states. the 2018 election was a sea change that we continued into 2019. so here is what this looks like now. right now, 42% of americans live in a state where democrats control at the very least the state legislature. in addition to that, state democrats govern nearly 15% of the nation's total gdp, gross domestic product. and there are 243 fortune 500 companies headquartered in a state where democrats control the legislature. so it's a significant footprint on the american economy where democrats control these states. with the addition of virginia and the wins that we had on the ballot, we now had 15 democratic trifectas. the combined population of the state with democratic trifectas and democratic controlled legislatures is nearly 140 million, that's almost half of the u.s. population. so this is significant. let's talk about our favorite new democratic trifecta, the won we just won in 2019, virginia. in virginia this november, we showed no signs of slowing down. we flipped six seats in the

i think it is up to about 14 states prescribed the state, passed and as the state passes, when it says that to the steep, why our electoral college votes to the statewide winner, and you're going to award our show you know electrocution the national winner, so a state like virginia, let's say, it's a democrat wins for genius but the republican was the national popular vote, then stimulate award it's going to look like close to that republican state nationwide the other, as opposed to statewide, the other provisions of the contract says these debt it will nasties this will not affect any state until enough states have passed college certainly took 70 a truck olive exercise after needed to win that i thought how. like i can totally are so escaped, at equaling about mr. 90 or snow of electoral college votes so they are pretty far along expect they have, a lot of this it's a california new york that had passed it so i think it is mostly a democratic meeting states on a pass the compact so far. i think to get more states on board, you would have to have a republican win the popular vote and

articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article i, abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives "shall have the sole power of impeachment" and that the president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." in his conduct of the office of president of the united states -- and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed -- donald j. trump has ab

of the united states of america. in maintenance and support of its impeachment againsthim for high crimes and misdemeanors . article 1: abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his eye office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreigngovernment, ukraine , in the 2020 presidential election. he did so through a scheme or course of conduct th

>>> new york governor andrew cuomo delivered his state of the state address from the empire state plaza convention center in albany. he outlined his policy agenda for the year, which included addressing climate change, combatting hate crimes and building a green economy. >> thank you, thank you, thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very, very much. thank you very, very much. well, happy new year to all of you. i hope you have recovered from the celebration. and are ready to get back to work. because it is going to be a challenging year. i think 2020 came in, and it didn't take long before we all realized that challenges were coming our way. we had earthquakes in puerto rico, which was the last thing the island needed after everything they've gone through, we've already sent people to help, but we want the people of puerto rico to know that we are 100% behind them, we always have been, and we always will be. [ applause ] >>> marcus, lydia, and i were on the first plane that went to puerto rico after hurricane maria and we will be going back to puerto rico once again with n

and undermined the integrity of the united states' democratic process. he ignored and injured the interests of the nation. present trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct through the following means. number one, president trump acting directly and through his agents, within and outside the united states government, solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a political opponent, former vice president joe biden, and a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election. number two, with the same corrupt motives, president trump acting directly and through his agents within and outside the united states government conditioned two official acts. the release of $390 million of united states taxpayer funds, that congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military assistance against russian aggression, and donald trump had ordered suspended. and a head of state meeting at the white house, whic

>> secretary of state mike pompeo>> secretary of state mike pompeo: it was a checcollective decision that -- there was unanimity that we were making the right decision that day. it was based not only on this intelligence, but you need to look no further than the days that led up to this. qassem soleimani led and orchestrated an attack that killed an american. there was sound and just and legal reasons for the actions that the president took. and the world is safer as a result of the bold action that president : esident trump is saying there are 52 sites that the u.s. would target if iran retaliates. how is that consistent with what you say is your message of de-escalation. >> secretary of state mike pompeo: entirely consistent. iranian leadership needs to understand that attacking americans is not cost-free. setting out conditions, saying these are expectations, these are the things american is expecting from you, and if you don't do them, the cost is clear and direct. we have an obligation to speak to the iranian leadership clearly and directly, so they understand that america is pr

whether it's one state or 2 state red state blue state the question of palestinian rights is what is being denied here we do not see. he listed in right of return we do not see the right to live independently and self-determination we do not see equality for palestinians living inside israel who live under this nation state law that says explicitly they cannot be equal because only jews have the right to self-determination in the state of israel it guarantees under israel's basic law that palestinians cannot be equal so under those circumstances all of these rights continue to be denied to palestinian or right let alone rights of water for example all of which remains on the israelis let me let me bring in the palestinian perspective and ask the question from this way is there any incentive for the palestinians to continue to negotiate if that's the starting point is that as i said so much of the final status issues the u.s. would basically give to israel is there much of an incentive for the palestinians to dictate to negotiate in the hope that if they exempt or that maybe that have

been to your state., it starts wearing -- weighing on you. i got involved in public office. i had a chance to speak and talk to kids. here's what i want you to do. when you're traveling out of state, by yourself, with classmates, family, whoever, and you know that question is coming, where are you from? and you know the responses are going to get. if you don't enter into it properly. here's what i want you to do. when somebody says, where are you from? from. tell you where i'm i'm from a state that's the most patriotic state in the nation. i'm from estate basically produces more energy of this country, that help to build this country. we've done the heavy lifting. we've done it all. and on top of that, the good lord blessed us with the greatest venues you're ever going to see. my state is called west virginia. you're going to want to come to visit. take the offense. you have to defend it. that's what we're trying to do. it's a pride we all should have. >> what problems does the state faced today? >> we f

desantisa governor ron delivered his state of the state address in tallahassee. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause] mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the senate. the constitution requires me to inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state and to recommend measures in the public interest. it brings me great satisfaction to support -- report and to commend bert commend the members of the house and senate for your efforts to make for successful. [laughter] [applause] florida'stis: unemployment rate is near a historic low. we have a triple-a credit rating. florence public university system is ranked number one in the nation. we are ranked one of the top states in the nation for physical health, physical health. and wes a 50 year low have no state income tax. [applause] gov. desantis: it is said that the only thing certain in life are death and taxes but as one to suggest we should add an asterisk to that here in florida . we can say with certainty that we will not have an income tax here in the state of florida. [applause] gov. desantis: or

visit to me and ma xi jinping is expected to sign a $1300000000.00 deal to build a port in rakhine state that's where 1000000 miles military carried out a campaign which forced more than 700000 people from the minority rangar to flee to neighboring bangladesh in 20 x. 17. a protest has been held in malawi as capital following allegations that judges overseeing a legal challenge to last year's disputed election received bribes president. narrowly won reelection in 2019 but opposition leaders are challenging the result. all the news of course on our website there isn't a screen al-jazeera dot com where the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside stories that. the climate crisis and the environment take center stage at this year's world economic forum in davos the people experts and leaders from around the world can expect an icy reception from some as they discuss how to save the planet from the threat of rising temperatures get the latest updates on al-jazeera. donald trump has always said he'll be tough on china and now he signed a deal with beijing he says it will correc

coverage here on al-jazeera of a major breaking news story the lightest of course this hour the united states has killed iran's most senior military come out it seems all the body was assassinated in an airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad he was the leader of the elite al quds force that's a division of the revolutionary guards corps which has far reaching influence in iraq syria lebanon and beyond that is read you the pentagon statement the pentagon has released this statement confirming that the strike was carried out on the orders of the u.s. president on trumpet says the statement reads at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel the broader by killing solomonic the head of the iranian revolutionary guards could force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization that's important that it is designated a terrorist organization it also goes on to say donald trump after authorizing that tori's has also or that strike is also tweeted no woods just a big picture of the american flag well it wasn't just the man who was

in a strong incumbent tough state. colorado, also a tough state. also atough as main, but tough state. another incumbent who is incredibly strong, though not as well-known, cory gardner. great campaigner, good legislative record against a well known incumbent who has a good brand. is problem with hickenlooper that he has not been tested in a long time and you saw his performance as a presidential candidate outside of colorado, it turned into a dismal performance. that is a race where i see a tough state. candidate as he appears in john hickenlooper, so how do you game that out? i still like where we set. based on the terrain, those are the two i would be most concerned about. jacqueline: susan collins caston him popular vote to bert -- confirm brett kavanaugh. sweeps concerned if she the impeachment under the rug, votes for the president's acquittal and not support calling witnesses, it will be more problematic for an already competitive race? steven: i'll be interested to see -- at some point, she will have to cast complex votes on processes as we

. >>> during rhode island governor's state of the state address, she laid out her plans for providing more affordable housing, investing in education, increasing access to healthcare and improving roads and infrastructure in the state. >> good evening! >> good evening. [ applause ] good evening. [ applause ] >> thank you and good evening. >> thank you and good evening. good evening, rhode island. mr. speaker, senate president, members of the house and senate, members of the judiciary, my cabinet, my wonderful family, thank you for being here with me tonight. and my fellow rhode islanders. thank you for trusting me to deliver results for our great state. tonight, i stand before all of you, filled with optimism for our future. in the past few years we worked hard together to work our way out of a deep economic hole. now, we're preparing rhode islanders for success in a fast changing economy. right now, in rhode island, we have more than a half a million jobs in our state. that is more jobs than we have ever had at any time in our state's history. [ applause ] >> our unemployment is the

the only thing that changed was that i moved state to state.ne day i was sitting on my couch i got a knock on my door. , an investigator said i am serving you with a cease and desist and a $750 fine. i was floored. i learned a registered dietitian decided to report me. that cease and desist meant i could no longer health coach in the state of florida. that meant that a piece of my income and career and passion had been suddenly squelched. the penalty is, if i do not cease and desist, first degree misdemeanor, a year in prison, and a $12,000 fine for the first offense. i would need a bachelors degree in health. on top of the bachelors degree and masters degree i already have. a 900-hour internship and to pass a board certified exam. i cannot pursue getting licensed in the state of florida, because the requirements are just too lengthy and too financially burdensome. we are a military family. we may only live in florida another two years. what i do is no different than a blogger or a book author who is able to publish freely their words and advic

in the states. i want to put on thp of changing representation in congress. it shows the population ship we have across the country. -- population shift we have across the country. texas is expected to gain as many as three house seats come along with florida, north carolina. michigan, illinois losing seats. in terms of your efforts in these states, what is it? guest: part of the reason we do the work we do is state legislatures draw congressional lines in 35 states. in states like texas, where they are gaining an additional congressional seat, one thing we are looking at is our ability to flip the texas statehouse from red to blue. we only need nine seats to flip texas. beto o'rourke won all of those seats last cycle. we have an upcoming special election in texas. it is not make or break to win the chamber, but if we flip it from red to blue, having a democrat holding the texas speaker's gavel gives us 80 -- seat at the table for redistricting. in 2010, republicans had this national strategy where

the founders set it up that way, a state, small state compromise.hange the electoral college, that is going to continue to be the way we elect presidents and rural areas have a disproportionate influence in the electoral college and kratz lost.- democrats hillary clinton lost in 2016 because democrats did not perform well in states like wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, even florida has a significant rural component to its electorate. this is not a bad place for democrats to come, test their message, and learn about how to address the problems and concerns that rural americans have. host: before we start looking back in history, would you tell our viewers a little bit about your own history in covering a caucus? guest: i am born and raised in jefferson, iowa and had no great aspirations as a young reporter to cover politics for the largest newspaper in the state. i was really excited to get a job at the des moines register reporternd as a young covering local governments, i was given pieces of the 76 campaign to cover more senior reporters leading

states create the systems and states have the power to get rid of the system that's and even if there are colombia or peru or developing countries even if they are mali and what have you the states have the power to get rid of the system if they chose to do so. but do they really want to governments they big business are often complicit. the vattenfall group for example had the chancellor's ear she even appointed its ex e.e.o. last just of sin to be her personal advisor on energy transition. most heads of state are ambivalent. not even you don't concede the economy fast and do. long. i have visions of what they're looking for you cannot be easy to preserve on producing items or that they are. style of play such an easy to transcend all national home after all that buying a start your shop on it because you know it is just nice it's real you know north of the share. and don't want to suck and he's told her mom in a duplicate on a monday i don't love coffee. you keep some and they're. awful so you come to the minister not only so far yet. he's going to make you see prove you are not exi

she loves our family and our state. and i'm proud of you, theresa, i'm grateful to have you at my side. the celebration of an important milestone is upon us in 2020, the 100th anniversary of women's voting rights. we've come a long way. the faces in this chamber looked a lot different 100 years ago. please join me in acknowledging all the women, elected, appointed, and serving all across state government, for their contributions to idaho. after being in this position for a year i can say with certainty there's a lot of passion in idaho for making our state the best it can be. we have much to be proud of and much to work towards. i've learned that progress requires pushing the boundaries of what's comfortable in government. it requires a strong desire to get things done. and i've learned you cannot do it alone. i'm proud of my partnership with you, the idaho legislature, for your collaboration in working with me to do the people's work. from the beginning, i've stated that my goal is to make idaho the place where we all

it was the first time a foreign head of state had been indicted in the united states. the u.s.ertook a systematic effort to overthrow noriega. economic sanctions were stepped up and additional troops were dispatched to panama. >> the united states tonight declared in effect that panama's general manuel noriega is a threat to this country's national security. >> mr. noriega, the drug indicted, drug-related, indicted dictator of panama. we want to bring him to justice. we want to get him out and we want to restore democracy to panama. when you read these charges by a drug-related dictator, discount them. they are total lies. >> still noriega from power, the united states turn to influence the 1989 panamanians national elections. the bush administration, working through the cia and the national endowment for democracy, funneled more than $10 million into the opposition candidate, a wealthy lawyer educated in the united states and his vice presidential running mate. >> if the same scenario had taken place in the united states, they would have been illegal. accepting money from a fo

at that point, the state supreme court says we have a state constitutional guarantee, no state fundsto religious schools. that is a straightforward violation of the law. >> are you claiming you are calling blame amendments that the montana provision and other states that have one, that it is a matter of federal constitutional law, all of the constitutional provisions must be struck? >> not the entire category. it is more nuanced. seven members of the court said the free exercise clause compel what two members of the court said for bait. we think the same is true here. >> that's a radical decision. we have a founding father madison lobbying heavily for the free exercise clause and equally to stop states from establishing religion or using public funds to support them. it's been over since the founding fathers, a long history of people who for nondiscriminatory reasons, for reasons related to their belief in the separation of church and state that had taken the position the state should not give money to really just institutions. you are suggesting now that montana in 1972 went through

laura: so we are looking at the united states senate. we are looking at senator chuck grassley and senator majority leader mitch mcconnell could the sent from the house ofhas been representatives to the senate. that means that the trial of presidentan trumpegin. majority leader talking aboutte how it is going to be the united states supreme justice, john roberts, that he will preside over that trial. he will have to preside over all of the senatorbeinsworn in. this is a dramatic and historic moment because the articles of impeachment against president donald j. trump had been transmitted from the house of representatives to the senate. elizabeth, do you think the senate is going to feel its responsibility to have a deliberative trial that is rather different from the partisan atmosphere in the house? elizabeth: certainly as idenced by what we just heard, this is an historic, solemn moment. i certainly hope that the senators feel the weight of that constitutional responsibility. for only the third time in, american histo a president has b

. >>> washington state governor jay inslee recently gave his state of the state address whether he expresses his goal of reducing homelessness in the state by giving job programs and affordable housing options. [ applause ] >>> good afternoon. thank you adam jamal for your moving in vocation and your family's. we appreciate that. thank you to the school choir for the lovely rendition. what beautiful voices. [ applause ] >> they were unable to perform, they came down to the capitol in december, but weren't able to perform. so we're so happy to have them back here now to inspire us. i want to extend a warm welcome to former governor larry loch and thank him for his service at the federal level. thank you. [ applause ] >>> i would like to welcome sweden's ambassador to the united states, who is visiting washington to promote economic development and trade. we're happy to see her here today, from a country that has reduced its carbon emissions by 27%, while increasing its gdp by 90%. thank you for being here, madam ambassador. [ applause ] >> and i am certainly honored to be the first washington

on cbs monday, secretary of state mike pompeo blamed the iranian government. >> this is state-sponsoredror. this is iranian-backed terrorism that took place, that threatened american interests. >> schifrin: during the sit-in, u.s. troops fired tear gas and stun grenades to push back demonstrators. helicopters flew over the embassy and dropped flares. and, the u.s. reinforced the embassy, deploying marines from kuwait, and 750 additional soldiers from the u.s. the u.s. was concerned iraqi forces alone couldn't handle the situation. iraqi forces at first allowed demonstrators to stream toward the embassy, inside the normally restricted green zone. eventually, they tried to act as a buffer between demonstrators and american troops. today, they continue to act as security. but the end to the crisis in baghdad does not reduce larger u.s.-iran tensions. yesterday, president trump tweeted that iran "will pay a very big price! this is not a warning, it is a threat. happy new year!" today, iran supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei denied iran played a role, and mocked president trump. >> ( tran

or the pentagon or the state department but if it is the u.s. why now. why not well the why now is a relatively easy one to answer at 1st i think you'll probably remember this the sherlock holmes story about the dog that did not arc. as the proof that the murderer as the who didn't the murder the silence by the united states i would say is rather odd and had the united states not been involved and i'm only. a success and here i do not know of course had the us not been although i would have anticipated the us would have. immediately stated and denounced the act but we do not know so why now because the iranians have for years and years through their proxies been killing americans. during america's military. after our invasion of iraq the iranians were quite. they most recently on the attack and killed the american contract employee and number of others you know an american base and syria and then the united states responded to children 25 to which the iranians through their militia proxies and their photos proving that the leaders of the militia

that from the president of the united states. that hours after secretary of state mike pompeo said this. >> american people should know we will always defend them and we'll do so in a way that is consistent with international rule of law and the american constitution. we have done it before. we will do it again. >> cnn is covering it like no one else can. we have reporters around the world, in baghdad, in tehran, in abu dhabi, and also in riyadh. cnn international correspondent, senior correspondent fred pleitgen in tehran joining me now. fred, thank you so much. you've been watching and monitoring the protests playing out throughout the day. what are you seeing in the streets of iran, tehran, right now and throughout the day? >> reporter: >> reporter: i was right in middle of the morning processions that were essentially protests as well. so this was the casket of qasem soleimani and the others killed in that air strike. this morning, the supreme leader of iran himself, ayatollah khomeini came and prayed at the coffins and then

states. a good many a good many of them live in puerto rico. to speak on behalf of the people of puerto rico who suffering, suffering because moneys that have been the congress of the united states of america has has not, has not been given o the people of puerto rico, has not been delivered to the puerto rico. understand how congress appropriate, bills signed, available, yet, we cannot get it to the people who need it. that hospitals are closed. am told that some people are sleeping in the street. i am told that there is suffering. i haven't been there to see it myself, but the reports are available for all of us. suffering taking place in puerto rico, and we in this allow what we have not to be led, delivered? what is wrong with us? wrong with us? people are suffering. we can help. we got to pay for this, and we are not going to ay for it by losing a congressional office. that's easy. that's not the kind of unishment we are going to get for the way we are treating people. there's going to b

the government of the united states the current government is a caretaking government this means it doesn't have the authority of the parliament . by nature it is unable to opt out of such extreme and the government that has to renegotiate the security deal with the united states has to be an elected and for the less government the current one is a caretaker one so that's why really they the decision of that of the parliament is neither here nor there. surely. approaching your none of them. are right. this is the only reason i'm pausing everybody is because there's so much response coming on from people who are watching the show if you confess and i'm going to put a couple of these points to you from on high i think that the point is very important for president trump and i think maybe unfortunately for americans even more broadly than that the relevance of iraq as an individual sovereign country is really falling by the wayside and i think that was dramatically shown in president trump's response smore ning to the iranian retaliation for the killing of course in southern money and

che guevara hated the united states, absolutely hated the united states. 1960, castro's nationalizingproperty throughout cuba. we now have all sorts of documentation on this, and we have had it for decades actually. in february, 1960, we know that ernestes macoyan, one of the top leaders in the soviet government, had visited cuba at that point. this is from sergei khrushchev, the son of nikita khrushchev, the leader of the soviet union. sergei would become his biographer. by october 12, 1959, 1959, this is sergei, "by october 12, alexander, a top soviet official, was already made with -- meeting with che guevara, and on the 15th he met with fidel castro. in february 1960, he organized the soviet international trade exhibit. so they were already having communications. and it looks like by 1960, there were already soviet military advisers that were in cuba. definitely soviet political officials. and it looks like even way back than in 1960 that khrushchev and others were already talking about putting soviet missiles in cuba at that point. so that is all going on in 1960. all right. so a

the demographics of the state, it's a lily white state. the argue it is made that that is not all bad. a big boost to the first african-american president. hillary clinton had an early victory in 2016. republican side they point out that ted cruz, marco rubio, cuban-americans have come forward and one. iowa with pete buttigieg is poised to give a big boost to the first openly gay presidential candidate. the feeling that a lot of violence have say yes, we are white but it's not a hostile place. our live coverage of the iowa caucuses on monday, february 3, and our interview with david tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. massachusetts representative hit the campaign trail on behalf of presidential candidate elizabeth foreign. in concord, new hampshire, he hosted a canvas kick off event urging voters to support war in. -- elizabeth warren.

in chicago the majority of the guns come from out of state and states that are surrounding the city of chicago in the state of illinois and i think we also have to have states that that sign these agreements that make sure that the gun trafficking is reduced as well look a couple hours ago the president added states tweeted on this subject he said 2nd amendment i'll never go we've got to be strong the 2nd amendment does matter here right i mean the facts are you mentioned the terrible shootings the terrible shootings that we saw these are mental health problems these are people that have serious problems has to be addressed we do have a 2nd amendment the people in chicago that are committing crimes are criminals there are a lot most americans have a right have have the right to the 2nd amendment and they abide by that right they're willing to abide by the rules they're willing to play by. certain rules but what we're seeing is a move on the 2nd amendment by the left and it's systematic it's happening in prosecutor's offices in st louis in philadelphia in chicago where they're target

the fight will come down to each state. many states are in the middle. florida is the ultimate swing state. there will be huge fights in places like florida. there will be fights in states like alabama. this wasn't consequential before. legislators in alabama said simply, this is a vehicle to test roe. we are not serious about enforcing this. but i think we will expect to see the conflict and testify, deescalate,, not regardless of what happens. >> what is your take on the legitimacy issue with respect to roe? and whatwas issued will happen if roe is struck down? how will that affect the courts legitimacy? -- the court's legitimacy? >> we have seen legal scholars on both sides question the legitimacy of roe. i think the clearest perspective on that recently has come from justice thomas, in one section 1983 case relating to patients sue.tients' right to in his dissent, the court decided not to hear the case, and he said the court should have. he spoke very clearly to his colleagues on the bench, saying, if this case weren't about abortion, if it were abou

adversaries of the united states. in recent years, a particular focus has been iran's nuclear program. despite iran's claim that it sought nuclear power purely for peaceful purposes, legitimate suspicion of its intent led to a global campaign led by the united states to sanction iran even more as a means of getting the country to abandon its western nuclear weapons. after years of negotiations between six nations -- france, britain, the u.s., germany, russia, china, and iran -- an agreement was reached in 2015 whereby iran would pledge never to seek, acquire, or develop nuclear weapons in exchange for gradual relations, relaxing of u.s. sanctions against iran. the agreement known as the jcpoa contains strict limits on iran's nuclear program that would gradually relax over 25 years. iran's pledge to never acquire or develop nuclear weapons was permanent. as was its commitment to abide by the inspection protocols of the international atomic energy agency to ensure compliance with that fundamental pledge. the jcpoa was n

we started with the justice action network in three states. next year, we will be in 20 states. from progressive states like new york to confer viv -- conservative states like my home commonwealth of kentucky, the first state in the nation to go for donald trump on election night. tennessee will be a huge leader on criminal justice reform. ,he governor is a business guy talked about criminal justice part of hisa huge estate of the state address. there are conservative governors all over the country -- oklahoma -- who understand that this actually -- in light as a conservative, i can say criminal justice reform fits perfectly into conservative policy. it is good for families. it ensures we are saving money. overreach.vernment there are so many ways that it fits perfectly with conservative policy. but then, of course, it also is a -- rate for -- great for progressives, who want to talk about disparities and civil rights violations. i have found that my friends on the right and the left are now conflating these issues. there are folks like rand paul, going into the west and -- end

were any remote wireless equipped systems sold to election officials in my state? >> that practice happened between the year 2,002,006. those systems we brought through the system through the year 2007 have been one - - have not been equipped with that software we have confirmed there is no system out there in the country being used today that has remote access system attached to it. >> to support federal legislation to expand the use of postelection audits? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> do you think all audits of paper records could be conducted on all voting systems? >> we have a portion of our product that does not permit a paper audit there is other testing that does give ability to confirm accurate results. >> what do you do to ensure your subcontractor and manufacturers are following industry best practices on cybersecurity quex do you do background checks on your subcontractor's? >> yes we do on our direct subcontractors for manufacturing partners we make sure they adhere to iso standards. >> we do the exact same thing background checks on contrac

businesses to the state. [applause] >> raise your right hand please. , doonathan tate reeves solemnly swear that i will faithfully support the constitution of the united states. gov. reeves: the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution city mississippi. gov. reeves: and the constitution of the state of mississippi. >> that i'm not disqualified from holding the offices of governor of the state of mississippi. gov. reeves: i am not disqualified from holding the office of governor of the state of mississippi. i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. gov. reeves: so help me god. >> congratulations, governor. [applause] gov. reeves: thank you. thank you, mr. chief justice. governor bryant, governor barbour, thank you for being here. lieutenant governor hose men, speaker gunned, the president pro tem. members of the mississippi legislature, friends, family, and my fellow mississippians, it is my greatest honor to stand before you today an

we're a big state for auto production. these jobs are going to mean a lot to workers in my state. part of the way it's going to create jobs is by leveling the playing field with enforceable labor standards. we just heard about this from the senator from oregon and the senator from ohio, my colleague from ohio, about how this agreement has new enforcement standards with regard to labor. it also, though, has higher content requirements for u.s.-made steel and auto parts. this is important. i'll give you an example. usmca requires that 70% of the steel and 75% of overall content in usmca-compliant vehicles come from usmca countries. in other words, other countries can't come in and take advantage of the lower tariffs that we're providing under usmca by adding too much to the content of those vehicles. the 75% overall content requirement is up from 62.5% in nafta. that makes it 75% the highest percentage of any trade agreement we have. and it means more jobs, more jobs in the united states in particular, fewer imports, and fewer imports from countries like china, countries like german

>> i think there is a lot going on in the united states.ent, and he was one of the later candidates to come on in impeachment, and democrats are looking for people who are true to their values. i am assuming here. so he has always been kind of the like the middle of the road, try and be more of the obama message that is more of the unity. i have thought that what is interesting is the actual iowa/cnn poll done on impeachment where 51% of the independents thought that impeachment wasn't, and that they were not ready to impeach the president, and those are the things that you to watch for in terms of the general race, but right now, still in the democratic primary race and you can see the people pushing for more of the progressive or the democrat platforms doing better in the polls. >> what did you make of tom steyer's argument that he is on the debate stage not because of the money and the fact that he is really glutting the air waves in some of the states because of ads, but because he has organizers and grass roots? >> money helps. without

as the united states senator, and as a voter and citizen.have learned not to simply take the federal government's word at face value. look, we were lied to about weapons of mass destruction in iraq, and we were lied to for a couple of decades about what is happening in afghanistan and lied to about a lot of things, but it is not to say that the government is always lying or that the people who are running it are inherently evil, but they are human and these things happen, so it is important to ask these questions to make sure that we know the details. insofar as we are dealing with the inherent sense of the article ii commander in chief power enjoyed by the president and the article i section 8 war power on the other hand of congress says that members of congress should be apprised of the information underlying a particular decision. >> senator mike lee of utah, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> and senator cory booker says that my next guest bought his way on the debate stage, and businessman and presidential democratic candidate t

general of the state of california, javier, state board of equalization, state of california, cohen, treasurer, state of california, assemblymember, state of california, our state of california, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] we work with some of the public, finest public safety partners in any jurisdiction in the entire country. our public safety partners, chief of police, san francisco police department william scott. san francisco fire department, fire chief, jeanine nicholson. chief of the probation department, city and county of san francisco, karen fletcher. we are truly honored here today to have someone that we work very closely with and are fortunate to have that opportunity, sheriff of the san mateo county. [applause] and his undersheriff. [applause] city and county of san francisco has some of the finest public servants in any jurisdiction in california if not the entire country. our city administrator, naomi kelly. san francisco public utilities commission general manager, harlan kelly. and i really enjoy working with our department of public works director, mohammed nu

so that was the thinking well think again after a radical change of administrations in the united states the tearing up of the nuclear deal with iran and the assassination of one of iran's top generals are all bets off and does anyone know where we're heading fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions valley nasser is professor of middle east studies at johns hopkins university and author of the shia revival which foresaw much of the tension in iraq that we're witnessing today michele dunne is director of the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former u.s. diplomat in cairo in jerusalem and matthew broderick he is a senior fellow at the gold institute for international strategy here in washington d.c. thank you all so much for being with us on this important topic matthew let me start with you i am interested in whether or not the course we're on today in the middle east is one that makes sense are we on the verge of war with iran well 1st of all everything fits under the umbrella of preventing iran from ge

from the state house. at the beginning of a speech members of a group called distinction rebellion began a protest of a climate change, causing the legislative session to go into recess. so police could remove the protesters., >> mister president, madam speaker, chief justice, members of the general assembly, honored guests and fellow vermont people, today i welcome the opening of the legislative session, with the same optimism i had as a freshman senator from washington, nearly two decades ago. i come before you to report on the state of the state, the reflection on the work we've done, a share of asian and priorities for a future. and elected, officials is our duty to distinguish what must be done, from what we might like to do,. to work together, polling in the same direction, and make a difference for those we serve. we meet at a time in our nation's history were too many elected officials on both sides, are choosing confrontation and partisan politics, over collaboration me. enter we are here for the

i'm going to want to come to iowa state university, the land grant college in this state, and sit down and say, these are the problems, we know these are the problems, now we're going to have to answer these questions in a real way, in real time. i promise i will do that. but i believe, and i wasn't kidding, when you asked, how are we going to change our -- how are we going to use rural america to help solve the climate problem. this is exactly what you're talking about. you may well be right, joseph. my daughter probably has a strong opinion. i'm sure my wife has a very strong opinion. but i don't know enough and i would hesitate at any time to come in and order on the first day. would i come on the first day to sit down and figure out the problem together? i promise i will. keith was asking me do i promise i'll have a climate czar. yes. will we score things on climate. we have to. will we come here to this university to solve the problem? you have my word on it. [ applause ] >> folks, this is going to be the last question. >> hi, tom. my name is kevin. i appreciate what you said earl

the united states has an important role to play. still. and since 2003, it has been a major player in iraq. iran is a geographic and demographic reality, 1400 kilometers of border, and thousands of years of history, more in recent history, that was very checkered in a way, war, and peace, and alliance, so iraqis are an uncomfortable position here. iraq also has received this development in the worst possible times. as i said elsewhere, there is no good time for a crisis. but this crisis came at an even worse time. iraq has been divided more than what it has suffered in the past. with the protests that we're looking for reform, and these protests that cost 500 or more casualties, that is, on about 20,000 injured people among the protesters, and the government resigned because of that, the first time we've seen a resignation of a government since 2003, and a political leadership that doesn't even know how to handle the internal politics, and until now, they passed a constitutional mandate, and they still cannot figure out how to replace the

secretary of state as well but the united states has a very different idea we also heard the u.s. secretary of state speaking to his canadian counterpart and talking about an expanded nato role here in iraq as well something an organization which has president has criticized in the past but now wants to get involved in iraq so it is going to be a very few interesting few hours because the iraqi parliament is supposed to meet on saturday morning it is not expected and it's not on the agenda for it to discuss the u.s. forces withdraw all as was suggested by many others it is going to be discussing domestic politics but the iraqi parliament again if you remember is very divided the vote that was for the u.s. forces to leave was only from the. our lawmakers the sunnis and the kurds were not there and we will be watching what they say about these latest developments where the narratives coming from their prime minister and the u.s. state department is very different and some of the been precious set once more in baghdad what more can you tell us about those well thousands of people too

was to accept the united states the standards on certain things that the e.u. deal would be off the table as it stands the u.k. leaves the european union by at midnight brussels time on friday of this week they will then enter into a transition period which at the moment is set to run until the 1st of january 2021 but that's on the proviso that they get a deal done and at the moment world that seeming hopeful at best that a deal would be done in time and it may well fall to that transition period being extended if you think that breaks it is done and dusted all be over on friday no chance. now france is in the grip of another week of protests against the government planned pension reforms civil servant and trade unions are back on the streets of paris this wednesday and it comes just a day after the capital was rocked by scenes of violence between the police and protesting firefighters so different he picks up this story. this protest being run by a number of unions again against the pension reform while the public transport strikes have pretty much come to an

so in many of these states, the only state where there is a ban on federal and state coordination is colorado, right, because of amendment 27, so in many of these states we will be able to look at robust, like robustly coordinated ways, stronger coordinated campaign, the presidential campaign, to think about where we should have door knocking happen. and there are economies of scale if you think about it with turning out democratic voters from state to state, that is something that is really important. so if you think about doing social pressure ads, like to talk to voters about making a plan to vote, if that is already being funded, across the state, it is very easy for us to say hey, can we add that on in our target. so it decreases the cost of get out and vote. in many state, in states like minnesota and iowa and michigan, historically the coordinated campaign, and what has happened last cycle in north carolina, the coordinated campaign fully integrates with the state legislative caucus work and they think about, as they work statewide, how do we bring the presidency and also tryi