union still shapes our futures will after the soviet union, foul people gained certain freedoms but lost out in other ways that has not been cut off. moved to latvia back in 1965, but has been unable to attain citizenship ever since. he told us that life seemed better to him in the ussr. i moved to live here from the russian, pat screeching in 1965 and i've lived here ever since. at that time it was good fun and people have life to the full ever was good natured and cheerful and it felt as if there was some kind of future when more comfortable than under soviet rule. then of course there was the referendum to leave the or so on, people voted for it or from then on. we were divided into citizens and non citizens . those who lived in that fear before 1940 wednesday grant assistantship. and those who came later went on citizens. if you're not granted citizenship, then you do not have the right to occupy certain positions in government structures . they introduced the state examination commissioner language, which checks who speaks latvian and who does not passing their exams and not in language as a way for people to be able to obtain citizenship. but the elderly people is

difficult to do, especially since the mind is not what it once was and everything is much more difficult to learn for citizens, it's easy enough to get a job, but the same cannot be said, but non citizens plus non citizens are not allowed to vote even in local elections . it's not like this in germany. we live there for 10 years. they give you a passport. there has been 30 years since the collapse of the ussr and the position is still go into the exams. educations change to before you could attend luck via an russian school seamlessly and there was no issue. the now the majority of schools are locked in only because many russian language in bilingual schools are forced close. the soul is longing for the motherland. but where can it be found? i've lived here for a long time now and haven't so many contacts of friends here. i should have thought earlier about where i was going hundreds of millions of people of thrown out communism authoritarianism or apartheid former adversary's. now corporate withers and diplomacy and global problem solving care the raps for this news. ow, thanks the company. and if you have time you can check out more new stories on

a website. if they had to r t dot com. well go back to the lars lars and show it 7 minutes after the hour. and i'm in one of the best places you can ever be on a friday for 1st amendment friday because we're making it a 2nd amendment friday. i'm in northwest armory on se mclaughlin, this place is a mad house to day. it looks like, you know, shopping day after thanksgiving. our business has been exponential amount of growth. there's been a lot more interest in personal protection. as sense if there's been a couple of national tragedies, there's also been a lot more interest um with the possibility of legislation and people concerned that they're not going to be able to get access. the things that they used to be able to have ancestor the oregon legislatures considering for really bad bills,

they would take away people's right to carry guns in various places, including one of them would limit your ability to carry in a school. if the janitor, it's sandy hook, elementary, had carried a pistol and he heard the shooting down the hallway and people screaming and then saw a young man not in a police uniform running at him with an a r 15 and had shouted to the guys, stop and then pulled his pistol out and shot adam lanza would that have been a good thing or a bad thing. the folks like jenny burdick and those you know, those nitwits, why would they think it would be a bad thing for people, legitimate law abiding people to carry a pistol in a school plan on the rally starts his beard. i'll be saying a few words and then enter missing other legislators who are coming if you heard anything at the about counter for that's what we expect to counter protest.

do you guys have the, like the little sleeves with before going down to salem because seats fires? well, they rally and we're going to go show them that they're not going to get away with the safety of our of our family, of our children, get their talk back with me, my boss. we are more than a 1000 with more than 90000. get with

our students in the fight against the british would have taken your step. there wouldn't be a united states today. you are not to be already, you know, so thank you all for coming. you guys are going to make a difference. you really are. and 2nd amendment was great if you keep me and i think the government in check with my god to help out. because i think that people should be able to help by the people should be able to target truth only what they, but they do not need a fair amount with what you say is, okay. i know you're, you know, shout me down so you're not, you're not reasonable because you want us to respect your opinion, but you all respect ours, these pieces of legislation provide common sense gun control. you got a got it already on masters of children, science. i'm anti good guns and then we would, our marquis years, we would have a lot was mass occurring dog,

a bad person, or a responsible lobby with. mm. what we're going to do is we're gonna do a series of panels. you know, encourage all the governors, you talk to, to calm what, when the time comes i, i'm finding that people are for each other because these people have never stood up to the opposite show you, you have years of experience. sure. nustar kind of intimidation. you're about the here to so very angry voicemail from

someone out there. i'm skipping more guns and you can count. i'll never give them up. you received me 8 n a. i think we're good press one to thank hitler and stalin would be so proud of you. you guys are pathetic. you are a waste of the oxygen i breathe. it's just too bad that you, people were a star from the nipple, or maybe you guys would have all your brain cells. lynching is an extra judicial execution carried out by a mob often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake as a signs in oregon toll gun. edward kids are intimidating law may goes with threatening e mails and video surveillance. joining me loud oregon state senator jenny bird, dick, you cancelled the town hall meeting and then where did they do?

i did at night when i cancelled the town hall meeting, i didn't want to say anything inflammatory. so i just said this standard scheduling conflict. well, they showed up at my house and they stayed. they stayed in front of my house for 2 and a half hours taping. everything i did and then they put it on the web. and their point was that i didn't in fact have a scheduling conflict. but they ran my address and they ran very threatening comments about it. was that all right? you were good. oh, i didn't know any of that was going on my bed. yeah, watching you take out your dress, you is really creepy. i'm not happy about them coming into the cab with my team and i provided physical security for center birdie, probably 3 or 4 occasions in the portal area. people had confronted her in one case she was walking to a car and somebody jumped out of the brush. certainly

a we really took this quite seriously. when congresswoman givers was shot in tucson, arizona, you know, how do you know something like that's gonna happen? so we believe the deb point that she had a legitimate right to be concerned about her welfare with. she's a public figure. people understand that public figures don't really have privacy. i think jenny berdigs, i'm edge, she had what's coming to her, having issues that guarantees you know, step down, she should just get over it and move on and quit her job, but nobody electric i'm not bitter at all. by the way. with this one,

with my for said to myself, it's imperative that have a lot of family in the south. you might not lawmakers plan, marathon public hearing on for bills. they include a ban on guns in schools and criminal background checks for private con sales. so we should be there by so this is telling me 730 i mean, hopefully this will be a good forum and people will be open to everyone's message on all sides of the issue. none of us can replace steve, but we can try to make things better. i

back in january, my friend invited me janice community meeting about safety. a literally to sit up there and said hey, this is why and my mom was counter town center and silent room by just standing up and saying that i made a real for everyone. i realize that that moment i do have a voice. maybe i can make an impact. me. i want people to remember. i don't want people to forget that people were murdered and how they were murdered. and that we need to change the cycle of violence seems to be going on our communities, me day. me

politicians back down just because they don't want to take the harassment and that is what results in no change. and i just refused to be intimidated because i can't in good conscience after newtown, back down. i i ah, this issue is very simple to members of the public that somehow when you get into the charge, the environment in this building becomes more difficult. good morning everyone. thank you for being here. i'm going ahead and open up the senate committee on judiciary. this morning we have 4 bills that are before us, that we're going to be taking public testimony. each of these bills have amendments that will change the actual purpose of the bills. in conducting today's hearing,

i ask that everyone be respectful to the speakers and their views, even though you may disagree with those positions. i think it's very important that we have this hearing debate to decide on what if anything it will be moving forward . senate bill $700.00 would finish closing the loophole to require background checks for all gun sales. these bills will do nothing but target law abiding citizens. they're not gonna affect the criminals. they don't solve any of the problems that we've had. the fact that this state continues to allow the private sale of guns without background checks is reckless here, responsible and downright dangerous. none of these bills will keep the guns out of hands of a single criminal or madman. if more people had been killed, a clackamas town center, we would have him work comprehensive law. we're legislating a reaction to a tragedy that won't prevent it is true. criminals will always get guns, but let's make it harder for them for women and those with disabilities. guns are the great equalizer senate bill $347.00, which allows school districts rather than one advocacy group or another to decide

what really is a safe school. there is no place in our schools, but guns, gun free zones. my. this will be advertised as potential killing zones. students were almost unanimous in their opinion, that their sense of security would not be enhanced with additional weapons on site . you need somebody at the school to stop that person. the laws we have and assistance we have in place do not work. dana ray can spread their money around it and their influence. but it's only you folks, the legislators that can write and past the as the we all live or thank you very much. i mean, you must, you know, so you deleted it and as you want to talk to,

we stand together. we'll continue to stand together against russia. 80 in german repeat some of the arrows that we doubt this made say notice if it is as chunky dawson subaru, millard influence other nations, french, u. k. and even latin american and other countries in future than maybe knew where to high from, from cycle pollute with members of your household. so please, please, please, please continue to fight. don't you just need to, to do russia must not be allowed in germany. i want you to call and leave it to show us. so the an lp, the innovation, the 5 and the yes actually ended out to you the enough, mrs. gunston, 2 sons or special gaps today. the only in the

legendary mich fire style author of planet ponzi match nice to say, happy holidays. technology is a very big industry and there's lot of opportunities for hackers moving that it's not here, but he didn't bring the law in the country you're dealing with. why arrest him that the major cybersecurity challenge is the sovereignty of laws that cyberspace has no borders, no sovereignty. we ended up with, for example, the national health service in the u. k. the and a chest was completely wiped out from a ransomware attack. if you were coming in to a clinic because you had a test or you had an operation, they can't find your records. they had to go back to pen and paper. ah. and our next penalties come forward.

none of these bills would have stopped the shooter that killed my mother, a cart miss town center. still, it is an important action for this legislature to demonstrate that they are serious about making our communities safer. reducing gun violence is a complicated issue, but that is not an excuse for an action. i'm here today and host roving a dialogue and gun safety. please don't make the same as someone guided believing that this couldn't happen to me. it could easily have been your wife, your husband, your daughter, or your son. you remember katrina. you remember 911. what happened? overnight? nothing mattered. politics did matter where you were from didn't matter. people do anything to help the people. that's never happened since this terrible tragedy connecticut. it didn't happen. and i knew when it didn't happen. i mean,

if you slot or children the way they were slaughtered, and you slaughter 6 students, 6 teachers who were trying to defend their bodies and defend them the way they were slaughter. and that can bring us together instantly. that my friend, this thing will never come together. me the ah, there are now 6 state associations and 262 individual sheriffs are on record opposing any new gun control legislation this week. the sheriffs of 5 oregon counties sent out letters that they would not support laws passed by congress, that trump the liberties of the citizens in addressed to vice president joe biden. i will not tolerate,

nor will i permit any federal incursion within the exterior boundaries of grant county, oregon, or any type of gun control legislation, aimed at disarming law abiding citizens is a goal or objective share for grant county. i to publicly state that i refuse to participate or stand idly by while people i represent are made into criminals duty or unconstitutional actions. this is my basic police class. back in the late eighty's, when i went to the police academy, things are happening in our country right now. that 4050 years ago, it was unthinkable about people, the mass casualties and the killings in the bombings. and i don't like it either, but i think the people need to take responsibility into their own hands and be prepared. i heard one talk show one time they were talking about what our government has nukes. do you propose that you have nukes? and my thought was, if they're gonna use a nuke against me, i would like to have

a new to level the playing field. you know it's, it's little unrealistic. but let's, let's be realistic that if our government or anybody else is going to use a tank against us, it would be nice to know that i have the same ability of protect the people who have elected me in the office. that i could step to that same level. i don't anticipate ever wanting or having to have a tank or the use for one. but if somebody was to use one against me, it would be in our, in our best interest to be able to defend ourselves. and that's what 2nd amendments all about me . i'm not in the camp of anti government, but i think less government intervention into our lives would be a good thing. and i think there's a big divide there between what we call western oregon or the valley,

the portland area and rural oregon. a lot of what we get from the politicians is a need your reaction. i don't have a tremendous amount of ease in how they do things. and i think the, the gun control, whatever you want to call it, is a very good example of that killed that blanco's. i don't know the solutions to lessen the chance of a sandy hood type incident is going to come from gun control. i think it's much deeper than that. do i know what the answer is? no, because there's, i think it's a very complicated, very complex problem. guns we're part of it. we have to decide what we're willing to accept on both sides of the fence. you know,

are we willing to accept what happened? you know, in these different instances? if not, then what are we willing to accept, you know, laws and rules to lessen the potential that happening? again. my name is francine wheeler, my husband davis with me. we live in sandy hook, connecticut. david and i have 2 sons. our older son, nate, soon to be 10 years old, is a 4th grader at sandy hook elementary school. our younger son then age 6 was

murdered in his 1st grade classroom on december 14th, exactly 4 months ago this weekend. i've heard people say that the tidal wave of anguish i country felt on 1214 has receded. but not for us to us. it feels as if it happened just yesterday. please help us do something before our tragedy becomes your tragedy. we have to convince the senate to come together and pass common sense gun responsibility reforms that will make our communities safer and prevent more tragedies like the one we never thought. what happened to us hope to see the moment when real change begins.

i talk about making a difference when do you mind working on pain? the pain and how she was able to rise above her own painter trying to keep others from having to experience pain more than 3000 people died since sandy hook, every single one of them had families who are experiencing that pain. and she's trying to do something about it. and even though she's in desperate pain herself, really admire her as it makes you feel watching her standard like that so publicly. well,

it certainly certainly drives me. you know, i, i'm a legislator and i haven't had any kind of loss in my family, knock on wood the people are and depending on me and my colleagues to keep them safe and to have reasonable gun laws so that this kind of thing, what happened again and i need to find a kleenex m i tell you with

a few months ago, i read this country took up because i think more people a few minutes ago, a minority in the united states senate decided it wasn't worth it. we had a democrat and they were both both owners with grades from there, all right. come together to write a common sense, compromise on background checks. in fact, even the and already used to support expanded background checks. but instead of supporting this compromise, the gun lobby and its allies wilfully lied about the bill. those lies upset, intense minority of gun owners and that in turn, intimidated a lot of centers. after i saw the boat

didn't pass, i just was absolutely crushed and thought that all the senators, the entire senate should be ashamed of itself. if those kinds of weapons were less available or harder to get. we wouldn't have a lot of the shootings and we certainly wouldn't have the number of deaths. i'm convinced that me who knew i

was present sky and he gave me an update on what's going on. yeah. so basically what this move means is the senate president has actually taken the bills and referred them to the rules committee without sending him to the floor 1st because he thinks that they won't pass. right. he doesn't think they have the votes. i disagree. we are talking about people who are going to be running for reelection. so, you know, it's one thing for the republicans because the republicans know that the president does not like to bring against vision. cars bring bills to the floor without the votes to pass. so naturally they're going to say, we're not going to vote for it, hoping to keep it off the floor altogether. okay? because if they don't have to vote hide from the issue. i

seems like a no brainer. i don't know why we're even like having a problem. yeah, i mean we were disappointed, but there weren't like stronger bel cable. so the fact that be really honestly they're really weak bill can't even get past that they can't get past me. ah, oil and gas manufacturing, electricity, telecom you guys put a show, all of them now have a t type of infrastructure connected to the internet was clearly realizing there's disruptive potential so that those countries can't ignore it because it threatens

national security issue. but if we take them to you countries, virtually all of them subscribe to certain doctrines and maintains selling but task forces. they are a cyber army on behalf of a country that's their job. with they may put in demands that nato give assurances to not move bases close to russia . he answers questions on global politics during his annual media. brief over half of adults in britain are too scared to express. the real opinions open later period . falling victim to come from coach now of bullying we used to have a good healthy democracy.