a focused now on the political turmoil in south korea and to do that we are joined by celeste arrington. she serves as director for the institute of korean studies at the school. explain what we saw on tuesday in south korea leading up to the surprise and short-lived declaration of martial law. guest: good morning and thank you for having me. so, because of the time difference we got to watch what unfolded in korea in the middle of the night in the middle of the day here in washington. basically the president of south korea, yoon suk yeol, called a surprise emergency press conference without notifying many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party. at the press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president

a focusee political turmoil in south korea and to do that we are joined by celeste arrington. she serves as director for the institute of korean studies at the school. explain what we saw on tuesday in south korea leading up to the surprise and short-lived declaration of martial law. guest: good morning and thank you for having me. so, because of the time difference we got to watch what unfolded in korea in the middle of the night in the middle of the day here in washington. basically the president of south korea, yoon suk yeol, called a surprise emergency press conference without notifying many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party. at the press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president

celeste arrington with us for the next and 50 minutes. phone lines as usual, 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 republicans. independence 202-748-8002. we'll also look for your text and tweets pic is one of them for you. asking how does this incident of declared martial law reflect on the health of south korea's democratic institutions and what implications might have it for political polarization going forward? >> guest: this is an extreme symptom of political polarization in south korea. it's a deeply historically rooted polarization that tends to be sort of a division of us versus them, rather than tolerating the opposition and trying to work together towards a compromise, which is essential in democracy. it's really about destroying the other side. i think both the conservative party and the opposition party, which controls the national assembly, there is some blame here in terms of escalating the level of vitriol and rhetoric and accusation against each other to a point where basic governance has grown really difficult in south kor

conference rooms of varying sizes bore the of marianne all the dorothy bell glenda, avik and duane arrington. while larger meetings were slated for the sara tyree boardroom in the farthest corner of the facility home to the nation's largest commercial food service by joe digester, transforming all of the kitchens, food scraps into greywater and some truly staggering of encrusted pots and pans was the john center dish room. in the moment when he approved the decision to name the functional heart of the new kitchen after center curtain was still typing away in his tired old office at the main kitchen, not quite sure of what lurked in his ceiling tiles. he waved in center who as usual, was just on the other side of curtains only window which looked onto the dish room saying that window was regularly covered in dripping suds noisily up by center in his endless pans. curtain of the plan, and asked his permission to order the vinyl sign bearing his name then his eyes welled with tears, remembers curtain and he embraced his ceo with the massive wingspan of his six foot three inch frame, then thinne

conference rooms of varying sizes bore the of marianne all the dorothy bell glenda, avik and duane arrington. while larger meetings were slated for the sara tyree boardroom in the farthest corner of the facility home to the nation's largest commercial food service by joe digester, transforming all of the kitchens, food scraps into greywater and some truly staggering of encrusted pots and pans was the john center dish room. in the moment when he approved the decision to name the functional heart of the new kitchen after center curtain was still typing away in his tired old office at the main kitchen, not quite sure of what lurked in his ceiling tiles. he waved in center who as usual, was just on the other side of curtains only window which looked onto the dish room saying that window was regularly covered in dripping suds noisily up by center in his endless pans. curtain of the plan, and asked his permission to order the vinyl sign bearing his name then his eyes welled with tears, remembers curtain and he embraced his ceo with the massive wingspan of his six foot three inch frame, then thinne

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achieve when we work together and on the budget committee this year working along side chairman arrington, we have had unprecedented support from the minority party to make sure we can achieve bipartisan reforms. this bill is further evidence of that. for real bipartisan collaboration, we found a solution. that's why every single member of the budget committee, all 32 of us voted to advance the scrasm utah's bill. i thank mr. moore for introducing this bill. i thank my republican colleagues for working with us. and i would like to thank my democratic colleague, tom suozzi for his contributions to this effort. i urge all of my colleagues to support the bill. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the alreserves. the gentleman from utah is recognized. ms. moore: i include letters of support from various organizations and individuals as part of the bill and these include the economic policy innovation center and national taxpayer union foundation the speaker pro tempore: without objection ms. moore: i have no more speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman res

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professor arrington is with us for the next 10 to 15 minutes. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. we will also look for your texts and tweets. here is one of them for you. this is juing "how did ncident of declaring martial law reflect on the health of south korea' democratic institutions, and what implications might it have for political polarization going forward?" guest: this is an extreme symptom of political polarization in south korea and a deeply historically rooted polarization that tends to be sort of a division of us versus them rather than tolerating the opposition and trying to work together towards a compromise, which is essential in democracy. it is really about destroying the other side. and i think both the conservative party and the opposition party, which controls the national assembly, there is some blame in terms of escalating the level of vitriol and rhetoric and accusation against each other to a point where basic governance has grown difficult in south korea. that might be in the -- expressed in the frustration of