france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union these decrees also authorize the recording of a person's activity on social networks or even health data revealing a particular danger leading to an infringement of the right to demonstrate to stigmatize asian the freedom of opinion union action the fact of being a member of the union which suggests that being a member of a trade union could be associated in one way or another with the imperatives of internal security state security the fight against terrorism so what are these intelligence files and what exactly are they used for the decrees relate to 3 files these used to be limited to being about hooligans or violent demonstrators now they are being expanded to the list of data of people suspected of terrorist activities all those likely to undermine the integrity of fran

france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union so what are these intelligence files and what exactly are they used for the decrees relate to 3 files these used to be limited to being about hooligans all violent demonstrators now they are being expanded to the list of data of people suspected of terrorist activities all those likely to undermine the integrity of france and its institutions files like this can help security services to keep an eye on individuals who are seen to pose a threat to sunny's lomis terrorist attacks were filed in 202033 since 2017 but some augie the concept behind these decrees is vague at best. the fact the authorities can collect data and lifestyle vague definition from the outset creates the surety of the paper trail rhenish each of us can become a subject of data collection if our behavior is

just despite the mass demonstrations and the approval that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france's crossed a red line and they may nought retrieve that challenge even ski ati paris. well if you'd like to have your say on verts or indeed any of this or a stories why not to the lib 8 on our facebook page and leave a comment or 2 always lively there of an evening you know neal. 2021 are going to see and it's thing phenomenon and point 21 you know america has been exporting its inflation at china for 20 years and now china's caught up to america and now all that money printing that's been going on for 2025 years is going to show up. real inflation. and the war in syria has lasted longer than world war 2. who has been suffering the most this is almost a decade long conflict regular syrian people. need these more than the many my for many years you. could see everything with my own eyes and hear the stories of its residents one group in particular russian wives of syrian man. the one we're pleased to look up to. the master of town see and welcome to going on the gr

despite the mass demonstrations and the approval that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france has crossed a red line and it may not retreat challenged even ski r.t. paris. and other news thousands of president trump supporters have descended on washington d.c. to take part in a stop the steel rally and protest the results of the 2020 presidential election meanwhile congress is expected to officially confirm joe biden as of president later today democrats also seem poised to take control of the senate is there 2 candidates look to have a narrow lead in the state of georgia well ahead of wednesday's rally in washington on front warned to stay away from the capitol and ordered federal officials to treat the movement as a terrorist organization. and tea for activists have brutally attacked our law abiding friends neighbors and business owners and destroyed historic landmarks that our communities have cherished for decades this violence and lawlessness has no place in the united states and will be called out for the domestic terrorism that it is just coming up half past

tighter security measures despite the mass demonstrations and the approval that's come from the council of state many of concern that france has crossed a red line and it may not which treat challenge even. paris gatherings up to date i'll be back with more in half an hour see them. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see if. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. for years i had treated patients with heroin addiction with high dose methadone which is the appropriate treatment and so. i was thinking well i see how well that works for all these people and they don't tend to over dose on it or have a lot of side effects or have any problems so why wouldn't that be fine for pain patients i do recall individual young man who had a rough go early on.

today, the deputy director meet with the council of state governments. the office of public engagement will brief black civic groups and invite feedback from progressive groups. these conversations are critical for building support and moving the president's bill forward. we saw evidence this week that the american people overwhelmingly want their elected leaders to work with the president to confront the pandemic and put people back to work. according to a poll released wednesday, 71% of the american people want republicans in congress to work with president biden. that number is up 10 points after the election. the trend of support working in a bipartisan manner is only growing. the president is committed to getting relief to working families. he is also meeting this morning with members of his economic team, with the vice president and treasury secretary for a briefing on the cost of inaction and the impact of a delayed moving forward with a release package. millions of americans do not have enough food to eat and millions more have lost their jobs. in

of relief. today national economic council deputy director david kayman will meet with the council of state governments, the office of public engagement will brief black civic groups and hunger advocates and key progressive groups to invite their feedback. these conversations are critical to building support and moving the president's bill forward. but we also saw evidence this week that the american people overwhelmingly want their elected leaders to work with the president to confront the pandemic and get -- put people back to work. according to a monmouth poll released wednesday, 71% of the american people want republicans in congress to work with president biden, that number is up nearly 10 points from after the election. meaning the trend of support for working in a bipartisan manner with the president is only growing. finally, the president is committed to getting relief to working families, hence he has also meeting this morning with his economic team with the vice president and treasury secretary janet yellen for a briefing on the cost of inaction and the impact of a delay in moving forward wit

of relief. today national economic council deputy director david cayman will meet with the council of state governments. the office of public engagement will brief black civic groups, anti-hunger advocates and key progressive groups and invite their feedback. these conversations are critical to building support and moving the president's bill forward. according -- but we also saw evidence this week that the american people overwhelmingly want their elected leaders to work with the president to confront the pandemic and get -- and put people back to work. according to a monmouth poll released wednesday, 71% of the american people want republicans in congress to work with president biden. that number is up nearly ten points from right after the election, meaning the trend of support for working in a bipartisan manner with the president is only growing. finally, the president is committed to getting relief to working families, hence he is also meeting this morning with his economic -- members of his economic team, with the vice president and treasury secretary janet yellen for a briefing on the cost of in

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of relief. today national economic council deputy director will meet with the council of state governments.c engagement will brief black civic group and hunger and nutrition advocates and invite feedback. these conversations are critical to moving the president's bill forward and getting support. we also saw evidence this week the american people overwhelmingly want their elected leaders to work with the president to confront the pandemic and put people back to work. according to a poll released wednesday 71% of the american people what republicans in congress to work with president biden. that number is up nearly 10 points from right after the election meaning the trend of support for working in a bipartisan manner with the president is only growing. finally, the president is committed to getting relief to working families, hence he is also meeting this morning with his economic members of his economic team with the vice president and treasury secretary janet yellen for a briefing on the cost of inaction and the impact of a delay in moving forward with a relief package. millions of america

you had the president, mark meadows, the secretary of state, the general council for the secretary of state and other aides on that call. it was not a large call, but it happened yesterday and it took place for about an hour. soing with ou so, okay, steven, trump begged and berated the georgia secretary of state to overturn the presidential election and joe biden's win in georgia. presumably you will concur with that. what was the secretary of the state of georgia's reaction to that? how did he -- how he did push back? >> right, we're working to put up the audio. i have a story that will be posted soon on npr and georgia public broadcasting. the secretary of state was incredibly patient with the president but pushed back on some of the claims from social media telling the president that social media doesn't always tell the truth. and explaining that the data he is looking at is not correct. much of the call was the president at times angry. he lashed out against brian kemp saying that he was a smuk fchmur endorsing him in 2018. when he spoke and the general counsel spoke, they laid ou

since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut but that's only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain the train the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt to close their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in and expelled qatari diplomats they issued a list of 13 demands they said oh how must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it this as far as cutter is concerned has been a great a degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to learn to live with the blockade and that has helped really help them discover bet

little respect in your government for the free press which is after all the bedrock of any democratic state the councilof europe commission dunja many out of age noted last year the continued deterioration of media freedom in bulgaria she cited nontransparent media ownership heris mint of journalists including the use of defamation suits against them why do you allow this to go on more than 60 percent of the media coverage in the area is critical against the government they wouldn't say that this is this is like a freedom of press freedom house reported that when a pro-government journalist and politician and milk look of was appointed last year to head by a national t.v. all the critical voices were silenced same with the nova broadcasting group new owners came in investigative journalists were fired you clearly have no interest in a press that holds your politicians to account to you. i wouldn't agree with just as well because in one of the most popular shows on the get a national television distracted for example was one of the main leaders of the opposition and one of the main leaders of the protes

please explain if you do not think council should be increasing taxes, why the mayor of london is proposing to increase his by 10%? it was actually the secretary of statendon that he had to increase council tax. oh, yes, it was. the reason why there is a funding gap in london is londoners have done the right thing and followed the government advice to keep covid safe by keeping off public transport as much as they can do, and so the revenues coming in for transport for london has collapsed. he said councils had no choice. councils of all political colours will be forced to put up council tax this year, not because they want to, but because the government's left councils with no real choice. the coast of covid will have to be paid for, but not by raising taxes on people who can't afford it at a time when their incomes are under so much strain and the pandemic is still raging. replying for the government, the communities secretary said labour councils cost more. whilst council tax has fallen i under the conservatives in real terms since 2010, the last - labour government presided over a doubling of council tax, and in labour run wales, | it is troubling.

foreign relations was brought into the state department. many of the council experts were part of it. but it was in the state department, where much of the planning was done in 1943 and 80 44, but quite often the suggestions made by the experts were not necessarily picked up by roosevelt and carried out. in other words, there was huge planning efforts going on in the angela merkel world. also france, once it had a government again, also in the soviet union, there is planning going on. so think about planning during world war ii. it's something that quietly goes forward while the armies fight in the field in trying to defeat the nazis from the battlefield. now let's go into the outline here. excuse me. so dr. stoler has to put together one of the most important conferences. and you see on the highest level with most felt in charge, it begins and august of 1940, won the famous conference with the atlantic charter was agreed on by roosevelt and churchill. so again, the united states wasn't in the were yet and already they were doing diplomatic planning for the fu

finally joined the war late in 1941, that planning effort from the council on foreign relations was brought into the state department, many ofthe council experts were part of it. but it was in the state department where much of the planning was done in 1943. but very often the suggestion made by the expert were not picked up by roosevelt and carried out. in other words, there was huge planning efforts going on in the anglo-american world, but also france once it had a government again, and also in the soviet union there was planning going on. so think about planning during world war ii as something that quietly goes forward while the armies fight in the field in trying to defeat the nazis on the battlefield. let's go into the outline here. excuse me. the doctor has put together the most important conferences and you see even on the highest level with roosevelt and churchill already begins in august 1941, the famous newfoundland conference where the atlantic charter was agreed on by a crucial wartime document. the united states was not in the war yet and already they were doing diplomatic planning for the future of the world.

since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies and off and expelled qatari diplomats they issued a list of 13 demands they said oh how must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it as far as cutters concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to lead to labor in the blockade and that has helped really help them discover better ways of living

career state department official laying out the new administration's policy and it's really an old policy it's sticking to the guidelines that the security council has put down in resolutions of a 2 state solution and that has led to some optimism amongst some security council members including norway which has a historic role over a quarter century ago it came out with the oslo as accords it was attending the meeting its foreign minister was speaking in the meeting and afterwards i spoke to there has been some interesting developments in the region that could potentially create a new dynamics and i did in my intervention today also applaud and welcome in normalization agreements between israel and several arab states that was also reiterated by many of my colleagues and also i mean new u.s. administration and i think that it provides at least a potential for a new dynamic in the region need it does not solve the israeli palestinian issues they have to be negotiated and the plan is that is the issues are not solved by this the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov talked of the idea of an international conference or a ministerial meeting that was dismissed by the israeli amb

your majesty your highness is the leaders of the gulf cooperation council states. the head of the delegation of. and the secretary general of the g.c.c. may get fit and they can be with you at the outset i would like to extend all tanks and i appreciate until my brother the custodian of the 2 holy moses the monarch of saudi arabia and the government and the people of so duraid be of all the warm reception and general hospitality and the excellent organization of the sun summit . and i also commend you for hosting this summit that will be at cornerstone and cementing our joint gulf work and will enable us to live up to the aspirations of our respective people and i congratulate us. on the historic achievement of today namely the. agreement. and here we must mention the mediation efforts and as she said and exerted by the late i made of course may he rest in peace. these efforts have greatly contributed. to what we are witnessing today. it is also with pleasure that. i commend the collective efforts exerted by our brotherly. states heads of state and before that. the

yousef: president-elect joe biden's pick for the director of the national economic council speaking about the statethe u.s. economy on fox news. we have of course the story coming through from guggenheim partners that they have been looking at quite a few opportunities. scott minerd has been speaking to bloomberg. >> it is really amazing to have watched of this recovery in prices so rapidly against the backdrop of pandemic. you know, at this stage in the game, we are remaining positive. we recognize there could be setbacks near-term. given the new paradigm we are living in after the fed or bond purchase program -- corporate bond purchase program, we think we could see spreads tighten relative to treasuries to levels we have not seen since the 90's. >> after the unveiling of the $2 trillion that are going to be spent on stimulating, or indeed, a rescue plan for america, does it go far enough, and what does that do to assets? >> 85% of americans will receive a check as a result of that program. approximately 20% of americans are unemployed. it would seem to me a more focused attempt -- sorry, 10% of

has been mediating between cotton for arab states for the announcement was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in a lawyer in saudi arabia is a man shake time in hama del tani will attend to choose days some of. us president elect joe biden and president donald trump of rallied in the state of georgia had a 2 crucial senate runoff elections that republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate. now the new york stock exchange says it no longer plans to delist 3 major chinese telecom companies means that these firms will continue to be traded on the exchange the details were provided for the u.-turn let's hear now from dickie wall who's a stock analyst and he says that this was an unexpected nudes. it came in to his surprise but honestly speaking we can see those 3 telco share price rebounds quite significantly in the morning and the longer term i thing this tendency or the situation will not change at all because most of the old chinese companies are now this thing in the u.s. there was sick for seek for a secondary listing opportunity maybe in hong kong o

of egypt. bond with the blocs member states. emphasizing the principles articulated and the basic law of the council that this unit is to the best interest of the entire arab region there is a pandemic has proven through challenge and they see. this summit has achieved unprecedented achievement under the presidency of the king of saudi arabia and there is no doubt that addressing the pandemic and its a consequence is demand reinforcing the joint action namely the total execution of the vision of his the monarch of saudi arabia king solomon of 3rd arabia as endorsed by the supreme council and the $36.00 addition on 2015 within a specific time limit including the. economic. unity and political. cooperation to reinvigorate the gulf. disease centers that is formed under this summit based on the vision of his royal highness is the monarch of the saudi arabia and to reinforce the collective efforts towards combating the pandemic to continue. to fulfill the requirements of they only for. cannot make zone including giving the members state and its citizens the freedom to move work and vest and in benefit by education and health benefits

carroll prayed that you oh creator of would assist with your holy spirit of council and for to jude the president of these united states. that his administration may be conducted in righteousness and be eminently useful to your people. today we confess our past failures to live, according to our vision of equality inclusion and freedom for all. yet we resolutely commit still more know to renewing that vision. to caring for one another in word and deed, especially the least fortunate among us. and so becoming a light for the world. there is a power in each and every one of us that lives by turning to every other one of us. the thrust of the spirit to cherish and care and stand by others and above all those most in need. it is called love. and its path is to give ever more of itself. today it is called american patriotism. born out of power and privilege. but of care for the common good. with malice toward none and with charity for all. a new president we may give you the wisdom. solomon sort when you know before you and prayed for an understanding so that i can govern your people and know the difference between right an

i currently serve on the council of the secretary of state and local government law and and chair of its elections and voting rights committee as well as a member of the standing committee on election law and a very proud member of the this section the civil rights and social justice. we are very excited to have you here with us, and i would like to start by revisiting a a pal we've done in the past are to the election which was sponsored by the secretary of state and local government law as part of its 2000 virtual fall meeting. in that program we predicted whether we have a perfect storm or a call election, and i'm delighted to bring everyone back with you, and i would like to start by asking some follow-up questions for you. so jacqueline, you get the first question, and in our past program you spoke about the challenge the voting by mail for the native american disability ministry he said mail voting should be and and and not or. i'm just sort of wondering you think the prevalence of mail voting on balance this advantage or help underrepresented communities in this most recent el

and a half year diplomatic crisis kuwait has been mediating between council and 4 arab states the announcement was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit and in saudi arabia qatar is a man shaikh i mean bin hamad al tani would attend cheese day summit ever listen to the small from washington d.c. . we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory as especially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hands over power to joe biden. u.s. president elect joe biden and president a total trump have rallied in the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate trump says he will do anything to ensure that happens. your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate the radical democrats are trying to capture georgia's senate seat so they can wield unchecked unrestrained absolute power over every aspect of your lives. if the liberal democrats take the senate in the white house and

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in the novel position of arguing that women could be citizens with a responsibility to the state, that they were in fact capable of treason. in martin versus massachusetts, council for the state argued that went and martin, the mother of the plaintiffs, chose to accompany her husband back to england, that she acted in a political capacity, that's abandoning her massachusetts property. pretty interesting. in the end, these cases were decided in a variety of ways. in the case of james martin, he got his mother's property. but he was able to do so because the justices decided his case proceeded from a very conservative point of view. they decided that married women were not autonomous actors. as i said, other cases went the other way. in moments like this, what's demonstrated is that the failure to ameliorate women status, that the man who constructed a new nation could also have imagined new ideas a female citizenship. people will often ask me why i studied women's history or why we should study it. i say it's because we learn things from women's lives, words and work that we would not otherwise know. their sources provide us with new information, new historical q

at that time they faced some of the most stringent united nations security council sanctions so was not just u.s. sanctions or sanctions it was united states united nations security council sanctions so the nuclear agreement of 2015 which they signed. saw those sanctions being lifted over time as a result of iran reducing their nuclear activities in program and making more transparent but on the on the the technical side of things i guess iran would still say yes 20 percent it still means we're just doing this for civilian purposes for nuclear energy it's nowhere near what would be needed for a weapon. certainly they've said in the past that 20 percent is for their research purposes that it's their right to be able to enrich at this level and that they are not interested in pursuing a nuclear weapon but a lot of people in the. on the other side of the world the argument they have is that if iran has the know how and the technical capabilities of enriching at 20 percent then going to 90 percent or 95 percent is not a far stretch for them that is the point of contention and that is what has caused a lot of issues with this country's nuclear

of state madeleine albright. we are honored to have her with us today and honored to have her server and international advisory board at the council. united states prepares to transition to a new presidential of administration the council has organized this program really focusing on how to shape the thinking of how a new u.s. leadership in the world. renew doesn't quite capture what is needed. i believe we need a new model of u.s. leadership in the world. as the world has evolved u.s. administrations have failed to provide a compelling template for leadership for today's world. abide in administration just might do so. biden could pioneer forms of global engagement that resonates not only with their friends abroad that the american people as a catalytic can-do power leaderon will for the global cot to tackle challenges. the council remains committed to the idea of a strong american leadership and strongt democratc alliances and partnerships essential to shaping a better future. today we will continue this two-day event with a discussion on two topics. we'll start with a discussion on building a foundation at home u.s. leadership

somebody from my state and my home parrish as president biden's nominee to be the representative to the united nations and the representative of the united states in the security council ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. ambassador thomas-greenfield is currently serving on the biden transition team and was previously the head of the africa practice for the allbright stonebridge group. the ambassador's career has been one of distinguishment as a member of the diplomatic corps of the united states. high level positions of the state department and served abroad, as well. the last position held was the assistant secretary of state for african affairs. she has vast experiences as foreign service officer with numerous publications, distinguished fellow and african studies at the georgetown university. i'm proud to say she's a graduate of louisiana state university, my aul mu mater and university of wisconsin which might be ron johnson's alma mater. u.s. representative abroad, ambassador thomas-greenfield holds numerous honors and awards and in 2016 even had a school named after her the linda thomas-greenfield prepatory school and her career would be an inspiration to any

how you will represent the united states in helping one of our closest allies israel and its relationship at the united nations and including the human rights council thank you, senator, for that question and i do understand that savannah state has severed its relationship with the confucius institute. on the issue of israel, president biden has been one of hope to work closely and look forward, in fact, working closely with the israeli embassy and the israeli ambassador to work to bolster israel's security and to expand economic opportunities for israelis and americans alike. and widen the circle of peace. i think it goes without saying that israel has no closer friend than the united states and i will reflect that in my actions at the united nations. >> thank you. united nations is clearly the most important of the international organizations. what we find the international community has done the organizations that discriminate against israel. our activity at the united nations becomes even more important, including supporting israel, having a more visible role at the united nations in a positive way. i thank you for that commitment. i want to ta

it goes without saying we welcome potential decision of the united states until we come back to this deal. this was endorsed by the council have a question of whether there are documents, taking into account. i would like you to understand it. that is why you will see we will regarding is decision this variation. to me, you know in this duration, we have excellent records about calculation in nonproliferation. sometimes you will see my colleagues raise one question, whether we have identical use on nonproliferation issues on us. and my answer for you, i can see our strategical dissection is -- participation is the same. [indiscernible] we don't want anyone to destroy this treaty. security net, and we did a lot about issuese know [indiscernible] where we work together with you. so that is why you see that we are open and ready to continue such calculations. we have such calculations now with the current administration but i would like to see more especially [indiscernible] this year there was decision to delay the review contracts. i do not know what kind of situation we will trade with hope we will i keep together and wor