all right, cornell, many thanks to you once again.et's get back to spencer in the weather center, talking about more of that timeline. and really where we are going to see the maximum impact. right? >> okay, dion. well, cornell is certainly right about those waves and those rip currents. we've got a high surf advisory in effect for the entire bay area right now. and as you look at live doppler seven, you can see the rain is rapidly spreading across the entire region. although started two hours ago up in the north bay. but now we're all getting a little taste of this storm. and this is what it looks like on the satellite image. a tightly wound storm that's kicking out wave after wave of rainfall onshore into the bay area, along with powerful wind gusts. so let's take a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level two storm for tonight, and at least part of tomorrow we can expect periods of moderate to heavy rainfall, wind gusts ranging from 25 to nearly 50mph, and of course, flooding is a possibility. here's the

cornel west, welcome to hardtalk.ell, thank you so very much, and it's always a blessing to be in conversation with you, my brother. well, it is great to talk to you. now, america, and the world, they know you as a philosopher, an academic, a writer, a civil rights activist, but right now, you are running to be president of the united states of america. why should americans take your presidential bid seriously? well, you know, my calling is still the same, though, which is trying to tell the truth. the condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak. so i'm trying to be true to the suffering and resilience of poor and working people of all colours, and to seek justice to make sure that everyone is treated fairly and justly. but keep in mind, my brother, that my campaign is just a moment in a movement. it's just a wave in an ocean of a great tradition of a black people who produce love warriors in the face of hatred, and freedom fighters in the face of terror. and it's the spillover of that rich tradition into americ

we're live in petaluma, cornell, bernard abc seven news. all right. >> good advice cornell. thank you. you can track the rain hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store. now to download it. an alameda county fire crew is back in service today. their effort to clean up after a recent storm was shut down by thieves, two service trucks and a buggy were broken into and vandalized last week in pleasanton. the thieves took personal items and five chainsaws used for storm cleanup, a loss of about $15,000. the department was able to replace three of the stolen chainsaws. so far, no one was arrested, and oakland police are investigating a similar incident. in that case, two workers were robbed of chainsaws at gunpoint thursday in the piedmont area. an update to a story we first brought you last night. police have made an arrest in the murder of a woman inside a home in pinole. investigators say 36 year old jeffrey kendall was taken into custody during a traffic stop late last night in the santa cruz area. a gun was discove

cornell, bernard abc seven news. some great tips and same to you, cornell. >> thank you. now, san francisco also preparing for heavy rains sf public utilities set up some temporary flood barriers along 18th street and folsom to help reduce impact and avoid water damage. one resident there says he worries about how well the street pipes will be able to drain staff will be on site near the barriers day and night, and will help with priority access. california mayor's office of emergency services is on call for the upcoming storms. the state service held a press conference today urging the public to take caution in the wet weather. >> with this heavy rainfall, significant high impact flooding is likely, including the potential for flooding on many roadways. major rises or flooding on creeks, streams and rivers, mud and rock slides and debris flows. >> more than 7 million sandbags are at the ready. swift water rescue teams and equipment, high water vehicles and emergency response personnel, personnel pre-positioned. >> the oes also added that coastal areas will see the most i

we're live in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. okay cornell, thank you very much. >> cal state east bay's main campus in hayward will be closed again tomorrow because the power is still out. school administrators say classes are not canceled and the university is operating remote as it did today. cal state east bay's campuses in oakland and concord are up and running and in session crews are working to restore power to more than 143,000 p-g-and-e's customers in the bay area. >> here's a live look at p-g-and-e's outage map. it shows the impact across the region. the north bay has the most outages, almost 53,000. there are also big clusters in the south bay. as you see, and along the peninsula, we do expect to get another update from pg and e at 6:00. >> now in southern california, one community and the santa monica mountains is dealing with a major mess in the aftermath of these storms, a torrential rain turned their street into a rushing river, forcing evacuations and rescues. reporter josh haskell from our sister station in los a

cornell bernard, abc seven news. i was wondering what happened to the hat. >> all right, we'll stay dry. stay safe out there. cornell storm damage is widespread in the south bay as well. and that includes this tree. you can see it smashed onto a townhome at rocky creek court. abc seven news reporter lena howland says winds are a big issue there. the wind has really been the biggest problem for folks across san jose, with debris scattered all over the area. >> just take a look at this massive tree which fell onto a home here at el grande drive and vista oak in san jose. fire officials tell us two people were inside at the time, but luckily no one was hurt. now this wasn't the only issue crews ran into today. take a look at this. another massive tree crashed into a townhome around 730 this morning. this one happened in the area of rocky creek court on the east side of san jose. from the outside, it looks like the tree fell in the garage of the home. but one of the residents tells me it also fell into her bedroom, comin

okay, gentlemen, cornell, to you first. we have a strong economy. through that data. joe biden is now messaging, the media is talking about it. even fox news as of friday has acquiesced and said we have a strong economy. janet yellen is saying it. jay powell is saying it. why is it that when americans are polled, and it was last month, they are crediting donald trump and saying he would be better. explain this. >> well, let's level set and contextualize, stephanie. thanks for having me on the show for a deeper conversation about this. look, let's look at historically what happened. republicans historically do always -- the way you ask it, they trust more dealing with the economy, republicans or democrats generically. you know, the republicans have historically had advantage in that, i'm going to 2012, working on the obama campaign, and we asked, you know, who would do a better job on the economy, mitt romney or barack obama. mitt romney had a huge advantage around who would handle the economy better. obama had, and i think what joe biden is gonna ha

it is really corrupt and rotten. >> cornell, i'm wondering.these four boxes, we get what trump's nato remarks mean, the power that they hold. but will they resonate with the american people? the president in the campaign, half an ad out hammering away at trump on this. but will it matter to voters? >> well, that's the million dollar question. i think in politics, all you want to do from a campaign standpoint is, do you have a story to tell, and can move voters to that story? i think it is problematic for republicans in a couple of different ways. because historically as you've all pointed out the republicans have been the party, the hawkish party, and the party of strength and showing strength. across the globe. and a lot of middle america like that. like, a lot of middle america bought into that, and gravitated toward the republican party and that strength. i think the republican party brain right now, is that's -- doesn't give democrats an opportunity to lean into what so many of middle americans once upon a time like about the republican pa

becca rodomsky bish is cornell's project leader for the count.ot be everywhere all the time, so motivating and activating people wherever they are. there are birds to sort of help us absorb that data and get that into our database. we become much more powerful and more more robust in terms of what we understand about birds, and then hopefully use that knowledge to help better protect them. so. if you've got 15 minutes, which you do, go get some fresh air and go count the birds. it's good for you and it's good for science. that's it for this edition of matter of fact, i'm soledad o'brien. i'll see you back here next week to watch more stories. like this. any time, head to matter cfac-tv. >>> ahead on "asian pacific america," it's time to celebrate the year of the dragon with the san francisco symphony on february 17th. maestro chen and

american philosopher, doctor cornell, west, thank you so much for joining us. a thank you, my brother, who is a stella. so what's the bottom line? women and children are being killed in gaza at staggering scale. innocent man waving white flags and standing in and in the open and obviously on arm seeking to know the circumstances of their loved ones are murdered by his release snipers. you're not going to see this on traditional tv, but it's on tick tock. it's on social media everywhere. no one can pretend anymore that israel's war is just about hunting down and killing him off commanders and participants in the october 7th attacked by him. austin, israel. the world has seen this before. many times. i can't breathe, george void, said americans, exhausted from the systematic discrimination and harassment and killings. a black man had to go on a campaign saying, black lives matter. what is that even mean? it means that many felt as if one set of lives mattered more than others in palestine today, especially in gaza. we're seeing the dominant power behaviors. if th

cornell, bernard abc seven news. yeah, even having part of a camera, you can see it whipping the wind. >> stay dry and stay safe out there for now. the storm damage is widespread in the south bay. and that includes this tree. you see, it just smashed onto a townhome at rocky creek court. abc seven news reporter lena howland says winds are a big issue there. >> the wind has really been the biggest problem for folks across san jose with debris scattered all over the area. the. just take a look at this massive tree which fell onto a home here at el grande drive and vista oak in san jose. fire officials tell us two people were inside at the time, but luckily no one was hurt. now, this wasn't the only issue. crews ran into today. take a look at this. another massive tree crashed into a town home around 730 this morning. this one happened in the area of rocky creek court on the east side of san jose. from the outside, it looks like the tree fell in the garage of the home. but one of the residents tells me it also fell into

joined now by steve israel the former representative the democrat of new york and he's also at the cornell university institute of politics. welcome to the program. >> it's great to be with you. good morning. >> democrat tom suozzi one in the democratic election. what's your reaction? >> i have several. i used to represent the district in the campaign committee so i think i have a pretty good feel. the first take away is that it wasn't close. everybody up until about 6:00 new york time yesterday three hours and closing the polls republicans were beating their chest and i thought they had this in the bag and virtually everybody on both sides of the aisle were suggesting no matter who one it was inside the margin of error and a very convincing win for mr. suozzi.. secondly this is a blueprint for democrats in suburban districts that must be in the presidential battlegrounds in november a candidate who figured out how to message on contentious issues. the republican try to make the borders a single issue in the campaign. many democrats run away from the issue. tom suozzi not only leaned into

cornell bernard abc seven news, cornell. >> thank you. and all these storms are making a mess of bay area beaches. sky seven was over ocean beach in san francisco where you could see driftwood, plastics and other trash on the sand. and it's not just litter. water treatment plants sometimes release treated sewage during big storms and trash on the streets gets pushed into the gutters and sewer systems and ends up as trash on the beach. just a reminder, you can track exactly when the rain will arrive, hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store now to download it now to new developments out of new york. >> a harsh punishment handed down to donald trump and his adult sons in a financial fraud case. a new york state judge ordered trump and his co-defendants to pay more than $450 million. trump himself is personally on the hook for 354 million. the ruling comes after the judge found the trump organization committed rampant fraud by overvaluing its real estate empire. >> donald trump

msnbc's cornell well cher is here.n you look at those polls, is it more negative than positive for biden, or is your read that there actually is still a real opening for him? >> it's not how i look at the polls. especially because we're looking at the horse race number, and the horse race number at this point is not predictive. it gives us a snapshot, and what we see consistently in the horse race polls is that donald trump doesn't lose any support. we know he's going to get his 46 -- between 46, 47, 48% regardless of what happens, regardless of how many indictments. what's left out there is the majority, and the questions that we have as pollsters is does the president or any candidate have a story to tell to the undecided voters or the voters who are soft in the middle? does he have a story to tell? look, i've been picking up on a lot of frustration with the gaza conflict as well. it's understandable that people are angry about, they're angry about it and they want it to stop. and look, in michigan, where you've been

live in santa rosa with that story, cornell. >> yeah. dan and christine, about 5000 customers are still without power up here in sonoma county. p-g-and-e's. using this yard as a base camp to dispatch about 50 of its crews across the region. to help get the lights, get the lights on back to customers who have been in the dark since sunday. >> the storm knocked the part of our redwood tree trunk that had bifurcated. it knocked one of those trunks into our garage, and on the way it hit this power line. >> patrick morris remembers the exact time the big storm left him powerless in sebastopol. >> 436 on sunday. yep his backyard nest camera capturing the moment part of the redwood tree toppled into power lines, sending patrick's family into backup generator purgatory. >> nothing his neighbors have outages, too, so far, it's been about five days living off the grid. >> it's a hassle. i mean, you come home from work and you want to relax in a normal environment, and that's not quite as possible. but p-g-and-e's says its crews are working to repl

cornell university pressure and former head of the ims china division joins us to discuss what former president trump's proposed terms would mean for global trade. katie: welcome to bloomberg markets. you take a quick look at these markets right now. there's not too much to talk about. the s&p 500 down on the day by about 2/10 of 1%. same if you look at the nasdaq. that rebound but we've been talking about when it comes to chinese shares and 10 human today, take a look at affect side. that etf tracks chinese shares. you can see it's up by 1.5%. the vix currently below that 14 handle so as you can see volatility is rising a little bit. let's look at some economic headlines that we are getting. this is for january ism services pmi which came in at 53 .4 versus an estimate of 52. so a bit higher than expected. new orders index coming in at 55. that was at 52.8. an uptick there as well. joining us to break it all down. you put this together with what we've learned about the u.s. economy and that blockbuster jobs print, walk us through that. >> we go back to thursday and we were just likel

cornel west, welcome to hardtalk.th you, my brother. well, it is great to talk to you. now, america, and the world, they know you as a philosopher,

cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> yeah, sure will. cornel thank you so much. and you can track the storm with the same live doppler seven that spencer uses. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. >> more weather as we continue, but let's move on. we are in the countdown to the super bowl. the 40 niners will play the kansas city chiefs this sunday in las vegas or as i like to call them, taylor swift's boyfriend's team. >> yes, i mean, that's appropriate. we sent our own abc seven news team to las vegas to cover the game. the fans and the excitement all week long. let's go live to abc seven news sports director larry biel. hey, larry, how is vegas tonight? >> uh- vegas is popping. it always is. i just love taylor swift's boyfriend team. i had not heard that, but that's you know, you ought to use that as a catch phrase or trademark that. yeah that's that's fantastic. we're just a few minutes away from uh, the 40 niners taking part in opening night at the super bowl. hot topic of conversation is going to be the quote unquote,

cornel bernard, abc seven news, cornell . >> thank you. in the east bay, power outages, canceled classes today at cal state east bay. the power is back on there. but for much of the east bay, the cleanup is just getting underway . >> boy, that is so true. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live with details there. leslie >> well, dan, we're here along. busy. ignatius valley road in walnut creek. serious work going on here behind me. you'll see how precarious this is. there's a power pole back there that snapped in half. it's dangling right now. we've got maybe 12 to 15 p-g-and-e's trucks out here and cranes and cherry pickers working to put a new pole up. you can see where the wood fractured and all the lines that were taken down with it literally a half a block away. there's another pole that was leaning 45 degrees right over the roof of an apartment building. lucky that didn't totally go down, but a lot of electrical problems out here throughout the east bay. power poles snapped across parts of the east bay electric city went out

dick gregory was running in the same capacity cornell west is running no. what does that give us? that gives us ronald reagan. that's what it gives us. and that's the same thing that will happen today. you know what happened was al gore. the difference in al gore and george w. bush was the difference in the third-party boat down -- the third-party vote down there in florida. i wrote a piece on the history of this and it's never happened. never has a third party done anything to yield for the majority are the minority. -- or the minority. the history is clear. >> that's the message we will be hearing. i want to read your quote from nikki haley. your former governor. the first party to retire is going to be the party that wins the election. they made references on president biden because of his age. how is age playing in this? is it something you have to overcome with voters as you talk to them about president biden? >> well, i'm almost three years older than joe biden. joe biden wears his compassion on his sleeve. joe biden's experiences have been different from mine. i don't know

margie omero and cornell belcher are both democratic pollsters and strategists. they all join me now. maya, trump, this whole thing with trump feels like a win. a foregone win for him tomorrow. what do you hear from the haley campaign and her supporters right now? >> nikki haley is not leaving any stone unturned here in south carolina. she spent a lot of time in the low country, that's where she's from and for her campaign headquarters is. and her argument has really been the same. that a lot of voters, a lot of republican voters, while they are largely supporting former president trump, there is a large chunk of republican voters eager for and alternative. so she is pledging to be that and to stay in the race regardless of the outcome tomorrow. it does indeed look like former president trump will win by a large margin. but her argument has been, especially now as she gains momentum, and has more money to keep her campaign going, that she is the alternative to a trump biden rematch. and it feels like that's what's going to power some momentum for her here on the

today, cornell? yeah this river community definitely watching the weather today, getting ready for a lot of rain. >> the local fire department stepping up, handing out these free water proof go bags in case evacuations happen. >> once you do that, it secures that fold. and we got air trapped in there. >> see that? these air tight water proof emergency go bags were free for the taking at this pop up event hosted by sonoma county fire district. >> these are really good. i was i was spreading the word these go bags dry bags will keep their items dry, right? >> if they have to evacuate or if it's super stormy inside each pack. we're also giving you a disaster preparedness checklist. karen hancock says the timing of this giveaway is no coincidence. >> back to back storms are heading to the bay area. >> we know that there are some storms coming in with significant rain between sunday and tuesday, and we're always here to help our community be prepared. >> i'm going to put a flashlight in here. so i've got

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard found officials are vowing to make arrests. they're just putting out some rage for really no reason at all. >> they just wanted to vandalize something, and they did. edwin karenga came to chinatown for lunar new year celebrations saturday. >> but never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. >> one young man jumped on the hood and then jumped on the windshield. and that kind of started the whole melee. >> witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows. >> then someone threw a firework inside of the car. >> nathan vandersteen says he watched the car filled with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away but it was very, very dangerous. the car could have exploded. it's just a mob mentality. everyone, all the adrenaline of the whole situation. it was mostly, i think, young teenagers who were responsible for

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cornell bernard abc seven news and you can track exactly when the rain will arrive hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. >> just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. >> baseball is making a comeback in oakland, and now we know more about the home field of the city's new professional team, part of san francisco international airport is getting an upgrade. >> we're going to learn about the $31 million improvement project. >> it coming up tonight. the breaking news, the dramatic scene in caught and you'll see it. the prosecutor who brought the case against donald trump suddenly in court defending herself after her relationship was revealed. also, we're tracking two storms moving in the 30 vehicle pileup tonight. the images nex i am accomplishing. so i'm doing all i can to help lower my risk of breaking a bone. for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture taking calcium and vitamin d may not be enough. adding prolia® is proven to help strengthen bones and reduce spine fracture risk by 68% with 1 shot every 6 months. do

cornell, bernard abc seven news. don't forget you can get the latest forecast and track the rain anytime with our live doppler seven radar. >> just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. moving on to tragedy in minnesota. on this sunday, two police officers and a firefighter paramedic were shot and killed after an hours long standoff following a domestic abuse call. another police sergeant was also wounded, but is expected to survive. the horror unfolded at a home in the twin cities suburb of burnsville overnight. the gunman barricaded himself inside the home with a woman and seven children. police say he opened fire on two officers, then shot the paramedic who ran to help the downed victims. >> i need that ambulance to 33rd avenue and i need two additional ambulances. >> the dead were identified as officers paul m strand and matthew ruge, both 27 and 40 year old firefighter paramedic adam finseth. the gunman was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. new developments n

cornell bernard abc seven news. all right. >> time now to get a check on the weather. dry now, of course, rain is back in the forecast with as much as nine feet of snow. perhaps expected in the sierra. >> that is worth talking about. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya it may be even higher by the end of the week. >> i know that sounds crazy. let's take a look at a live picture right now. ama and dan. as we look from our zephyr cove camera. certainly snow over the peaks. statewide snow pack 82% of average. i suspect that in about a week we're going to go well above average now for a m thursday until 10 a.m. sunday. the weather service is saying 5 to 12ft of snow is possible above 5000ft. 1 to 4ft above 3000ft, with those gusty winds up to 60 miles an hour, travel could be very difficult to impossible. giving you a quick look. this may be the heaviest snow of the season, so far. by sunday night, 94in at donner, 98in at kirkwood. taking a look right now at the sierra, they are seeing some snow showers, but it's nothing heavy at this point her

cornel west, welcome to hardtalk.ll, it is great to talk to you. now, america, and the world, they know you as a philosopher, an academic, a writer, a civil rights activist, but right now, you are running to be president of the united states of america.

this is outrageous and my guest to day cornell west is shining, a light on the principle that humanity is. everyone's no one is less valuable than the other. i mean, just as we see past the stop, the palestinians can't read palestinian lives matter. and the bottom line, the as the, as well as go on guys, a continues, we bring you the late, we are on the grounding dollars a covering. the ongoing is raising apartments and the suffering, the people's tools that we lost displacements and lack of resources as well. as district conditions here in and around the hospital and from the height is to refund the data rate from restrictions prevents freedom of rights to worship tyler, we will continue our coverage of his route, will cabinet decisions the kansas and all the political parties. westbank senior reporting on the wireless as rainy waves with feelings of loss, dissension, and destruction. stay with us for the updates and detailed coverage of the war on garza, on al jazeera, the unsettled time upfront takes on the biggest pennies of context to what is happening now. it is a complex 3 quest

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cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> thanks, cornell. the surf was churning today in san francisco because of the storm. there is a high surf advisory in effect until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, and the waves could reach well over 20ft in height. it covers all the bay area beaches down to monterey. it is estimated that the severe winter storms that hit california earlier this month will end up costing the state nearly $11 billion, much of the high cost associated with storm is from the damage that was done to the state's power grid, from high winds and downed trees. and while crews are still cleaning up, more storms are moving in with heavy rain. parts of the bay area are expected to see up to six inches of rain between now and wednesday. you can track exactly when that rain will arrive and how bad it will be hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. new details tonight on the antioch library. it's going to reopen on tuesday after the county decided to close

could that be professor cornell west or could you help determine who ultimately gets elected in november? the lifelong peace activists scholar and freedom fica is running as an independent in the 2020 for us presidential election. you joins me now from new york. thank you so much a professor west for coming back on going undergrad. it's been a long time ag, daily and now you're running for president before i get to the present president's backing of genocide in gaza for american view. as of this, what states will you be on the ballot full on the 5th of november this year? oh, shooting for all 50. i should be on a good 15 by march 30 in the summer, and by november 1 we're shooting for 50 my but very much so we can really begin in an intense way until just a week or 2 ago because it in, in the states the do awfully is so deeply colonized dominated by big money, make it difficult for independent candidate. so you'd begin the process of getting, getting access to the ballots until of february 1 in most sheets, and saw that that's why we already got the last and we got oregon brass, we have a

on sundays ago, we spoke to us presidential candidate for 2024. professor cornell west, who believes joe biden is a war criminal for the gaza genocide. but there's another jail for it. and candidate who's us supreme court to bill for immunity from prosecution deadline is today. he claims he could end the war and gaza and on russia through ukraine, and revitalize a suffering economy at home. and he's a favorite to be president. donald trump, a former republican congressman, is new book trump to warn capitalism that exposes the catastrophe of trumps last time and office david stockman, the reagan administration's budget director joins me now from miami, florida. thank you so much david, for coming on, i suppose before we even go into the depths of the once an amazing tour to force of a book in terms of its analysis of i can say that the polls jo trump, uh, handles the economy according to polls but as a, uh, better than any other, uh, better than buying in the opinion polls, that's what people the thinking as he clearly is the favor, whether it runs from jail or where else 20 points. h

cornel west, welcome to hardtalk. is great to talk to you. now, america, and the world, they know you as a philosopher,

democratic pollster cornell belcher, and republican strategist sara fagen. thanks to all of you for being here. mara, let me start with you. we are one week out minus a day from the south carolina primary. of course, we learned on friday that trump got slapped with this 350 plus million dollar final for this civil fraud suit in new york. how does this all impact where we are in the 2024 race because so far his legal battles have only emboldened him? >> right. i don't think it affects the primary at all. it's a benefit for him. but when we get to the general, things might be different. first of all, we'll have maybe juries, actual juries of his peers potentially reaching verdicts unlike just judges. we also know from polling that independent, swing voters and some trump supporters say they will not vote for him if he is convicted. now, we don't know if he'll be convicted and we don't know if these trials will happen before election day, and to me the question is on the january 6th trial, which is the most important, and you can only argue it's the only import

i'm still here with professor cornel west. 2024 us independent presidential candidate. you know, professor we were talking about one about the fact that as you designate the right wing the populace to isolation, just like dr. costs and are increasingly critical of u. s. foreign policy over here in the middle east. the big story as well as gaza is that the iran con, the who used to run focused on democratically elected leader. he made some comments about his over throw being conducted at the hands of a us conspirators. and so it reminds a lot of people in your raise your, in the middle east and africa and latin america are about the us is sponsorship for democracy is it's called in the state department. what would you do is president, when it comes to all these different elements of the us administer us state that acts in all parts of the global south to as they see it destroy any idea of democracy. you know, one of the thing you have to do as president is usability. polk is to educate american citizens, american citizens need to know the fundamental role of the c. i a f