that's laura's certain in washington, former head of the national democratic institute in georgia ——liyev has told state television that the passenger plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, was shot at from the ground in russian territory. but he said it was not intentional. the russian leader vladimir putin has spoken to mr aliyev and apologised for what he called a "tragic incident" in russian airspace, but he didn't admit responsibility. president aliyev mentioned the apology he received but said russia has covered up what happened. for analysis of president aliyev�*s comment, i spoke to the editor of bbc azerbaijani service, konul khalilova. very strong words from president aliyev and very interesting language he chose to use, yeah. he said it was clear that the russian side wanted to cover up the issue. he said azerbaijan heard only absurd versions from russia for the first three days of the crash. he was referring to the versions by the russians about the plane crashed because of bird flock or some explosion inside the plane. president aliyev called this dishonest

nations whose formation began in ancient times. let's speak to laura thornton in washington who is the senior director of global democracy programmes at the mccain institute and the former head of the national democratic is the latest manifestation i suppose of the battle that is tearing georgia apart for its future direction, should it be more within the orbit of russia, should be more within the orbit of the european union. within the orbit of the euro ean union. ., . , european union. yeah, that is the key question. _ european union. yeah, that is the key question. and - european union. yeah, that is the key question. and i - european union. yeah, that is the key question. and i am i european union. yeah, that is| the key question. and i am not sure for a pivot point right here with this new presidency. obviously, as president salome zourabichvili quite clearly, she has a popular mandate. she has the legitimacy of the public, georgians voted for her. while in contrast, mikheil kavelashvili, he has been appointed by one political party and sworn in in a parliament with an isolated party without any public support, without any public participation and diplomats not present. the contrast between these

nations whose formation began in ancient times. i spoke earlier to laura thornton in washington who is the senior director of global democracy programmes at the mccain institute, and the former head of the national democraticng at the wider picture, iasked her whether it is a battle for georgia's future direction. that is the key question, and i'm not sure if we're at a pivot point right here with this new presidency. obviously, as president zurabishvili said, quite clearly, she has a popular mandate. she has the legitimacy of the public. georgians voted for her, while in contrast, kavelashvili, he has been appointed only by one political party and sworn in in a parliament with an isolated party, without any public support, without any public participation and diplomats not present. so the contrast between these two presidents is quite clear. so what happens next? i mean, we've seen these largely peaceful protests, but are there fears that georgia could once again slide into violence, do you think? i mean, of course we hope it will not slide into violence, but it already has been a very violent period. these police forces and people associated with georgian dream have been torturing their own people. there

democratic mission res, actively brain washing our society today. a well no, they are the national endowment for democracy. the soros fund, the national democratic institute, and many others for many decades across the globe, soros has been getting himself into trouble with governments that value their sovereignty. mister soros is up for rich hope in the person sitting in new york post still thinks that his views should determine how the entire world works. he actually thinks that, i mean, doesn't matter. a doctor, visit a country, a 1400000000 people been almost a who, who's with us? decide how the country sugar. because they know all to well where the open society foundation goes. chaos is left in its way away from source. now may to edit you for the sounding the alarm about the new being and of a trusted deal for russian gas supplies. currently being sent through craig into the you. additive process in europe and europe are expected to skyrocket unless a new agreement is reached. the are to contribute to the rate to a mass and picks up this jury from their so the energy industry in the central european countries that still haven't been over at lee, dep

democratic mission res, actively brain washing our society today. a will know they are the national endowment for democracy, the soros fund, the national democratic institute, and many others. for many decades across the globe, soros has been getting himself into trouble with governments that value their sovereignty. mister soros is up for rich hope in the person sitting in new york hospital tank. stop. his wheels should determine the holiday and i was, looks the actually tanks that i'm in. doesn't matter that this is a country, a 1400000000 people. we have almost a who, who's with us, the type how the country shall grow because they know all to well where the open society foundation goes, chaos is left and its way and to the middle east. now as the eas, will's military habits hands full of cottage, i believe 9 people had been killed in yemen after the latest idea of strikes. how about the nation? according to local authorities, the footage speculating online shows logic solutions and plumes of smoke rising into the night sky of so not that local report, se, but some of the strikes targeted the main power stations in the nation's capital city of the a top.

democratic mission res, actively brain washing our society today. a well no, they are the national endowment for democracy. the soros fund, the national democratic institute, and many others for many decades across the globe, soros has been getting himself into trouble with governments that value their sovereignty. mister soros is of a fold rich up in the person sitting in new york postal tanks, thought his wheels should determine how the entire world works. he actually thinks that i'm in doesn't matter that this is a country, a 1400000000 people with almost a who, who's with us, decide how the country sugar because they know all to well where the open society foundation goes, chaos is left in its wake now the assassination of the head of russia's nuclear, chemical and biological defense forces, generally ego care, love has crossed the line of the rules of warfare. that's according to the incoming trump administration, special envoy for russia, and ukraine general. is this the killing of this general? is that a setback for peace talks? they are story. thanks for having me. i don't think it's really a set back, but i, i would say this. there are rules of w

that's raising concerns over the stability, the nation's democratic institutions. authorities say they suspect austin nicholas hawk report cards from the raging to the halls of power firefighters, attempt to save light beer as capital building. the dose, the joint chamber where just days ago heated debates between the majority in the opposition consume the room. the local tv reporter describes the st. faulty. this is as dreamless carrie was covered up building this on file folks. the entire building has been what type of file does a strange art does, is change. while i view real in the wilderness, lawmakers unable to vote the country's budget watch powerless. the flame destroy the nation's congress in space. and some of the light, bare as historic archives gone in a matter of seconds, the police investigators suspect an act of sabotaging visiting the scene. the nations the president believes the fire is politically motivated to divide the country. we're not, we're not going to settle, but there's, there's another place. hopefully that's the plates are responsible. people that are savvy

one take away is the strength and resilience of korea's democratic institutions and its civil society, but the nationkorea may have dodged a bullet, but i'm afraid that president yoon may have shot himself in the foot. sumi: tell us more about what you think is behind president yoon's decision, because we've heard him mention described north korean communist forces and blaming the opposition. what exactly does this say? daniel: i thought in reference to the threat from north korea and north korean activists, communist forces, forcing to take the decision and martial law decree was pretty far-fetched, but you can be often certain that now north korea is in fact licking his chops that is going to take advantage of any and all political instability of turmoil in the south. could he have imagined that this could be a catalyst? low support rates among the public but absolute gridlock, a scorched-earth policy by the opposition, and the legislature was unable to get the budget passed, was unable to get anywhere and fix the initiative against him and against many people in the administration after another. n

nations. so, daron, when you're doing about the importance of democratic institutions, what institutions are youalking about? the label that simonjim and i use is institutions that distribute political power and economic power and opportunity broadly in society and that requires political institutions that provide voice to people so they can participate, their views are expressed and also constrains on the exercise of that power. your talk about the checks and balances we see set down in constitutions like an independent legislature, a free judiciary, freedom of speech with the media being able to operate. absolutely, but that is not enough. partly because what you write in a constitution is not going to get enforced unless there is a genuine empowerment of the people, so constitutions are sometimes changed just like shirts. and it doesn't mean anything unless it becomes enforced. but you have also seen countries prosper economically, which have been governed by fairly authoritarian governments, haven't you, often we talk about lee kuan yew in singapore, mahathir mohamad in malaysia, for instanc

corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> senate democrats, who will be in t minority next year, unanimously elected new leaders for the 119 congress. new york senatck schumer was elected senate democratic leader and chair of the fifth straight time and illinois senato durbin was reelected as a democratic w. minnesota senator buchar will serve as chair of the steeri policy committee, the number three leadership post, and new jersey senator cory booker will chair the strategic communications committee. >> are you a nonfiction book lovers looking for a new podcast? this holiday season, try listening to one of the many podcasts c-span has to offer. on "q&a," listen to interviews of authors writing books on history. "afterwords" brings together nonfiction authors for wide spreading conversations. we talk about the business of books for those about the publishing industry and nonfiction authors. find all of our podcasts by downloading there c-span now app or wherever you get your broadcast -- your podcasts. >> c-span's "washington journal," our li

years including recognizing the national assembly as the only democratically elected institution in venezuelase pressure on these regime led by a brutal dictator. as well as to try to work some of our allies and partners. the hard part is for all of those efforts which i support we obviously have not gotten the results that we need. one of the things i would really welcome doing if confirmed is to come and talk some of that through with you and with others on that committee. have an effective policy that can restore venezuela to democracy free and fair elections. heck we best advance that ball? there are some things we can look at with like-minded countries. maybe we need to look at how we more effectively target the sanctions that we have so that regime enablers really feel the pain if there's more we need to try to do in terms of assistance given the tremendous suffering of the venezuelan people, as well as helping some of that neighboring countries have borne the brunt of refugees from venezuela. i would welcome the opportunity to talk about that. >> every time we talk about issues like ve

democratic republic for the nation. >> the former president bent the institutions of democracy and law arguably to the breaking point.tutions yielded to his will. that was in the past 4-8 years. but he campaigned on revenge. revenge against his political opponents and an advancement of these very institutions of democracy and law who he'd told the american people had failed him and them. in my view, they elected him because they wanted done what he said he would do. and now he is going to do that and there is nothing that can stop him. >> i am a historian. i always make the point that the future is not written. we do not know what will happen. and with as many people still having a voice in our way of life, if not necessarily in our voting world, because in fact free and fair might be because there is voter suppression in a lot of places. this is a test of who we are, not just to our worst leaders are but who we are. do i believe we can do it? i believe we have to believe we can do it or we have guaranteed we cannot. >> on that note, thank you. ♪ amna: brian stevenson, the prominent lawyer and executive director of t

teddy roosevelt said that our nation would never be destroyed by, foreign enemies, but we could be our democratic institutions would be subverted by malefactors of great wealth who would erode them from within. abraham lincoln. during the civil is said to have said in 1863, during the height of the civil war. i have the banker i have the south in front of me and i have the bankers behind me and for my country i fear the bankers more and. and dwight eisenhower during his in his most famous speech, warned us of the domination by the military industrial complex and that ultimately, you know i was raised in a milieu where i was taught that capitalism leads to to cut to to democracy and that communism leads to dictatorship. it actually is more complicated than that on free market capitalism leads to democracy. but corporate crony capitalism leads ultimately to fascism. and, you know, communism is, the is the domination of of government by or god domination of business by government. fascism is the domination of of government by business, as mussolini said. fascism not be called fascism. it should be called because

democrats will continue to fight for every day, every week, every month, and every year. thank you, everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible

democrats will continue to fight for every day, every week, every month, and every year. thank you, everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> that was house democratic leadership giving reporters an update on government funding efforts. the house currently in recess. no votes are scheduled at this time. as house republicans consider their options to keep the government opened beyond friday at immediate knit. a previously negotiated spending agreement is essentially a none starter, for president-elect donald trump and elon musk called on republicans to reject that deal. we'll bring you more updates on this story as we learn more. we'll take you back live now to the freedom of information act discussion from earlier. live coverage here on c-span. >> many have levels that were equivalent to eating dozens of pieces of bacon. dozens of swhraoeuss of bacon at the maximum legal level. reporter: i didn't get my foia answered, because of all the publicity it generated all over the world, the f.d.a. decided to release the result exactly what i asked for w

nation and the military like many other american institutions, was segregated. throughout the war, reformers worked to end racial discrimination. the military, with congress largely controlled by powerful southern democrats, who staunchly supported racial separation. fdr felt he could not broadly challenge military segregation. yet world war two, provided with opportunities to take action discrimination without having to go to congress and to create an environment in which minorities could advance in the military and the nation. during the war, blacks were admitted to the marine corps for the first time and the army corps ended its ban on black pilots with strong public support of first lady eleanor roosevelt. nearly 1000 black pilots were trained at alabama's tuskegee institute. many of the tuskegee airmen eventually served in combat in europe and north africa in the 99th pursuit squadron and none of the bombers escorted. the unit was ever lost to enemy fire. here, for the first time, -- aviation cadets were being groomed to fly war planes of a unit, which was then unit and performing the 99th research struck americans of mexican, latino and asian descent as well. native americans were also given an unp

teddy roosevelt said that our nation would never be destroyed by, foreign enemies, but we could be our democratic institutions would be subverted by malefactors of great wealth who would erode them from within. abraham lincoln. during the civil is said to have said in 1863, during the height of the civil war. i have the banker i have the south in front of me and i have the bankers behind me and for my country i fear the bankers more and. and dwight eisenhower during his in his most famous speech, warned us of the domination by the military industrial complex and that ultimately, you know i was raised in a milieu where i was taught that capitalism leads to to cut to to democracy and that communism leads to dictatorship. it actually is more complicated than that on free market capitalism leads to democracy. but corporate crony capitalism leads ultimately to fascism. and, you know, communism is, the is the domination of of government by or god domination of business by government. fascism is the domination of of government by business, as mussolini said. fascism not be called fascism. it should be called because

institution. that was one of richard nixon's many criminal ideas as president of the united states. that criminal conspiracy was not carried out, but another nixon team break-in to the democratic national headquarters eventually drove richard nixon from office forcing him to resign the presidency when his involvement in that criminal conspiracy was exposed. a year after the president who wanted to break into the brookings institution was forced out of office the heritage foundation was created in washington as an attempted republican counterbalance of sorts to the brookings institution, but you cannot balance nonpartisan evidence- based scholarship with partisan republican-based pamphleteering. so to this day, the brookings institution is the center of serious policy scholarship in washington, d.c. and so it was to the brookings institution that president biden went today to describe his domestic social policy achievements and what to expect from those policies for many years to come. the president was welcomed by glenn hutchins. >> brookings is committed to nonpartisan scholarship. our work is grounded in the proposition that sound policy starts with facts, thoroughly analyzed, rigoro

democrats swept five. and all they lost in pennsylvania. that doesn't sound to me like we need complete makeover. thanks everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> today the house members are considering the final version of the 2025 defense programs and policy bill which totals $884 billion than cleudz 14 1/2 pay increase for junior enlisted and improved housing. adam smith opposes the bill over a provision that bans transgender care for children. a final vote has been set for 4:00 p.m. and government is facing a government-funding deadline and must pass legislation by december 20 to avert a shutdown. watch live coverage of the house when members return. we are planning to bring you today's pentagon briefing and live for you when it gets underway here on c-span. >> earlier today, secretary of state blinken testified on the u.s. withdrawal before the house foreign affairs committee. they voted along party lines. watch the hearing tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. c-span our fro mobile video app or online at c-span. org. >> the house will be in order. >> this year c

national institute of health director and assistant attorney general for civil rights. and i totally get it done . now discuss these developments was to experts from india itself. relative of the democratic party or the democrats have been in our relationship between the media and the democrats. hasn't been that small. it hasn't been bad from that has been the cops and band has the problems. we had difficulties, problems during the time of obama can finish the session. we did this problem during that time of joe biden, administration, also, and also the time of the complaint. now the problem alex here is more in relation to how the democrats, they view the demo scripts have all the risk strides to view in. yeah, through the eyes, the bomb through the eyes of china. and that is something which has been on time. the pawn for us to move the relationship in the past. we have seen that's grand, you know, like i mean, blah, blah, blah, blah, 7, part of all the expansion, leaving job items danielle and live down the time the sauce. and the con the bell, which united states of america has given to practice on that was something as well . i'll don't go be any plus the floss dot india. so it's qui

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democratic institution. in the caribbean and central america, 16 of 24 countries have freely elected governments and in the unite nations, eight of the nation says that have joined that body in the past five years are democracies. in the communist world, as well. man's instinctive desire for freedom and self-determination surfaces again and again. to be sure, the grim reminders of how brutally the police state attempts to snuff out this quest for self rule, 1953 in east germany, 1956 in hungary, 1968 in czechoslovakia, 1981 in poland, but the struggle continues in poland, and we know that there are even those who strive and suffer for freedom within the confines of the soviet union itself. how we conduct ourselves here in the western democracies will determine whether this trend continues. no democrat see is not a fragile flower. still, it needs cultivating. if the rest of this century is to witness the gradual growth of freedom and democratic ideals, we must take aks to assist the campaign for democracy. >> and then reagan described what were relatively modest steps to promote demeanor democracy, it led to the national

gavels] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> republicans, democratsnd independents from both chambers. they will discuss their careers, key legislative achievements, the state of congress and american politics and their farewell speeches. monday, we will hear from west virginia independent senator joe manchin and maryland democratic senator ben cardin. tuesday california democratic congresswoman and washington republican congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers. wednesday, north carolina republican congressman patrick mchenry, michigan democratic congressman dan kilby and or gone democratic congressman. thursday michigan democratic senator debbie stabenow and pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey. friday delaware democrat senator john carper and california democratic senate woman grace napolitano. watch our interviews with departing members discussing their careers in congress next week starting at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> in an earlier conversation in the series, evan thomas discussed

national institutes of health director and assistant attorney general for civil rights. my colleague, you know, now discuss these developments with to experts from india itself. the rest of the body of the democrats have been the relationship between the india and the democrats. hasn't been bab, small, it hasn't been strong. that has sleeping cops and ben has the problems. we had different paves problems during the time of the full bottom. i can finish the station. we did this problem during that time of job by the man to registration also and also the time of the complaint. now the problem i'll tier is more in relation to how the democrats, they view, the democrats have all the risk strides to view in the, through the eyes of the boxes on to the eyes of china. and that is something which has been on timed all that upon a lot of other smooth relationship. okay. and in the past, we have seen that to grand uh, you know, like coming for blah, blah, blah, 7 are on the fall, the expensive eventual items. danny, on like uh, the condo sauce, and the gone dog l, which united states of america has given 2 boxes on that, plus some things as well. also go be any plus the cost of india. oh, so it's quite a b

teddy roosevelt said our nation would never be destroyed by foreign enemies but we could be, our democratic institutionsould be supported by manufacturers of great wealth would erode them from within . abraham lincoln during the civil war is said to have said in 1863 during the height of the civil war i have the banker, i have the south in front of me and the bankers behind me . and for my country i fear the bankers more and dwight eisenhower during his most famous speech warned us of the domination by the military-industrial complex and that ultimately i was raised in a mill you where i was taught capitalism leads to democracy. and that communism leads to dictatorship what it actually is more complicated than that . free-market capitalism definitely leads to democracy but corporate crony capitalism leads ultimately to fascism and communism is the domination of governments by or domination of business by ofgovernment. fascism is the domination of government by business as mussolini said fascism should not be called fascism, it should be called corporatism because it's the merger of state and corporate i

democratic institutions and norms. according to the office of the director of national intelligence, china is expanding its covert influencend aims to tsao doubts about the u.s. leadership and undermine democracy include big interfering in our elections. the f.b.i. director has stated that the c.c.p. poses a broad and unrelenting threat to the united states' critical infrastructure. h.r. 9668 would require the department of homeland security to establish a working group to coordinate its efforts to address threats that the c.c.p. poses to the homeland. the working group would evaluate threats posed by the c.c.p., identify d.h.s., what d.h.s. is doing to address these threats, identify what more could be done to address these threats and then facilitate coordination across d.h.s. to holistically address the threats from the c.c.p. by supporting this bill, congress can ensure that d.h.s. has a strong and unified response to the chinese communist party provocation and aggression. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. green

democrats, not the republicans, silencing people they disagree with. that same person is indicated if confirmed, he will likely fire 600 employees at the national institutes of health who don't agree with his vision. don't forget, transverse buddy, billionaire elon musk, the owner of x in charge of the so- called department of government efficiency, fancies himself as a free speech absolutist, he said earlier this year in social media on his social media platform, without free- speech, all is lost. guess what, during his tenure as the owner of x, the company suspended the accounts of journalists critical of him or the public and allies like vice president-elect j.d. vance. despite never been elected by anyone, musk threatening senate republicans with primary challenger backed by him if they don't fall in line and support trump's nominees. trump allies like patel, rfk, and musk gave trump dissidence, fall in line and/or face the consequences all in service of their fearless leader donald trump, a man who is called for the jailing of anyone who desecrate the american flag, someone that threatened to go after the broadcast licenses of outlets over coverage h

institute of politics and public service. previously, mo was a comedic agents directed at the democratic national committee and involved in presidentialal campaigns. he is currently a fox news contributor and in 1994 graduate of georgetown university. ladies and gentlemen, the nights conversation brought to you by gu politics, cosponsored by the jewish and university college republicans is entitled the space of the disunion. fellow lawyers, please welcome mo elleithee and my senator marco rubio. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everybody here elli, thank you for the wonderful introduction. and martin, thank you. although i will say i'm a little frazzled by the notion in remarks that he knew he would disagree with me but i'm going to let that slide. senator, thank you for being here tonight. as elli said it used to be the committee case instructor. >> what? >> you need to go? i was in the run-up in the early stages of 2016 campaign. my shop response and for a lot of press releases about you. but i will say this. [inaudible] >> no kidding. one of the things i don't think of it was a public dispute of one republicans dish as mos

democratic attorneys general and other states across the nation, new york attorney general letitia james, others in nevada, illinois, delaware, connecticut, teaming up and preparing. we all have expertise and institutionaloying our expertise and talent as most effective is part of our game plan. there's a lot to do and we have a lot of members on our team to do it with. we're also working with advocates in various policy spaces from immigration to reproductive freedom, common sense gun safety, and working with them for best ideas, getting best thinking, best strategy, best litigation strategy. so we know what courts to file in and where it's best. and so we thought it down to the tee. >> california attorney general rob bonta, thank you very much for helping us understand this tonight. we look forward to having you back in the days and weeks ahead as i'm sure these battles take shape. thank you, sir. >> look forward to it, too. thanks for having me, rachel. >> all right. we'll be back. stay with us. rachel >> all right we'll be back. stay with us ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she c

democratic attorneys general in other states across the nation, new york attorney general letitia james, others in nevada, illinois, delaware, connecticut, teaming up preparing. we all have different expertise institutionalt effective is part of the game plan. there will be a lot to do and we have a lot of members on our team. we're working with advocates in various policy spaces from immigration to reproductive freedom, common sense gun safety and working with them for best ideas, getting best thinking, best strategy, best litigation strategy. so we know what courts to file in and where it's best. so we thought it down to the t. >> california attorney general rob bonta, thank you very much for helping us understand this tonight. we look forward to having you back in days and weeks ahead, as i'm sure these battles take shape. thank you, sir. >> look forward to it, too. thanks for having me, rachel. >>> we'll be right back. stay with us. games! ♪♪ dancing in the par... (high pitched sound) (high pitched sound) (high pitched sound) there he is. wherever i go they always ask “where's waldo?” (high pitched sound) ah, you found me. never “who's waldo?” sometimes it takes someone who really knows you to make y

democratic attorneys general of other states across the nation, new york attorney general letitia james, others in nevada, illinois, delaware, connecticut, teaming up, preparing. and we all have different expertise, institutionalr expertise and our talent as is most effective is part of the game plan. there will be a lot to do, and we have a lot of members on our team to do it with. we are also working with advocates in various policy spaces, from immigration to reproductive freedom, common sense gun safety, and working with them for best ideas, getting the sinking, the strategy, best litigation strategy, so we know what courts to file an end where it is best, and so we have thought it. >> california attorney general rob, thank you so much for helping us understand this tonight, we look forward to having you back in days and weeks ahead, as i'm sure these battles take shape. thank you, sir. let's look forward to it, too, thanks for having me, rachel. >> we will be right back, stay with us. , stay with us. nge so you can lose the weight and keep it off. and it starts at just $149. noom. the smart way to lose weight. (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) start your day with nature made. and try new zero sugar gummies. oh, my leaffilte

democrats are more likely to reduce family time over politics from the public religion research institute that conducted the survey. what about this? do you think that politics has become too nationallease after another, identify with this team or that team? >> i do. i think that we've let identity politics interfere with our relationships with our better angels, really. we've let what we follow as a party define us and i don't think these blanket statements are helpful to us as we celebrate christmas today, i think about humanity and does this really serve our better purpose to be so divisive and view somebody through the lens if they are democrat or republican i can't talk to them. our dialogue as we move forward to try to come up with solutions for the real problems we have in this country. we can't do so if we continue to silo ourselves or refuse to work or communicate with someone who has opposing views as us. i think back to my former boss would say, you can disagree without being disagreeable and it feels like a basic tenet we've lost that we need to get back to and celebrating the holidays, it is important that we stop with this identity politics and remember that at the en

national institutes of health, pell grants, headstart, fbi, federal prisons. are you -- is it your understanding you will votes on the stuff? i imagine those will not be difficult votes for the democratic caucus? >> i mean, elon musk knows about tweeting and spending other people's money. he doesn't know anything about government. when you ask whether we can expect to have votes on this, i don't think elon musk even knows what that means. i don't think he could explain that to you. if they bring us votes to try to's slash veterans health care, you are going to have united democratic caucus against that. a tiny margin for republicans were those republicans will have to choose whether to go along with the crazy elon musk/ trump plan to cut health care and suffer the political consequences, which i think would be a wipeout on the republican majority, or we might have a moment on our hands like when trump tried to get rid of the affordable care act where republicans either, out of conviction or political expediency, decided to take the whole thing. i think what will be required is a progressive caucus i was just now elected to chair, too quickly come out in front and say we cannot lose a s

democrats on the panel rejected in a release of their own. the dueling reports came days after president-elect donald trump tapped stanford university professor jay bhattacharya to a head the national institutesitic of covid lockdowns. bhattacharya has called them the single biggest public health mistake. we're back with dan henninger, bill mcgurn and "wall street journal" columnist allysia finley. this is quite a story of vindication for bat -- bhattacharya, isn't it? he was reviled by officials in, during the pandemic for disagreeing with them. what did he fight them on? >> well, i think, first and foremost, he fought back against the lockdowns. this was early on. he was one of the first people in march 2020 who came out against it. in fact, he did a study at stanford that the virus was actually much more prevalent than they thought at the time and that most young people weren't getting severely ill. and even his stanford colleagues actually denounced him for this study, but he continued to push back against the lockdowns and, actually, his great barrington declaration in if october of 2020 along with a harvard and oxford scientists, declared that we should focus on protecting the most vuln

nation of georgia. the citizens of which went to the polls recently and voted to elect their own leadership. it's time to impose heavy sanctions on the individuals and institutions now trying to thwart the democratic will of the people of the republic of georgia. and now is the time to act. this is december 2024. we need to act now while the people of georgia are taking to the freezing streets and towns. and elsewhere to exercise their right to protest. here's what happened and it's such a familiar story, mr. president. the georgia people recently went to the polls as really is the right of all mankind, according to our declaration of independence. and the georgian people rejected the georgian dream party which is really more and more becoming an arm of vladimir putin's russian dictatorship. the georgian people when they voted rejected bah z -- the pro-russia oligarch behind the party. this is similar to what other free voters have done and other -- in other countries around in that area. a decade or so ago in the republic of ukraine. and the recent romanian elections. it's happening also in moldova. the people there do not wish to be under the thumb of a reincarnation of the soviet union under vl

democrats, not the republicans, who were the ones silencing people they disagree with. now that same person is indicating that if confirmed, he will likely fire around 600 employees at the national institutes of health who don't agree with his vision. and don't forget, trump's first buddy, billionaire elon musk, the owner of x, who will be in charge of the so-called apartment of government efficiency fancies himself a free speech absolutist. musk said earlier this year on social media platform that without free speech, all is lost. but guess what? during his tenure as the owner of x, the company has suspended the accounts of journalists critical of him or his public and allies like vice president- elect jd vance. and that despite not being ever elected by anyone, muskets threatening senate republicans by a primary challenger backed by him if they don't fall in line. and support trump's nominees. trumps allies like patel, rfk, and must have given a clear warning to any potential dissidents. fall in line, and or face the consequences. all in-service of their fearless leader, donald trump. a man who has called for the jailing of anyone who desecrate the american flag. someone who has threaten