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i'm brian thomas welcome to the show today is the final day of campaigning before italy goes to the polls this weekend and the result of sunday's general election is anything but a foregone conclusion there were demonstrations last night in rome the capital as protesters turned out against the extreme right wing party which held its final campaign rally in rome that party wants to abandon the euro and leave the e.u. now despite tensions out that rally no violence broke out the election pits a right wing coalition led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi now he's facing a center left alliance led by another former prime minister material renzi now the other main player the anti establishment five star movement the issue that has been driving this election campaign and will determine who wins is migration let's cross over now to max often the bureau chief in brussels max you were reporting in italy last week what's fueling migration is the key issue in this campaign. there are facts and there is perception brian and the facts are of course italy has a problem with migration it is righ

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show colombia's voters have decided and in the country's congressional elections sunday they handed victory to critics of a peace deal with former leftist rebels right wing parties that campaigned against the twenty sixteen peace accord emerged as a political force the democratic the center party led by even suggest the most votes but it failed to secure. majority it was the first election for the former fark rebel group its leaders seen here casting his ballot voters soundly rejected his radical agenda the party secured less than one percent of the vote. now this result now raises questions over the future of the deal that ended the guerrillas decades long insurgency we begin with this report. colombia's president juan manuel santos cost him his ballot in a vote he called a crossroads for the country the first ever parliamentary elections to include former fox rebels as a political party. is in its eunice these elections are very special. this is the first time in a half a century where the far distance instead of sabotaging the elections

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this is the interview news wire from berlin i'm brian thomas for me in the entire g.w. news team thanks so much for being with us for back again at the top of the. move. into the conflict zone the government of sudan is often accused of being one of the world's greatest violates is a human rights and justice also and it's in the eyes of the charges the move conveys many of those denials as the country's foreign minister if you bring him gandu off was my guest in music does he give anyone believe. there's no stopping the chinese dragon. changing times to rejoin the international economic and seize the investment initiative china's goal is to develop a billion dollar trade network between asia and europe. speaking of paying its hand down crowned to prime time china's way to the top. kill. on freedom and. where i come from the region is rich in history. poor any opportunity and freedom this makes it especially difficult for independent. i see many of the young promising. now making names for themselves all over. song by the way song by song will continue. the experience of

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show today is a final day of campaigning before italy goes to the polls this weekend and the result of sunday's general election is anything but a foregone conclusion there are demonstrations thursday night in rome as protesters turned out against the extreme right wing. because a pound party was held its final campaign rally in the capital that party wants to abandon the euro and leave the e.u. now despite tensions at that rally no violence broke out. now this election pits a right wing coalition led by the former prime minister silvio berlusconi against the center left alliance led by another former prime minister the tail renzi the other main player the anti establishment five star movement as our correspondent max hoffman reports from palermo the issue that could determine this election is migration. father and knows this neighborhood like no one else. has taken me to the markets and institution in old town palermo i'm trying to get a feel for what matters to people in this election migration seems to be at the top of the list. the tone o

i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show britain has issued a midnight deadline for russia to explain why a deadly nerve agent produced only in russia was used in an assassination attempt western allies are posi voicing their support for the british demand now the former russian spy sergei script ball and his daughter remain meanwhile in critical condition more than a week after being found unconscious in the city of salzburg. this is where as the prime minister puts it somebody attacked the u.k. authorities say the nerve agent was made in russia the question is who deployed it a rogue element or the russian state. mr speaker this attempted murder using a weapons grade to nerve agent in a british town was not just a crime against the script miles it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk officially moscow says it has nothing to do with the incident a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the problem was crushing

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show is this a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff between north korea and the united states president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un are set to hold the first ever meeting of the two countries leaders on twitter president trump confirmed the plan and said great progress was being made earlier he hinted at a significant development with pyongyang in his first known visit to the white house briefing room but the u.s. leader task the south korean national security director you young to announce the news to the world from the white house driveway. chong had delivered kim jong un's summit invitation to trump after a rare meeting in the north korean capital on monday this is what he had to say. i put president president thought that you know meeting north korean noodle kim jong un that he's committed to the new providers. pledged that north korea will be praying from any for them to kill me so tests he understands the routine joint military exercises it seems that he probably did of korea and the united states must continue that he

that's all we have time for i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. entering the conflict zone confronting the powerful. my guest this week is feverish immigration augustinian the boss of the to the u.n. here in geneva. his government wants a middle east peace conference but does he seriously think anyone will show. the clip of the moment when the flow of all. we can only raise a couple of jobs around our. military bed. one hundred ten years ago she invented the coffee toast made an essential i mean many. military bands one of the women pioneers in our senior international women's day. to. sixty minutes on. people for information. they want to. expressed. on facebook and twitter uptodate didn't touch. earth. millions of species. were sinking. global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like the protect the climate boost to clean energy solutions and reforestation. using interactive content to inspire people to take action. mobilize the multimedia environment series on t.w. . the palestinian president was outr

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the united states says it is standing with britain in the dispute with russia over an assassination attempt on a former double spied london says the kremlin is behind the poisoning of sergei script all his daughter the two were exposed to a russian made nerve agent moscow denies any involvement prime minister theresa may has responded by expelling twenty three russian diplomats it's the biggest such expulsion since the cold war. until recently britain's prime minister to resign may had to tone being accused of not being hard enough on russia on wednesday she got her redemption standing before parliament may and equivocally accuse the kremlin of attempting to murder a former russian double agent living in the u.k. what followed were a series of punitive measures against russia the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave this will be the single biggest expulsion of over thirty years and it reflects the fact that this is not the fi

i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show is this a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff between north korea and the united states president trump a north korean leader kim jong un are set to hold the first ever meeting of the two countries leaders on twitter president from saying kim jong un talked about denuclearization not just the phrase great progress being made but sanctions will remain until. agreement is reached meeting being planned earlier trump received the south korean national security director children you young in the white house brief trump and other top officials about a rare meeting with him in the north korean capital that was on monday this is what he had to say. i told president president thought no meeting north korean leader kim jong un. he is committed to do provide. pledged that north korea with ukraine from any for them to kill me so tests he understands buttin joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue that he stressed he said even if we meet president promptly that's known as impossible for the very latest on t

i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show is this a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff between north korea and the u.s. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un are set to hold the first ever meeting of the two countries' leaders on twitter president trump confirming the plan and said great progress was being made earlier the president received the south korean national security director sean you young in the white house he briefed the president and other top u.s. officials about a rare meeting with kim in the north korean capital on monday this is what he had to say. i put presidents president front you know meeting north korean leader kim jong un he's committed to doing to provide solutions. pledged to north korea we need to train from any for them to kill walker so tests he understands the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue that he expressed his eagerness for a new president from that's known as possible for the very latest let's bring in our washington correspondent alexander phenomena and jason

i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show we start out here in germany where authorities have revealed that government computers were hit in a cyber attack as a hacking group infiltrated the foreign and defense ministries officials are trying to determine the exact extent of the breach sources are claiming a hacking group with links to the russian government broke into the networks it tax were discovered in december but were only made public now. what is germany's strategy when dealing with difficult partners like russia lots of confidential information on that topic flow through the foreign ministry in berlin now the government has confirmed that hackers breached the foreign ministry's data network though it's not clear which data they targeted or whether it was sensitive. it is clear that this problem of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure by unfriendly states and powers is a really serious security problem we have to improve significantly in this area few . in twenty fifteen hackers infiltrated the network of the german parliament at the time it was thought to be the work of ru

brian: the name of the book is "imagining a great republic." by thomasronin, former president of whitman college, professor at colorado college. thank you so much for joining us. tom: it was a delight. thank you. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. ♪ also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> if you liked this "q&a" with tom cronin, here are others you might enjoy. journalist and author talking about his book where he challenges the authenticity of john steinbeck's cross-country journey depicted in "travels with charley." and, jason brennan who writes about libertarians and social issues. and from 2010, our interview with senate historian donald richie, who discusses the u.s. congress and how it operates. you can find these interviews by searching our video library at c-span.org. congress returns this week with

updates on president putin's speech in moscow to the duma the parliament there for now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks for being with us and rate us with you again at the top of the hour. we make up over a week watches of africa and educated we are this summer some of this is. being want to shape the continent's future to be part of it and join africa youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent each of these platforms for africa charge. makes a dollar is situated in china's far west on the border with central asia for centuries this mountain lake was a strategic transit point along the legendary silk road that ran between europe and the chinese empire. for the nomads living around the lake the opening of the new silk road is in some ways history repeating itself. trucks have replaced the caravans of the past on the newly built highway. the ambitious project was launched by chinese president xi jinping during a visit to kazakhstan in two thousand and thirteen. greenish only arc of what's being. shown will cause all.

i'm brian thomas for the entire g.w. news team thanks so much for being with us. stories that people in the world over information they provide to the kenyans i think want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. a country in freefall its people impoverished. brazil's young democracy is floundering. half of the congress is being moved past the gate to by law by jobs and all the auto a corruption scandals a culture of graft and corruption has taken hold extending all the way into the highest ranks of government. many brazilians have taken to the streets calling down with demand. i will not step down. now i have no shouting a small team of courageous prosecutors has taken up the fight against corruption for ordinary brazilians they are the new heroes of democracy. yes it's the biggest anti corruption investigation in the history of brazil and the word of my art is i thought it was all. the investigation has been dubbed. operation car wash brazil's powerful elites are doing everything in their power to derail it. so they get a it's b

this is the interview news live from berlin i'm brian thomas sumi will be with you at the top of the hour for the next program for me though in the entire news team thanks so much to. the. stories that people the world over information they provide the opinions they want to read stressed g.w. on facebook and twitter are up to date and in touch follow us. it said he always has his finger on the nuclear button locked in a high stakes poker game with the u.s. we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. but does kim jong own really have nuclear warheads and the missiles to deliver them some experts don't think he does at least not yet. there are no real plugs this would vibrate it looks like it's from the local hardware store. he's not negotiating until he has his full full nuclear deterrence and the world knows a. fool . it's early in the morning and we're heading to a depot for decommissioned rockets. i'm accompanied by an arms and security expert marcos. he studied north korea's bomb and missile tests though he's never visited the country. i've been there several times

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show is this a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff between north korea and the u.s. us president from the north korean leader kim jong un are set to hold the first ever meeting of the two countries' leaders on twitter president trump confirmed the plan and said. great progress was being made earlier perceived the south korean national security director you young in the white house chung brief the president and other top american officials about a rare meeting with kim in the north korean capital on monday this is what he had to say. i put president president on that you know meeting north korean leader kim jong un that he is committed to do provide. that north korea we need to train from any photo to kill or be so pests he understands the routine joint military exercises it seems that he forward it will korea and the united states must continue that he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. for the very latest let's bring in our washington correspondent alexander phenomenon and jason strother in junk chang in sou

i'm brian thomas welcome to the show. colombia's voters have decided and in the country's congressional election on sunday they handed victory to critics of a peace deal with former leftist rebels right wing parties that campaigned against the twenty sixteen peace accord emerged as a political force but they failed to secure a majority it was the first election for the former fark rebel group which saw its radical agenda soundly rejected the results now raise questions over the future of the deal that ended their half a century long insurgency. colombia's president when manuel santos cost him his ballot in a vote call it a crossroads for the country the first ever parliamentary elections to include form a fox as a political party. is that if you notice these elections are very special. this is the first time in a half a century where the far at a time instead of sabotaging the elections are participating in the elections. and i think if you're not it's something historic and very important for our democracy here. it was h

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start out this program in slovakia where the murder of a young investigative journalist has sparked protests in the capital brought a small about a thousand people turned out for a march organized by the conservative opposition party to on. reporter. and protest against political corruption a twenty seven year old was shot dead outside his home last week alongside his fiance. while the news website he worked for has published his last unfinished article hours after it hit the web its explosive claims triggered fallout at the very highest level of government we'll go live to prague after this report. journalist ian could see x. final story was the most explosive in his short career it may also have cost him his life if the story details alleged links between the italian mafia and officials working in the prime minister's office. it was published by his colleagues days after the bodies of and his fiance martina kristen over were found in their bratislava home. ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings a

and this is the live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire. news team thanks so much for being with us we're back again at the top of the hour hope to see the a commitment the economy. the law. the east coast. the law. the law. the a. mob. the with the. law the law the law. the be. the easy. going to. come. to. the booming column going to sleep the books of semiramis mystics as well as to come from a mix of nailbiter from each about twice a day from the same story thanks very much mixer. mean w. . biden dortmund leipzig the biggest favorite seems all the best goals we've got all the action. is the home of judgment but ball shared experience every match if someone does league of the weekend cheer on t.w. . we make up oh but we watch as of half of the fund of hedge funds we are the seventy seven percent. want to shape the continent's future to. be part of enjoying african youngsters of testing share their stories their dreams and their challenges. to the seventy seven percent. platform for sure you. wouldn't be fighting for the case to take you

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us stephen hawking whose mind roamed the universe has died his family says he passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of wednesday hawking will perhaps be best remembered for his groundbreaking work in black holes and relativity. in a statement his three children said their father was a great scientist and stored marry a man whose legacy would live for many hears all in was seventy six years old. i'm joined now by the theoretical physicist sean carroll in los angeles who worked with stephen hawking good morning thanks for being with us stephen. are you met stephen hawking personally can you give us an idea of some of your memories i did know stephen hawking was an amazing physicist one of the brilliant minds funniest and funny for centuries and very intimidating for young is such a lifestyle but he was also an amazing character you know he was incredibly stubborn incredibly willful he had only in sense of humor the very first time i ever met him was at a physics conference at a scots whiskey tasting where after the banquet. togethe

joining me again, brian fallon and john thomas. welcome back.given the numbers, should republicans be concerned? >> there's plenty of reasons to be concerned. you look at a couple of these specials that we won, that we didn't win, that we should have won, but with that said, it's hard to nationalize examples like conor lamb, who essentially ran on a republican agenda, you know, anti-pelosi, shooting an ak-47 in his ads, talking about working with president trump. but here's what we can take away from these numbers, is that no republican incumbent, or if it's an open seat, a lean republican, can take their registration for granted. we have to run real races and run on the economic process under the trump administration that we've achieved and you can't take anything for granted. >> brian, is that pennsylvania win kind of a template for other democrats in the upcoming races? >> i think it should spark concern on the republican side for two reasons. number one, fred, is because this is the biggest race that has been conducted since the republicans

brian got is undergraduate in boston and thomas ridley on the second sort of appeals which after a brief stint in private practice he returned to his alma mater as director of the oxford center of legal lexicography. in 1990 brian left the university to found his company though he continues to teach at southern methodist university's dedman school of law where he is distinguished research prof. of law. in 1995 brian was named editor in chief of the law dictionary, he is author of 2 dozen books including two books he co-authored with the late justice antonin scalia. making your case, the art of persuading judges in 2008, and the interpretation of legal text in 2012. his most recent book, "nino and me: my unusual friendship with justice antonin scalia" is a find reminiscence of his experiences he shared over the years with justice scalia who brian describes accurately enough as a fellow snoot. i will leave it to him to tell you what that means. please join me in welcoming bryan gardner. >> thank you. thank you. i need to be over here. it makes me happy. it makes me happy. i was one of just

brian: the name of the book is "imagining a great republic." by thomasronin, former president of whitman college, professor at colorado college. thank you so much for joining us. tom: it was a delight. thank you. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. ♪ >> if you liked this "q&a" was tom cronin, here are others you might enjoy. journalist and author bill thegerwald talks about challenges in john steinbeck's cross-country journey. also, jason brennan who writes about libertarians and social issues. and from 2010, our interview with senate historian donald richie, who discusses the u.s. congress and how it operates. you can find these interviews by searching our video library at c-span.org. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to

brian: the name of the book is "imagining a great republic." thomasronin, former president of whitman college, professor at colorado college. thank you so much for joining us. tom: it was a delight. thank you. ♪ for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at "q&a.org. ♪ >> if you liked this "q&a" was tom cronin, who -- here are others you might enjoy. -- an author steinbeck'sohn cross-country journey. also, jason brennan who writes about libertarians and social issues. from 2010, l interview with senate historian donald richie, discusses the u.s. congress and operates. you can find these interviews by searching our video library at c-span.org. on "landmark cases," weeks or 20 versus ferguson -- we explore plessy versus ferguson. 7-1 decisionourt's established the separate but equal doctrine. this narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment was not overturned until brown versus board of education. ted shaw,is case with a law professor and director for the center for civil rights at the university of north carolina, and

brian: the name of the book is "imagining a great republic." by thomas cronin, former president of whitman college, professor at colorado college. thank you so much for joining us. tom: it was a delight. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about his program, visit us at q-and-a.org. available as c-span podcasts. >> on capitol hill, the house will be returning at about 2:00 p.m. eastern time, 40 minutes from now. today considering a number of bills dealing with homeland security security, including information -- homeland security, including information sharing and later this week, funding the government through the rest of the year, september 30. cu

a group of college students want this thomas jefferson statue that one right there down. should would he be erasing our history? brianll standing ♪ yeah, yeah brian: a group of students on hofstra university on long island where one ever the debates took place by the way want a statue of thomas jefferson removed why? >> it reads like this aided in the institutionalizing of racism and justified the subjugation of black people in the united states. not all students are supportive of taking the statue down. joining us to discuss it are campus reform.com. chris and malcolm mccoy. malcolm, let's start with you. how big a deal is this on campus. >> apparently it's a big deal for the people trying to profit this. i havprotest. this there is a lot of great things that thomas jefferson has done and these people who are protesting are only looking at a very small portion of history and trying to remove it based off of that. brian: you as an african-american, are you offended? >> no, sir. i mean i understand that slavery was an issue even before this country came to be about. and i think that look at a bigger picture than prese

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