collapse, given so many departures. a claim that must later mocked in an email to workers must issued an ultimatum, click here and commit to being hard hoard. if you don't, you can take it by with 3 months efforts. pay in hand anger among some members of traders,

workforce and beyond. got so bad that one person projected what you see right here, a series of insults about helen musk on the facade of twitters headquarters in san francisco. i won't repeat them, you can read those for yourself. and the latest turmoil at twitter has left some asking is twitter dying before our very eyes? here's a tweet from democratic congresswoman alexandria ogazio cortez. she tweets. i'm hoping this doesn't happen, but just in case it's been wonderful tweeting with y'all. she also tweeted her thanks to twitter employees both present and past, but take note of one of the replies that she received at the bottom left of the screen, twitters new owner, ellen musk. he responded to h o c with you're welcome. is twitter on live support or in need of light support to night to talk about that. i'm joined now by jonathan hagler. he is a professor at new york university. he's also co director of the university's

center for social media and politics professor. it's good to have you on the program. let me just start by asking you. what do you think is twitter? is it taking its last breath as we speak? it's just not clear. i think that will be determined by a mix of advertisers and users. right now, users, a lot of users have a reason to leave, but it's not obvious where to go. there are some places to go. a lot of users have gone to mastodon, but there is still a network effect that users are on twitter, but there's other users are on twitter. and that means there's some incentive to stay. it's not like you to sort of switch tv channels decide to watch a different tv channel. you're there because the other users are there. you're not there because, you know, i must be there because someone is advertising there. so if they can keep it together in a, in, in some sense and not go with must it's initial ideas of, well it's just have total free speech and we have no moderation. and everything will be wonderful if they can stick with maintaining some level of content,

moderation. they could keep going. it is harder to do that as all of your employees walk out the door. and so i think the, the thing to look for is, can they maintain content moderation as they go forward, much less put in, you know, maintain a set of policies that, that are sensible for doing that. well, that is a question again. can ellen musk it feels like you on musk walked in 3 weeks ago with the sink in his hand, and then maybe just just through it and to see what would break and you got the results of that now. i mean, how confident are you that he can perhaps put together what he broke? well enough to keep the company going, the platform it alive center. the interesting thing is in terms of what he broke, he had ideas to break it. he had claims he was going to break it, but he backed off most of those claims very quickly. and he went in saying, okay,

we're going to have free speech and we will have a minimal content moderation. essentially just just what is legal and then right away he was, we will have a content, moderation council concern. and so that, that initial story was gone. but then he decided he wanted to do something that people who just what companies like to do, which is actually make money necessary. well, he'll sell their verification checkmarks. that was a really bad idea. it looks like he's backtrack, but he changes his mind often. so it's, it's not, i don't know that it's a 100 percent clear what will happen with that. but he essentially realized, okay, he has a problem. advertisers don't like it when, when you say you're going to do what he wanted to do. so now he needed another revenue stream. he thought about that. so he's in an odd position of maybe he should buy twitter and in the best he can possibly do is leave it the way it was not going to be very happy thought for him. but unless he comes up with other revenue streams that, that maintain revenue for him and leave the users happy and not bothered,

then he's in this or if it's spot of, wow, i guess twitter was actually doing the best they could. maybe i should keep it the way it was. professor, i've got about 30 seconds. what about, what about the lawn musket just of getting bored and he does have these other big companies that he is in charge of be. he can't tweet all day and still keep tesla and other companies running right. what, what about him just, you know, at some point, not being so interested like he is right now. well i think that's, that's my point that if, if he doesn't have in any way to turn the company into what he thought he could turn into, then his attention will white bear in mind. he tried to get out of the out of buying. he did the offer to buy it, then he turned around and said, no, i don't want to do this. essentially a mix of courts and lawyers pointed out that,

you know, way to get out of this. and so here we are. here we are. for jonathan, natalie from new york university, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us, especially late on friday, the twitter right now. very interesting to talk regardless of what day of the week it is. thank you. ok, thanks. thank you. good liter. well, the days on the stand, the conversation continues online. you find us on twitter, either dw news, you can follow me at bread. gov tv and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day, have a good weekend. everybody with

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