and for more on this we are now joined by james buchanan he's a political scientist at the mahidol university in bangkok james thanks for being here you took part in today's protests the 4th day in a row how was the mood. sorry just let me say it didn't take part in. the protest just just to be absolutely clear on that. yes how would you describe it as the mood generally. the mood was very angry very energetic which is what we've seen not only today but in the previous protests also. and. but also. at the same time kind of quite. a level headed because there was a call for the protesters to try to wrap up early to avoid any confrontations with police. protest leaders and other people online asked protesters to try to leave by 8 pm to avoid clashes with police and overwhelmingly the protesters did do that so the protests indeed quite early tonight and indeed without incident. yes all eyes are saying that the police as heavy headed was that because they concerned with the protesters before certainly kind of deescalation other part of the authorities why would you have allies the situation. well

way out is the time to rush out and hina and to push forward democratic reform let's bring in james buchananho's a visiting lecturer at my his old university international college he's joining us from bangkok thanks for your time with us on the news hour why do you think protesters james buchanan why do you think protesters in hong kong and thailand have formed this unlikely alliance. i think because as you said in the introduction that they see a lot of parallels between the 2 struggles. are essentially struggles for a representative democracy and both movements are also used late movements so it's kind of. a shared identity there between the young quick answers any differences between them. sorry are there any differences between them what we were outlined the similarities but what makes them stand apart i mean i think the political context are very different in hong kong and thailand move more broadly so that would be different. in terms of the protesters ringback. you mentioned that they can communicating online stuff so language there had been some language difficulties to overcome whic

protests kept on going well the protest movement in thailand is finding support in hong kong james buchanan is a visiting lecturer at my door university international college he explains some of the reasons behind the move towards solidarity. at the see a lot of parallels between the 2 struggles on boards are essentially struggles for representative democracy and both movements are also used late movements so just kind of. a shared identity there between the young protesters i think the political context are very different in hong kong and thailand move more broadly so that would be different in terms of the protesters. you mentioned that they've been communicating online stuff so language they're having some language difficulties to overcome which has been interesting because. cars display was some people think don't always speak perfect english and sometimes are quite shy about your english so but that is all been part of the part of the fun and has actually helped to build the solidarity trying to overcome these barriers think it already has even the origins of the multi-line would start

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he said that no one has the right to grade a president, not even poor james buchanan who has not satchair. >> they are dying, that's true. and you -- it is what it is. but that doesn't mean we are not doingth tha werontrol as mus i. this is a -- >> this is how donald trump would like to judge his response to covid-19. >> in the modern presidency however, buck stopping has been redefined in a way that is much less sympathetic. it has come to mean that a president is fully accountable for the outcome of events no matter how difficult they are. advocates for this stricter standard of excellence say, it's necessaries because the spector of harsh judgment focuses the mind of the president and the staff. don't make excuses, just get results. it's a tough standard. to make the right call and the fix is why they get to sit as ot it to me. so voters have a choice, sympathetic or strict standard, whether re-election is a troph participat you the news continues, follow us online, any time at cbs news.com. reporting from los angeles. >>> monday, october 12, 2020. this is cbs morning news. campai

and it came down that, people usually show up in the basement and those polls are james buchanan and andrew johnson. the one failed to prevent the coming of the civil war. and the other, andrew johnson, did a bad job of administering reconstruction at the end of the civil war. no surprise, to date, the civil war is the biggest trauma in american history. so those are the two usual inhabitants of the basement, but , the finalle -- poll two candidates for worst president ever reflecting i'm sure the moment we all were living in, were george w bush and richard nixon. they would not have been necessarily my candidates, but that's came up the end. and then there was a vote taken. and by a pretty large majority, richard nixon won. [laughter] if that is the right word. why? because he had done the most damage to our political culture. for reasons not unrelated to what i was just talking about earlier in this hour, that he undermined confidence in the authority, legitimacy, and honesty of a major political institution, the presidency of the united states. and the vietnam war, over which he a

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kennedy said no one has the right to grade a president, not even a poor james buchanan, who has not sateverything we can. it is under control as much as we can control it. >> this is how donald trump would like people to judge his response to covid-19. in the modern era, buck-stopping has been redefined. it has come to mean that a president is fully accountable for the outcome of events, no matter how difficult they are. advocates for this stricter standard of excellence say it is necessary because the spector of harsh judgment focuses the mind of the president and his staff. don't make excuses; just get results. it is a tough standard, but it is the only kind of standard for an office where no decision is ever easy. to make the right call in a fix is why they get to sit in the chair, as one general put to me. so voters have a choice: a sympathetic or strict standard. whether re-election is an award for excellence or merely a trophy for participation. joint pain, swelling, tenderness. my psoriasis. cosentyx works on all of this. cosentyx treats the multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthrit