disagrees. >> wneed the police in our community. >> reporter: clemons' organization, a mother's loveies to de-escalate violence and mentor young families in crisis, particularly single mothers. this past weekend hep and others distributed masks, toiletries and safety lirature outside a grocery store. >> we have to be cautious about covid. >> reporter: as an african american and former cop, clemons has a more nuanced view of the minneapolis police department, which has a long history of community-including severalk officer-involved shootings. >> putting all cops under one umbrella i think is wrong. there's enough cops that should not be wearing a uniform talt impactthe good that cops do. >> reporter: and thoit's a luxury these days with staffing shortages, she says her community needs more beat police ficers, not just those w respond in a crisis. >> the worst thing you can do is have cops just be 911 responders. because that means you're going to see people at their worst every day in your career. you are not going to have time to build lationships. >> reporter: clemons herself decide

the bottom line with steve clemons is coming up next from there on. we heard scott realistically, how can you do with institutionalised corruption into this country? we listen. if this breaks up into a conflict between budgets, the un and india, this has implications for the rest of the world. we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. is there a, i am steve clemons and i have a question with the election behind us. will the republican party dump trump? let's get to the bottom line. even though he was voted out of the white house, most agree that donald trump and trump is a are not going away. the vote was close. the senate is still republican controlled, and republican members of congress defeated democrats all over the country. so even though he lost the election, trump is still the major force driving his base and his party. what does it mean for the future of republicans over the next few years? what lessons is the party learning from this election? and how would they deal with the incoming democratic administration led

and i thank you very much in a scene well let's continue our analysis on this crossover see steve clemons who joins us from washington d.c. and regular viewers will recognize him as the host of the bottom line steve let's get serious then joe biden is on the verge of the president. where does this late on a charm. in a tantrum i think we're going to see the rage continue i mean i look i don't mean to be trite about this it's very delicate there's you know obviously a very outside chance at this we have to actually say that but but donald trump i think what you're going to now see is the air begin to come out of the trump tires as. some of those around him begin to put some distance between the president's tantrums and his early declarations of victory which of course now given what we've seen unfold are going to be ones that he's going to be on the defense about there are some senators like senator ted cruz and senator lindsey graham who last night align themselves with the president but there are a lot of others that began tweeting out republican senators tweeting out we have to make sur

the bottom line with steve clemons is next. hi, i'm steve clemons and i have a question. is the united states in a better place or worse on the global stage than it was 4 years ago? and what should joe biden consider if he takes us foreign policy in a different direction? let's get to the bottom line. outgoing president, donald trump love to be the anti diplomat insulting countries and their leaders and even his own ambassadors and bureaucrats. and just making sure everyone felt on the edge all the time. he was a transactional us wanting to do deals, but often it was very hard to see if those deals made sense in the end for the country. what are the consequences been for the united states under a president who preferred dramatic decisions and one off deals to long term alliances? what parts of trump's foreign policy should be thrown out and what parts will a joe biden presidency? probably keep? today we're going to talk with one of america's most experienced diplomats and trade negotiators and chroniclers of u.s. foreign policy. robert zoellick has advice. 6 u.s. presiden

president elect of the united states but let's bring in the host of al-jazeera bottom line steve clemons from washington d.c. great to be speaking to you steve at this very has started our of the. we start by asking no confession from donald trump no surprises. that is a kind of predictable you know depending on which side of the aisle you're on that's just what we all expect is the president is not going to give up his perch easily he tweeted an hour ago that he won big and and is just simply discounting this very historic moment where people are out honking horns and you know hitting pans and making all sorts of noise but it's an inflection point in american political history and i don't see a pathway for donald trump to remain in the white house and we're going to see a change a group of might get sick off that donald trump has a lot of room to run in these days still left in his presidency but it will be a concluded presidency at least for these 4 years all these niggas hollanders that he has already mounted on them that this prosecution that he says is going to begin on monday what

scott clemons, always good to see you. kelly? >> likewise. >> tyler, we want to update everybody now on a story that was hot this summer. you may remember shares of eastman kodak spiking after announcing a huge loan with the government back in july. but then the deal was halted on questions about stock sales by company executives today new details are emerging the company admitting the execs sold shares they didn't even own. let's go to leslie picker to sort this out for us >> that's right. the drama continues for this once american icon, as you mentioned, at the end of july kodak shares soared 1,000% over news they got a government loan to produce ingredients for drug manufacturing. that was halted and what followed was lawsuits. the company says it's cooperating. that's not where this story ends as you mentioned in an earnings call yesterday, the cfo revealed that five former company executives had exercised f forfeited stock options. the internal controls designed to control something like this were, quote, inadequate. kodak s

president trump it's not going away it will be there whether he's in the white house or not steve clemons there at the highest of the bottom line here on out as they are great to hear from the state if they can take that back that sanchia. well still ahead she hit on al jazeera. images of possible war crimes a mansion as the battle over the disputed territory gonna care about continues. facing drought while expecting flooding extreme weather in indonesia adds to the troubles a farm is already struggling with the krajina virus come down. my name is matthew cassel i grew up jewish in america and i support the palestinian struggle against occupation when politics came past and when my mom saw me at a protest in chicago carrying a palestinian flag she told me i was no longer her son is it possible to be jewish i'm critical of zionism. i do palestinian solidarity or think it's the most jewish thing i can do what about the treatment towards the palestinians and the occupation of gaza al-jazeera correspondent. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands incr

i am steve clemons, editor at large of the hail. thank you for joining us for the final session of our diversity and inclusion summit. we have been testing the proposition that without diversity, a government does not really represent its constituents, it's society suffers, and businesses and organizations are less successful.

well let's not speak to steve clemons he's the host of the bottom line here on al-jazeera and he joins us again now from chest a town in maryland steve really good to have you back and i do want to take a bit of a step back right now and talk about the just in the city we've seen all these legal challenges these protests watching all these people in the streets and i've been wondering how damaging do you think this all has been for the american democratic process itself. well i think one part of it is encouraging is to see the people on the street demanding that every vote be counted what's really interesting is when you look back you know 4 years ago president trump which fairly obsessed with the notion of his own legitimacy and that's one of the reasons why he discounted so heavily the notion of any russian meddling in the election because he thought that even looking into the question of russian meddling in the election damaged his legitimacy now you see the present night states you know essentially trying to. push that votes not be counted he's meddling with his own legitimacy in f

well it speak to steve clemons ease host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and is the washington editor at large editor at large for the hill joining us now via skype from chesterton in maryland steve good to see you so let's just start we can you hear us there how crucial during she was to joe biden's victory. you know when you win this way everything is crucial you can look at any element and say that helped get you across the line i think that the historic nature of her presence on the ticket the 1st woman vice president the 1st particularly a woman of color of both black and south asian descent there's just no doubt that that brought a lot of people to the biden ticket and out to the polls so i give them a lot of credit for bringing her along and it makes you think for a moment i mean not to knock anybody's choice of you know who they ran with there was a debate about who might run with president trump for a 2nd term a while back and there was a rumor that he was considering nikki haley what if he had run with nikki haley former governor also of south asian descent with her parents

. ♪ >> i am steve clemons and i have a question.the united states in a better place or worse on the global stage that it was four years ago and what should joe biden consider if he takes u.s. foreign policy and different direction? let's get to the bottom line. ♪ steve: outgoing president donald trump love to be the anti-diplomat, insulting countries and their leaders and even his own ambassadors and bureaucrats and making sure everyone felt on edge all the time. he was a transactional is, wanting to do deals but often it was hard to see if those deals made sense in the end for the country. what are the consequences been for the united states under a president who preferred dramatic decisions and one-off deals to long-term alliances? what parts of trump's foreign policy should be thrown out and what parts will joe biden presidency keep? today we will talk with one of america's most experienced diplomats. robert selleck as advised six presidents, was deputy of state for president bush and former president of the world bank. he just p

i am steve clemons and i have a question with the election behind us. will the republican party dump truck, let's get to the bottom line. even though he was voted out of the white house, most agree that donald trump and trump is and are not going away. the vote was close, the senate is still republican controlled, and republican members of congress defeated democrats all over the country. so even though he lost the election, trump is still the major force driving his base and his party. what does it mean for the future of republicans over the next few years? what lessons is the party learning from this election? and how would they deal with the incoming democratic administration led by joe biden. and camila harris. joining me is former senator chuck hagel, who has served this defense secretary in the obama administration. he was a conservative senator from nebraska and a lifelong republican, well known as one of america's lead bipartisan voices. thank you so much for joining us today. you're part of a group called the national council on election integr

. ♪ >> i'm steve clemons and i have a question paired the democrats won the white house, but are ey goingo be torn apart between progressives and interests? let's get to the bottom line. when the american people ske on election day, they sent a mixed message. in many places, they voted they voted for other republican politicians in their district and state. the democrats went into the selection thinking they would pick up an easy 15 seats in the house, but wound up losing seven seats to the republican party. they will keep their majority, but it will lead to many more votes that what i call our squeakers or just getting by. last week we focused on some of the lessons republicans might be learning and this week we will talk to a leading democratic senator to see what soul-searching his party is doing these days. he is senator joe mansion who represents the state of west virginia where he previously served as governor and the only democrat still standing, elected to a federal position from his state. let me put it to you. which agenda won? the agenda of wiping out student loans and health c

what's the matter with kansas how conservatives won the heart of america and in the studio steve clemons once again of the bottom line here on al-jazeera those friday let's talk about polarization we have this situation where both sides fear some sort of coup d'etat that you've written about this. and we have the democrats as we were just hearing fearing the sort of judicial moves the might subvert democracy but what's often notes not discuss is republicans do 1st look at russia gate for example and they see a democratic party that is willing to stop at nothing to try and remove trumps legitimacy at the ballot box with wild conspiracy theories or whatever have you ever seen anything like this that deep state they call it yeah. well. not exactly like this but there is this weird way in which the 2 parties continually mirror each other you'll have the same fears expressed by both parties but with wildly different interpretations like the same raw emotion underneath like the tea party movement remember this how they they harness people's anger at the bailouts but directed it in this entirel

and that's not something it's going to be able to reverse steve clemons they're the host of al-jazeera show the bottom line speaking to us there from washington d.c. thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with us right at this very historic moment well the time is just after 1730 g.m.t. and we're bringing you momentous breaking news this hour we are projecting that with 290 electoral votes joe biden has now won the u.s. presidential election that makes him the president elect of the united states pennsylvania is the states that put him over the top and he has now also been projected to have won nevada well let's show you some of these incredible pictures of people celebrating around the country you can see crowds out well actually these are the celebration of their hustle abrasions and other places these are trying to supporters out in washington d.c. who are none too pleased about the result that's been made even on fox news it appears that they are for the president elect biden let's listen to this crowd. we have heard from the trump campaign and the president on trump is refusing

the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that back to 0 hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question the american people have finally spoken but what exactly have a said let's get to the bottom line. we have razor thin margins in several states and as we speak the tilt toward joe biden trump is challenging the results in his usual way on twitter he'll probably take it to the courts it's democracy on display in all its messy glory and drama but what happened to all the rosy pre-election predictions from american media and pollsters which was decimation for the republicans all the talk that the democrats would flip the senate expand their majority in the house take texas and that biden was 10 points ahead of trump all summer why were they so off the mark again that's exactly what we want to find out with our guest today frank luntz is one of the country's top pollsters and political strategist let's on what unpack what just happened frank it's great to be with you tonight and i know that you've been in the middle of all lot of this many of us thought it was covert

hi, i'm steve clemons and i have a question. the democrats won the white house. but are they going to be torn apart between their progressives and their centrists? let's get to the bottom line. when the american people spoke on election day, they sent a mixed message. in many places they voted against donald trump. but then they voted for other republican politicians in their district and in their state. the democrats went into this election thinking they were going to pick up an easy 15 more seats in the house of representatives. but they want up losing 7 seats to the republican party. they're going to keep their majority, but this is going to lead to many more votes that are what i call squeakers are just getting by on last week's show we focused on some of the lessons that republicans might be learning from this election. and this week we're going to talk to a leading democratic senator to see what kind of soul searching his party is doing these days. he has senator joe manchin who represents the state of west virginia where he previously served as governor. a

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college first at harvard and then at the harvard graduate school where he wrote his dissertation on clemons mattenic. he contributed to the pacify indication of europe at the end of the knnepolatinic wars. he understood the balance of power and importance of using hard political realities. kissinger was a great believer in balance of power politics. it isn't that there's no moral components to political life. it's just that it has to be subordinated to current political realities. in the late 1950s, kissinger who by this time got a faculty appointment at harvard and soon got tenure published a book called nuclear weapons and foreign policy. he was interested in the same kind of questions as paul nitz. the question of what to do when you had nuclear weapons. they thought it was possible to fight a limited nuclear war. and in its small way, this became a best seller and contributed to kissinger's name being spread across people in washington who were looking for up and coming foreign policy advisers. during the early 1960s, he was an adviser to nelson rockefeller belonging to the opposite win

the counting continues on the numbers go up and down was going to sense of the race i would steve clemons he's the host of al jazeera as a political show the both some line agrees have you with us on the news hour if we take a step back from this head again to the selection of the pollsters from saying joe biden 101112 points up we were expecting something of a blue wave that doesn't seem to be happening but the presidency is edging closer to his grasp we'll talk about the courts in a minute but when do you think we are going to find when this happens do you think we are going to see any kinds of concession speech from either candidate. well that's a big big question i doubt we're going to hear a concession speech from the one this is so far tilting against which is donald trump but i think the bigger issue when you step back is that donald trump isn't going away even if he's not in the white house so trump business and this kind of american public nations populism that is grown in the united states is going to remain a feature of the political landscape even if joe biden is president and

let's speak to steve clemons about all this. his host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and washington editor at large for the hand, he's via skype, from matt and steve. very good to have you with us on the news hour on. what do you make? what do you make for us of all of the way the republican party is handling this complicated transition of, you know, heavyweights, mitch mcconnell still backing trump? i mean that the republican majority in the senate is at stake. there still 2 races to decide in georgia. why keep alive this possibility that might have been to mclean's and risk their chances in the senate? you've framed it so beautifully. i mean that, that the truth is that most republicans are privately erik's by what's going on. they know that the tradition that defines american democracy is the peaceful transfer of power from one leader to the next, regardless, a political party that is putting the constitution, the flag and america 1st. so they are privately embarrassed, but the other political reality is, as many have said,

economic and policy research and back with us once again is journalist and host of the bottom line steve clemons and it was a long held goal josh off the republican party the theory seemed to be look demographics are against the republican party you have to capture the judicial branch and the lower courts. and assert that you can see that as a bulwark against the regulatory state but also demographics it interested me to think about getting a more complex picture of the demographics and which way they will swing whether it's republicans or democrats but was that sort of the plan and have the republicans pretty much achieved that. i think the republicans have spent the last 30 years on the judiciary focus because so many scream court nominations from republican party has not panned out justice john paul stevens justice sandra day o'connor justice anthony kennedy justice david souter so many the republican nominee sort of went towards the middle one towards the left so there's been this strong focus on that in judges in which it has been done before i think present trump has seen again you had pre

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society times change but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera in an election that's seen as a test of its 1st democratically elected government will vote for a new parliament faced with international pressure over a military crackdown ever engine islamists will i'm talking suchi is national league for democracy hold on to its majority. lection on al-jazeera. it's a centuries old battle and the battle is being passed to a new generation. witness follows a young native american as he takes the struggle into a 21st century america everybody's going to all go where we give you the sacrifices that. is going to be so nice to be remembered all all go on a knife's edge on al-jazeera. a secret agent claimed by both israel and egypt well in the case officer who receives.

executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research steve clemons is with us that was such a low introduction not to start with you look up. first of all is this what you thought we'd be at this point. well the polls made bob walker here a really good shot too you know when a whole bunch of states really early without you know going to get this close to some of the polling suggested something that was going to be a much bigger blog than was actually transpired but in some ways you know i think this was what i personally feared from the strategy that had been clearly set on from the moment that he was you know nominated basically that he would aim to win over traditionally republican voters and conservative voters and sort of just assume that a democratic coalition obama coalition you know african-americans young people tino's that they were just sort of come along for the ride no matter what and you know if we look at something like the results in miami dade county trump was able to really organize and then get a much bigger turnout of republicans a

steve clemons joins us now from from well there in set the host of the bottom line the rest of it good is it possible to overstate just the impact of covert on this election i'm having said that we should remember george w. bush on iraq he had hurricane katrina he still won reelection. yeah of course presidents who monitor reelection during times of war are typically re-elected so that's a pretty different situation nobody alive has lived through it and then it. really is a it different kind of critical situation and could 19 presented donald trump well i think you're correct to call it a possible opportunity to become presidential and you're going to have made a difference for american people and by most measures he really didn't step up to the plate there and i think you know it comes down to the 2nd but could 19 he has a lot of the policies that donald trump is simply not comfortable in we are not he's got to do something not include 19 lead up to be a health policy expert he'd have to get into the science and you have to really show empathy and be focused on policy and these are no

america and joining us from algiers washington bureau journalist and host of the bottom line steve clemons brush of it i think overarching our discussion is this question of the polling that we were going in going into this into this election with which was completely wrong obviously $26.00 you know we go to a viewer in in bangladesh and dhaka was just asking over twitter how's all methodology improve now can it catch the trunk of voters who are missed in 2016. yes i want to quibble with the premise of the question just a little bit the polls were not terribly wrong in 2016 in fact most of the polls were pretty spot on they were calling that hillary clinton would win the popular vote by $2.00 to $3.00 percentage points and anomie and it was it was pretty close to spot on what happened in 2016 as there were 2 errors that were made and they were errors on the margin so the polls were off in those important states of consensual ania wisconsin and michigan where the vote was very very close and of course it's much harder to get polling to be accurate in your close races and the mistakes that t