you can see low— pressure from the atlantic.stem pushing into western parts of the country and on sunday and that continues its progression further east and many will see rain and the warm front heading east and the cold front following behind so this is a cold front producing weighing in southern and south—eastern parts of england, but it will be slow—moving through much of the day. a return to sunshine from the west but also heavy showers for parts of wales and the south west of england and be odd rumble of thunder. temperatures up to 20-22. rumble of thunder. temperatures up to 20—22. most of the heavy showers will move to into the new working wa ke will move to into the new working wake into monday morning, a few showers lingering for scotland. temperatures typically in the mid—teens so relatively mild. during monday we have high pressure trying to edge in, a ridge of high pressure for a time from the atlantic low— pressure for a time from the atlantic low—pressure clearing off towards the east but slow—moving heavy showers

hosted by the atlantic council, this is one hour. >> good morning everyone, and welcome to the atlantic council. my name is jim jones, i am the interim chairman of the atlantic council. i have been a big fan of the council for many years. i am honored to be here especially for this very great day. we are pleased to welcome the secretary of state for defense of the united kingdom, the honorable gavin williamson. welcome to washington. there is no secret in this room about the fact that the u.s., the u.k. relationship has for many years been the anchor of the transatlantic relationship. since world war ii. my own experience with the u.k. has more to do with the royal marines. i have had many great expeditions with around the world. we have a very tight relationship as does the navy, air force, and the army. long may it be that way. where more than allies, where -- we are friends. we think the same way and the threats that face us same way. these are crucial times that we live in the 21st century as announced itself as a messy century full of different centers of gravity big changes in wha

she's a distinguished fellow of the atlantic council and also a board director of the atlantic council. following that discussion, we will have an opportunity for you to engage with the state secretary, and this entire session will be on the record. you are encouraged to join the conversation on twitter, tweet using hashtag stronger with allies, and we are indeed stronger with allies. mr. secretary, we welcome you to the atlantic council and the floor is yours. >> thank you. [applause] >> well, it's an enormous privilege to be here today. i must begin by thanking the atlantic council for hosting this event. i'm always told that washington in august is not a way at its best so you must be hardened inhabitants of its great city. the reputation of the atlantic council preseeds it. -- precedes it. the list of famous alumni is a who's who of the great and good of washington. colin powell, a list that goes all the way back to the formation in 1961. in fact, you couldn't have formed a more timely moment. one year before the cuban missile crisis, history doesn't record what role the atlantic c

she is a distinguished fellow of the atlantic council and the war director of the atlantic council.ollowing that discussion, we will have an opportunity for you to engage with the state secretary, and this entire session will be on the record. you are encouraged to join the conversation on twitter and use #strongerwithallies. we welcome you to the atlantic council and the floor is yours. [applause] sec. williamson: it is an enormous privilege to be here today. i must begin by thanking the atlantic council for hosting this event. i am told that washington in august is not the way it is best. you must be more hardened inhabitants. the reputation of the atlantic council proceeds it. a list of famous alumni is a who's who of the great and good of washington. the natchez and -- d natchez and -- brent scowcroft, colin powell. a list that goes all the way back to the formation in 1961. in fact, you could not have formed at a more timely moment. one year before the cuban missile crisis. history does not record what role the atlantic council played, but i have no doubt that the rise council

our way which means brisk atlantic winds coming oui’ way over which means brisk atlantic winds cominglly it will be drier and warmerfor generally it will be drier and warmer for a generally it will be drier and warmerfor a while generally it will be drier and warmer for a while towards the south—east. not a great deal of sunshine around today, temperatures near average, 19—20 in central scotla nd near average, 19—20 in central scotland and northern ireland, the low 20s across england and wales. we have seen more showers developing, despite the fact there is not a great deal of sunshine around. it is a lwa ys great deal of sunshine around. it is always going to be that bit drier across wales and the south—west, but as you head east, particularly east anglia and north yorkshire, some heavy thundery showers developing. generally drive for northern ireland, but this low cloud and damp drizzly weather left over into the early evening across scotland. overnight, things dry off in scotland. those heavy showers in eastern england will pique. —— will decay. a fairly warm night, 12—15dc 01’ so.

the jet stream moves further north, dives then across central parts of the atlantic, this allows highsing more dry weather and probably more heat. against the former first minister alex salmond. the claims are strenuously denied by mr salmond — he says he's no saint but that he's done nothing wrong. i've made many mistakes in my life, political and personal, but i have not sexually harassed anyone, and i certainly have not been engaged in criminality. the claims prompted an internal scottish government investigation. scotland's first minister said they couldn't be ignored. it's a difficult situation, but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously, regardless of who the person complained about is. we'll be looking at the wider implications of an affair that's taken scottish politics by storm. also tonight, egyptian authorities say a british couple on holiday there died of natural causes,

low get america magazine the atlantic published an article accusing russia of meddling in the upcoming twenty eighteen us mid-term elections the article also mentions our channel as one of the means of interference from a quarter reports. the russians are probably at it again according to an article in the atlantic magazine and probably is good enough especially when the unity of the stars and stripes is apparently under threat by big bad russia the russian government has one overriding objective with regard to the united states to weaken america so that it loses its will and ability to counter russian objectives and to accomplish this goal the article says russia has a devious multi-pronged plan. first is allegedly helping people who undermine the democratic party and inviting them as guests on r t the walkaway campaign reportedly an organic cum pain of lifelong democrats leaving the party has been amplified by russian social media accounts and featured on the russian propaganda outlet r t walkaway founder brandon stracke did give an interview for r t in which he expressed his disillu

each nation needed a fortress in africa it was to compete in the atlantic race. just like the caribbean islands these forts with the super structures with a triangular trade genuine military platforms they offered protection for guarded goods and captives before departure by sea. in less than eighty years forty three four to rebuilt from senegal to the niger delta. every stone and every beam every. element of masonry was transported by boat from europe. most of these fortresses are built by states individual capitalists or even groups of trading capitalists did not have that kind of money in order to build those sorts of fortresses. in sixteen eighty four giambattista cost director of the company just had a gun wrote a progress report for the real fourteen on the construction a force. that came kept an eye on spending every penny invested in the slave trade had to generate profit. first of all it's necessary to not want size the fortress must be the height of each bust in time to control the quantity of bricks sand and whitewash that needs to be carried. out as t

the largest city in portugal and the only european capital stablished on the atlantic coast. at the mouth of the tigris discovery monument evokes nostalgia for a time when the portuguese felt at home everywhere. carved in stone some fifty seven yards above the river the heroes of portugal pioneers of the conquest dominate the ocean that gave them such prestige and well. they were headed by prince henry the navigator the architect of a perilous project to open up a new trade route through the atlantic ocean to bypass the muslims in the mediterranean and search for african gold. in the fourteenth century the portuguese succeeded in ousting the arabs from their territory the kingdom now had free reign to begin its conquest of the world. promising golden power henry the navigator convinced the nobility to follow him in this adventure. to get their out look classy. sit if you meet seek. so-called ponce a kitchen. that he can appeal to go meet don't get down to could they vote devalue their i let that feel a bond of. the plot before they get if. to brave the atlantic and ocean no e

the atlantic, most people don't know had been crossed before. anybody know when it was crossed the first time? parts of it, by air? no? 1918, a british airship came from scotland to roosevelt field in long island. they got all the way there after i think 108 hours or something. i cannot imagine flying, drifting across the north atlantic in a blimp but they did. they got there and realized there was nobody on long island that knows how to moor an airship. so an american observer said i will take care of this and he strapped on a pair of shoes, jumped out of the blimp, pulled the cord. he took off the parachutes and he tied the blimp up. in 1919, the u.s. navy decided what would be a good idea to prove that we can cross the atlantic? so in typical military fashion they overdid it a little bit. they had three airplanes instead of one. they stationed warships at 50 mile intervals across the atlantic with searchlights. so that the seaplanes could see at night. it would work one time, probably not something commercially viable in the long term. but th

for christian europe and pursuing the conquest of the atlantic was now more necessary than ever. islam. christendom clash had reached their mate and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicize there was only one region to head for africa becomes associated with slavery as a result of these developments. officially islam in the catholic church condemned the enslavement of free men. but in practice the demand for slaves did not run dry and justified continued raids. when he was he did who were also me follow what you should get because he felt that he could if you could express all of it and get to the top salute the million with this knowledge is it that you can kill this bus and islam will for the kitchen to as like a lot of thought he could i get uppity keep that peer at least once in his football to yell course it all did the wad couldn't easy. to take revenge on the muslims pope nicholas the fifth gave the portuguese his moral endorsement. thanks to the vatican support they could continue reading africa with complete impunit

the russians are probably at it again according to an article in the atlantic magazine and probably is good enough especially when the unity of the stars and stripes is apparently under threat by big bad russia the russian government has one overriding objective with regard to the united states to weaken america so that it loses its will and ability to counter russian objectives and to accomplish this goal the article says russia has a devious multi-pronged plan. first is allegedly helping people who undermine the democratic party and inviting them as guests on r t the walkaway campaign reportedly an organic cum pain of lifelong democrats leaving the party has been amplified by russian social media accounts and featured on the russian propaganda outlet r t walk away founder brandon stracke did give an interview for r t in which he expressed his disillusion with the democratic party's identity politics and why his movements getting popularity among americans i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that

you can seek 15 degrees in the western isles because of those atlantic winds, or if the hot air keepspeak around 33 somewhere in the southeast. now onto saturday, the weekend, high pressure builds from the azores. that essentially means a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunny weather, hot weather, a lot of sunny weather, hot weather, too. just in the northwest, if you have got winds blowing around the hot, it will be fresher in a western isles there, a little bit fresher for northern ireland to. maybe the high teens in belfast. and very warm and warm and temperatures we re very warm and warm and temperatures were widely into the mid—20s and yours hitting early 30 degrees once again in the southeast. this is saturday, now sunday. another beautiful day with great outdoor plans. but that's on its very strong this time of year. temperature around 30 or so in london, in the low 20s in the northwest. they come monday, looks like things are starting to change a little bit. we see weather fronts moving starting to change a little bit. we see weatherfronts moving into progressing a little bit mor

into town to protest so they wanted to counter protest them facebook deleted them on the word of atlantic council and they're gone so also in the past week we saw under pressure from the resistance online that they took down a conspiracy theorist in the united states called alex jones they took down all his social media footprint that same to horde in need of attack between you tube google the other google properties apple to come off their apple i to facebook they all i deleted him from existence really at the center at the same time within the same hour. and alex jones yeah who's just basically a satirist is said in court he's a performance artist there for the us to have a call there is the same threat and act is that cold air love hates trump. and you know it is the part of the network that does the macabre so that's what they will it's competition assert. you know this is this is. competitive behavior yet this was like a coordinated attack within one hour it all happened within one hour all the social media that the bid for because we always have big for everything big for accountant

the atlantic is very active.f the country today. we will keep seeing the weather systems coming in off of the atlantic. today into the weekend as well. the winds will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be breezy and cool as well. temperatures will peak around the high teens or 20s in the south. for many of us it is the mid or the high teens. as i say, lots of showers around. perhaps a few more than you we re around. perhaps a few more than you were expecting. this evening will be clear. starry skies out there. it will be a sparkling sky on the way for many of us. very nippy. in the countryside could be as low as 4 degrees. in london, barely double figures. we will be waking up to sunny but chilly weather. a weather front is approaching on saturday, but i of it much of the country is in the clear. first thing in the morning on saturday, it is looking beautiful across the uk. nippy but sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see sunny. the

and the boss of virgin atlantic. and the boss of virgin atlantic. and the boss of virgin atlantic is saying that at a time when the uk needs to show the world it is open for business, the government and border force need to provide a great first impression for every visitor every time. and we are going to need to be there, in the future, smiling and welcoming people in. and 2.5 hours makes people feel very, very irritable. i am not sticking up for border control, obviously, but i travel a lot, i am sure you guys travel a lot, and quite often especially in america you can queue for two or three hours to get through border control, yet we don't complain about that. we seem to complain about our own country. isn't it something we need to accept, when we are seeing more stringent checks and more people are travelling at a busy time of the year? yes, and they are blaming a computerfailure. year? yes, and they are blaming a computer failure. it doesn't take much, does it? it is the sort of thing you always hear. maybe the weight needs to be more agreeable

each nation needed a fortress in africa it was to compete in the atlantic race. just like the caribbean islands these forts where the superstructures of the triangular trade genuine military platforms the offered protection for guarded goods and captives before departure by sea. in less than eighty years forty three for troy built from senegal to the niger delta. every stone and every beam every. element of masonry was transported by boat from europe. most of these fortresses are built by states individual capitalists or even groups of trading capitalists did not have that kind of money in order to build those sorts of fortresses. in sixteen eighty four giambattista cost the director of the company just had a gun wrote a progress report for the real fourteen on the construction of force. they came kept an eye on spending every penny invested in the slave trade had to generate profit. first of all it's necessary to know what size the fortress must be the height of each bust in time to control the quantity of bricks sand and whitewash that needs to be carried. out

lab which operates out of the nato and arms industry funded atlantic council also funded by saudi arabia and another bunch of pro freedom advocates in the gulf including turkey which arrests more journalists and any other country and. the job is basically to market facebook's findings and takedowns of these pages and to justify it they put out a report on medium dot com justifying taking down these pages which were said to be russian they tried to link them to russia without coming up with conclusive proof the pages were wrecked the report was actually authored by the atlantic council's resident bot hunter who falsely identified two living human beings including a british pensioner and vala sits a ukrainian concert pianist as russian bots and here he's linked pages like resistors and a page on mindfulness and holistic living to a supposed russian propaganda plot to sow division in the u.s. there's a racial undercurrent in the findings on this medium dot com post that one of the pages that was taken down was dedicated according to the atlantic council to celebrating the beauty of african

welcome back russia is at it again and that's the claim in an article in the us magazine the atlantic is saying is the kremlin has set its sights firmly on meddling in the upcoming midterm elections with russia's objective being to weaken america the article goes on to explain moskos alleged three step plan to break american democracy first unleashed russian hakas second by corrupt us politicians on third support voters who think favorably of putin but it's not just the russian state that's come under suspicion the atlantic also claims this very channel helps undermine democracy by inviting on guests who dare to question mainstream narratives the magazine. he names brandon as an example he's the founder of the movement and courage and democrats to walk away from that party though the atlantic fails to point out that he talks to other media outlets too. well i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that the expectation for a lot of minority groups is that we are supposed to vote democrat and that we are

and atlantic first defeats germany strategy. the quartet and the white house did indeed adopt plan d. the word dog stands for the letter d. and so, the strategy became known as plan dog and plan dog meant that the faith of the united states was now inextricably bound to that of britain. now even though in 1942 and most of 1943, more american forces would in fact be deployed against japan then against germany. plan dog never the less defined america's fair amount or time strategy and goals through the utterly unforeseeable events of the most destructive war in world history. and by the way, here's a footnote. if anyone ever mentions to you the paranoid conspiracy theory that fdr had really wanted the attack on pearl harbor to take place, you can mention to those people plan dog and explain to them that the last thing in the world that fdr and his team wanted was a two ocean war. for subject number two, it all started in early december 1943 when a pale and weary franklin roosevelt decided to exchange cold and gray washington for a

each nation needed a fortress in africa it was to compete in the atlantic race. just like the caribbean islands these forts where the superstructures with the triangular trade genuine military platforms the offered protection for guarded goods and captives before departure by sea. in less than eighty years forty three four to rebuilt from senegal to the niger delta every stone and every beam every. element of masonry was transported by boat from europe. most of these fortresses are built by states individual capitalists or even groups of trading capitalists did not have that kind of money in order to build those sorts of fortresses. in sixteen eighty four giambattista cost the director of the company just handing god wrote a progress report for the real fourteen on the construction of force. they came kept an eye on spending every penny invested in the slave trade had to generate profit. first of all it's necessary to know what size the fortress must be the height of each bust and how to control the quantity of bricks sand and whitewash that needs to be carried.

just in pressure looms into the atlantic and will arrivejust in time pressure looms into the atlanticr the weekend. for friday's picture, we're in between the weather systems. a day of sunshine and showers and some could be the heavy side with a rumble of thunder. hit and miss, some areas staying dry and in the sunshine not too bad, temperatures from 17 to 22, cooler than what we've been used to, especially in the south—east. this area of low pressure hurdles in from the atlantic, arrives in northern and western areas on saturday, but high pressure establishes itself in the south—east. some uncertainty as to weather rain will be but at the moment we think it will be wet in the north and west of the uk. the further south and east you are, the better chance of staying dry. much of scotla nd better chance of staying dry. much of scotland and northern ireland quite windy with outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy. for central, southern and eastern parts of england in particular you could get away with seeing good spells on some shine and feeling quite warm. —— sunshine. you are watching bbc

in the atlantic all the fresh air is coming in behind it.y. it is getting pushed away by a developing area of high pressure. there sentence i can i stay at the moment. it should be generally dry with some sunshine and feeling warm enough in the sunshine. no heat wave my dear. looking further ahead into the outlook. high pressure a cross further ahead into the outlook. high pressure across southern parts of the uk, but thejet pressure across southern parts of the uk, but the jet stream pressure across southern parts of the uk, but thejet stream is going to push areas of low pressure and bands of rain across northern areas of the uk. more of a north— south split. jet stream moves a bit further north, actually undulating more and diving down across the central parts of the atlantic. this flow to the lazio allowing more high pressure to build in the uk, promising more dry weather and possibly more heat. hello. this is bbc news with rachel schofield. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. police sco

weather front moving in towards the north—west from the atlantic, this one is developing out towardsrhaps mid 20s. we will see showers developing across the channel which should move north and develop into more persistent and heavy rain across the east and and that weather front will come in from the atlantic, cooler and fresher air behind it. do not take the position of the rain literally, it could change a little but it should never wa ke change a little but it should never wake on thursday and it will get pushed away by a developing area of high pressure. thursday looks like my stay at the moment, generally dry, some sunshine, feeling warm enoughin dry, some sunshine, feeling warm enough in sunshine, no heat wave. looking further ahead into the outlook, higher pressure in the south of the uk, but the jet stream will push low pressure and rain more across northern areas of the uk will stop things will even out as we head towards the end of the month into the beginning of september. jet strea m m oves the beginning of september. jet stream moves further north, undulate more, dives d

the north atlantic treaty organization. or as it came to be known, nato.ogether in washington in april of 1949 they put the seal on their union. they were resolved as they put it, to unite their efforts for collective defense and the preservation of peace and security. it was to be the end of leaning over backward in the face of consistent soviet expansion. meanwhile, for west berlin it had been a tough winter. on the air fields fog, mist, and freezing cold. yet, in spite of the conditions, the air lift had carried on. in spite of the conditions, and the lufft. by means of the air lift, west berlin had been kept alive. but only at a cost. all of the sufferings of war in the midst of peace. there could be no turning back now. if the russians thought the city could not be supplied indefinitely by air, they would be proved very wrong, for the air lift or possible reinforcements. more planes, improved runways. greater facilities. and so what had begun as makeshift, became routine. food and supplies, month in, month out. soon it became clear that the west had n

a ridge of high pressure tries to build in, and an area of low pressure looms out in the atlantic ands picture then, we're in between the weather systems. it's going to be a day of sunshine and showers, and some of them could be on the heavy side, again with a rumble of thunder. but hit and miss, some areas staying dry altogether, and in the sunshine, it won't feel too bad, temperatures range from 17 to 22, that is cooler than what we've been used to, particularly across the south—east. this area of low pressure hurtles in off the atlantic, arrives across northern and western areas for saturday. meanwhile, an area of high pressure establishes itself across the south—east. there's still some uncertainty to this weekend as to where the rain will be. we're thinking at the moment it's going to be wet across the north and the west of the uk. the further south and east that you are, the better chance of staying dry. it could be much of scotland and northern ireland quite windy with outbreaks of rain, some of it could be quite heavy. for central, southern and eastern parts of england in part

magazine the atlantic it says the kremlin has set its sights firmly on meddling in the upcoming midterm elections with russia being to weaken america now as the whole article goes on to explain russia's alleged three step plan to break american democracy first unleash the russian hackers second by a corrupt us politicians on third support those who think favorably of putin is not just of the russian state that has come under suspicion at the atlantic also claims that this channel helps to undermine democracy by inviting on guests who question the mainstream narratives they named brandon struck a example he's the founder of a movement encouraging democrats to walk away from their party for the atlantic fails to address the other channels that also have him as a guest. well i i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that the expectation for a lot of minority groups is that we are supposed to vote democrat and that we are supposed to be liberals strake is spent years as a liberal he now says he's concerned

on tuesday did see a atlantic wind blowing in at pa rt see a atlantic wind blowing in at part of theff the continent in france where it is hot, temperatures getting up to 30 in london and that is pretty much it for the time being. you can see with a heatwave is, we will seek cooler air, this cooler and pushing in off the atla ntic cooler and pushing in off the atlantic for wednesday, thursday, friday. that never —— at weather map is later in the week and you can see the city forecast with temperatures dropping in the capital and in the north it will typically be around 18 -20 north it will typically be around 18 — 20 degrees. there is cooler at weather on the

who think favorably of putin and it's not just the russian state that's come under suspicion the atlantic also claims that this channel helps to undermine democracy by inviting on guests who question mainstream narratives the name of brandon straka as an example he's the founder of a movement encouraging democrats to walk away from their party though the atlantic fails to address the other outlets that also have him on as a regular guest. well i i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that the expectation for a lot of minority groups is that we are supposed to vote democrat and that we are supposed to be liberals friends strake is spent years as a liberal he now says he's concerned by what the left has become well before the election i was already starting to feel uncomfortable with where we were headed in terms of identity politics and p.c. culture. political commentator line all told us what he things is behind the anti rush articles like that of the atlantic. nobody ever calls these people to task they

this area of low pressure hurtles in from the atlantic, arrives across northern and western areas oneast. there's still some uncertainty to this weekend as to where the rain will be. we're thinking at the moment it will be wet in the north and west of the uk. the further south and east you are, the better chance of staying dry. it could be much of scotland and northern ireland quite windy with outbreaks of rain, some of it could be quite heavy. for central, southern and eastern parts of england in particular, you could get away with seeing good spells on sunshine and feeling quite warm. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the us announces new sanctions on russia over the poisoning of former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter, in the uk. will argentina vote to legalise abortion? the result of an historic vote in the senate is due within hours. a bbc investigation reveals new details about those behind the barcelona attacks last year — and what else they were planning. ev

for eighty twenty for every european that traveled across the atlantic they were public before africans. in one thousand fifteen armed with its naval supremacy great britain impose the cessation of the slave trade on france and its other commercial rivals it wasn't simply the humanitarianism of the abolition move but it's that britain did not want other imperial rivals to have the benefit of slave labor when in fact they did. buying slaves of both sexes and inciting unions so that they would breed this was the only way for plantation owners to increase their slave livestock after brazil the united states became the new land of industrial slavery. as europe's public opinion shifted polls for safety's opposition to lalla careful yours where the human exploitation took on new homes as host late that became the hidden face of europe's industrial revolution the history of slavery is not the black history and it's not just the history of white colonization but the history of human equality it is the legacy for all of us the slaveries new frontier three of slavery the roots on al-jazeera not t

so the atlantic, qi when the keeps pushing fresh weather into as far south as northern england and thecting the extreme south and east. so actually, it does look like my nap temperatures could pick up ahead of these weather fronts with air swimming ina these weather fronts with air swimming in a little bit more from the south. so it looks like imagers will once again approached 30 or more in london, temporarily a rest there but for many of us in the north, the high teens or the low 20s with a few spots of rain in the forecast. then on tuesday, you can see atlantic winds blowing in across this suede of the country here so western wales, northern england would public by the a few showers here but that southeastern corner still with a wind off the continent in france where it is hot, so temperatures up to 30 in london and norwich. that is pretty much it didn't for the time being. see the heat wave here, got a way there in this schematic shows cooler air pushing in all the atlantic port wednesday, thursday and friday. so that weather map is later in the week. see the city forecast, hout te

second by corrupt us politicians and support those who think favorably of putin and the atlantic also claims that this channel helps to undermine democracy by inviting on guests who question mainstream narratives they name brandon strucker as an example he's the founder of a movement encouraging democrats to walk away from their party the atlantic fails to criticize other channels that also have him on as a guest. well i i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that the expectation for a lot of minority groups is that we are supposed to vote democrat and that we are supposed to be liberals friends strake is spent years as a liberal he now says he's concerned by what the left has become well before the election i was already starting to feel uncomfortable with where we were headed in terms of identity politics and p.c. culture. the political climate how lionel told us what he things was behind and he rushed off the coals like the atlantic's. nobody ever calls these people to task they're paid for by vol