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also with me alex thomson, the national political correspondent for politico.en we talk about voovp picks in years past, at the end of this day, this is not going to make a major difference in the success of this ticket. do you think this year is any different? >> absolutely. if not for the three in one national crises that we're experiencing at this moment we can look at the pandemic, we can look at the recession, we can look at a national uprising around race as indication that this is a critical decision. more than any election cycle we've seen in our recent history. and we also are dealing with a prichlt, or assuming the democratic nominee who has not commitme committed to being a two-term president. it's a bit ironic that we hear perhaps one of those candidates might be too ambitious for president, although you would want someone to have confidence in their ability to do the job. but we are also dealing with a split in the democratic party. we're seeing essentially what this party will look like in the years to come as generations grow more progressive, as

alex thomson of independent television filed this report. reporter: this is belarus.he police ordered to teargas, stun grenade, and beat peaceful protesters off the streets across the country. several thousand arrests, one reported killed.y run overa police vehicle. which the authorities deny. after 26 years in power, this so-election duly delivered president alexander lukashenko yet another reality-defying victory. 80% of the vote. the man who says you have be born to be president, notel ted. eo praised hitler, who denied the covid pandemsted, says opposition protests will be crushed. >>fi if yot against the country, if you try to plunge the country into chaos and destabilise it, cien with minor dents, you will receive an instant response from me. this is my constitutional authority. so why bla me? reporter: the protesters are sheep, says the esident. manipulated by foreigners. but he offered no evidence. quick to congratulate him, two more presidents whose commitment to democracy isat best questionable -- russia's putin and china's xi. quick to condemn him, european

. >> woodruff: that was alex thomson of independent television news.ence filing that report, protestor in minsk died after an explosive device detonated in his hands as he was trying to throw it at police. signed a decree today to release the final batch of 400 taliban prisoners. the taliban demanded they be freed as a condition for long- awaited peace negotiations with the afghan government. the militant group said it's ready to re-start those talks in qatar within a week from the prisoners' release. and, stocks were mixed on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average soared 358 points to close at 27,791. the nasdaq fell 42 points and the s&p 500 added nine. still to come on the "newshour," the crackdown continues as hong kliong arrest the leader of a pro-democracy newspaper; alaska faces challon multiple fronts in its fight roagainst the virus; our politics monday team breaks down the federal response to covid-19 and the upcoming conventions plus much more. >> woodruff: china extended its cracown in hong kong today, arresting a prominent pro