discuss this in ramallah, no doubt they are a political analyst and founding member of the democratic national assembly in washington d. c. college that again d, he's a senior fellow with the middle east institute and in brooklyn, new york only bomb. he's a professor of philosophy at the new school for social research and author of the book, half up republic, and a quick shout out to those of you watching us on youtube. we invite you to share your thoughts and questions in our live chat, and we will try to bring them into our discussion. carla. i want to start with a fact some 33 percent. it seems of palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza strip support a one state solution. think that's up from about 29 percent a few months ago. ah, that's according to a recent poll i should say by the palestinian center for policy and survey research . i, what do you think is behind this, why this shift in support and why are we hearing more about a one state solution? well, i think the probably the most obvious answer to that question because of the failure of the existing process. i mean they're, they're, i

bills war presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who spoke through tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nation to how we are failing. our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> the bill advancing to the senate includes further restrictions on ghost guns, closing loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms ensuring proper background checks at gun shows as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for a 10 year ban from owning firearms. and lastly providing medical reimbursement for violence, prevention services for victims of gun violence. governor newsom is calling on state lawmakers to work on sunday more gun control related bills to his chest. kron four's. ashlew zavala has the latest on the new effort. here at the state capitol. lawmakers are working on passing several gun control related bills that are at about the halfway point in the legislative process. >> normally if passed, these bills would be signed in the fall. but governor gavin newsom wants to speed up that timeline req

assembly. i believe that only the game of the national team, when representatives of all branches of government and the parliament and the government and the democratic opposition must defend our interests in the international arena, you see what is happening with the supply of offensive weapons, what is happening with the reactive systems salvo fire by emeleres and others, which we desperately need, because we know that the situation on the battlefield is not simple, and the war has been going on for more than three months as part of the nine-year military aggression against ukraine . ukraine, and then the germans and the french at the meetings in berlin begin to ask the question: are you united inside ukraine, and does the political spectrum have a vision for what is a ukrainian victory? how do you see it, and are you not quarreling with each other? you know, we were recently in berlin, where the ukrainian delegation included ivana klympush-censation. as the head of the committee, mr. halaichuk was the first deputy, dmytro natalukha was the head of the economic committee, and there were lithuanians, estonians, french, czechs, and germans who advoca

democratic institution to make lawmaking. and you have, this is that sandy proposes in my book, you have a national assembly. an additional third branch of the legislature that looks with -- larry saboto said you ought to have these super senators, former president, former vice president, former justices of the supreme court, so on. have them as part of this national assembly. the other argument that gets a lot of traction is, the argument where -- no, you don't need senate representation based entirely on population. but you give some of the states in the senate a few more senators! based on their population may be california gets five and wyoming gets one. ultimately, the senate is still around. make no mistake! i do not think the senate is going anywhere. secondly, i will say this. when i have the conversation with delegates in 2022, one of which was sandy. he is arguing that thing. one thing that i did, in addition to drafting what these delegates were telling me, sandy levinson, the environment, senate and so on, i get to make the claim with whether they pass the constitutional convention. sandy's radic

national republican party, which advocates secession from great britain and joining the republic of ireland, won the elections to the regional parliament, the party received 27 seats in the assembly from pushing the democraticunionist party, which advocates the union of england, to second place, however, disputes have already begun, who and for what now will be responsible to share power, it is not the onists, they do not want us all as political leaders to muster up the courage to take a step forward for a common goal and determination to create a stable coalition with the division of power. the one that works the one that brings results ireland split over a century ago, northern became part of the united kingdom. and the south as a result, a separate republic theoretically. they can unite such an opportunity is spelled out in the so -called good friday agreement with provided that the inhabitants of northern ireland will support this decision in a referendum. in addition, in 2017, the european union noted. that the precedent of the unification of the two germanys can be used. so there is a high probability that this will happen. northern ireland, founded 101 years ago, and i think many historians will agr

the house of representatives as the real democratic institution to make lawmaking and you have this is what sandy proposed in my book. you have a national assembly an additional third branch of the of the legislature that looks you know, larry sabado said that you ought to have these kind of super senators who are former members of the house. i mean for presidents former vice presidents former justices of the supreme court and so on have them as part of this national assembly or the scent. so the other the other argument that's a lot of in is the argument where no you don't, you know, you don't base senate representation entirely on population, but she gives some of the you give some of the states in the senate a few more senators based on their population. so maybe california gets five and wyoming gets one, but ultimately the senate is still around. so make no mistake. i do not think the senate is going anywhere. secondly. i'll say this. when i had the conversation with with delegates in 2022, one of which was sandy and he's arguing that thing the one thing that i did in addition to, you know, crafting what he what these delegates were telling

bills were presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday, including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who spoke through her tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nation to how we are failing our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> the bills advancing to the senate include further restrictions on ghost guns, closing the loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms ensure proper background checks at gun shows as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for a 10 year ban from owning firearms. and lastly providing medical reimbursement for violence prevention services for victims of gun violence. >> with a mass shooting there in texas has lawmakers throughout the country calling now for stricter gun laws there's one restrictive law that has the local district attorney says makes a big difference and it's called a red flag law. we have kron four's dan kerman to explain how it works. there may be a bottleneck in congress when it comes to advancing gun safety legislation. but in california and 18 other states, there's already red flag legislati

bills were >> presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday, including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who spoke through tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nationw we are failing our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> well, the bills advancing to the senate include further restrictions on ghost guns, closing loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms, ensuring that proper background checks at gun shows happen as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for a 10 year ban from owning firearms. and lastly, providing reimbursement for violence, prevention services for victims of gun violence. >> as lawmakers throughout the country call for stricter gun laws. a local district attorney is pushing to see red flag laws implemented nationwide. now this law is already in effect in california. it allows courts and law enforcement officials to temporarily take away guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says the law has saved lives, including a recent incident where office

bills were presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who spoke. through tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nationre failing our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> well, the bills advancing to the senate include further restrictions on ghost guns, closing loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms ensuring proper background checks at gun shows as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for a 10 year ban from owning firearms. and lastly providing medical reimbursement for violence, prevention services for victims of gun violence. and as lawmakers throughout the country are also calling for stricter gun laws. a local district attorney is pushing to see red flag laws implemented nationwide. now these are laws that are already in effect in california. they allow courts and law enforcement officials to temporarily take away guns from people who pose a threat to themselves and others. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says the law has saved lives and as an example, he cite

bills were presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday, including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who spoke through tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nation our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> the bills advancing to the senate include further restrictions on ghost guns, closing loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms ensuring proper background checks at gun shows as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for it. a tear your banned from owning firearms. and lastly providing medical reimbursement for violence, prevention services for victims of gun violence. >> well, the texas mass shooting has lawmakers throughout the country calling for stricter gun laws. there's one restrictive law that a local district attorney says is making a big difference is called a red flag law and kron four's. dan kerman explains how it works. >> there may be a bottleneck in congress when it comes to advancing gun safety legislation. but in california and 18 other states, there's already red flag legislation on the books. the gun violence

bills are presented by 6 democratic lawmakers yesterday including oakland assembly member buffy wicks who had to speak through tears. >> and i think about what we're doing as a nationling our communities on this issue. our number one job is to keep our community safe. and we are failing. >> the bills advancing to the city to include further restrictions on ghost guns, closing loopholes that allow corporations to manufacture a large number of firearms, ensuring proper background checks at gun shows as well as adding additional misdemeanors to the list of crimes for a 10 year ban from owning firearms. and lastly providing medical reimbursement for violence, prevention services for victims of gun violence. >> as lawmakers throughout the country are calling for stricter gun laws. a local district attorneys actually pushing to see more red flag laws implemented nationwide. this laws already in place here in california. and it allows courts and law enforcement officials to temporarily take away guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says that the law has saved lives, including a recent incident where of

democratic republic of congo. and i asked what led to the crackdown on demonstrators outside his party's headquarters? we organized a demonstration in the front door firm did national assembly or to do more session was just to request for a consensus on the electron law and also on dia, electron commission. but when we a wardrobe guys, oh, sure themselves there. i just said, i need to pull it to guns in good deed who show guys who it is and it was to re read me something and believe you guys live, live and dish and did he did more session was not only right it it more session was for what we call back to look. we had many people wow. with injury. and okay. now that those people don't tell me more about why these protests are taking place. you have called for a round table involving the catholic church. and you said that members of the church were present at his protest. what is it that you are trying to achieve? yes, this is not the isolated the incident or disease a, as in these 3 of you was intimidation and they're closing off. what is the got a space in the dfcs? want to we are continue to request is we cannot go to the election with one. patty dictating everything we, w

among democratic nations but among countries that the last time around when russia invaded back in 2014 stood on the sidelines. you see that reflected in the overwhelmingly lopsided u.n. general assembly votes condemning russian aggression. i think our job as humanitarians is to make sure that the massive numbers of people who have been displaced by russian brutality and by this aggression that those people have their food, their medical and other needs met. we're doing that, of course, when they cross borders into europe through unhcr and the support of those frontline nations, but also in the slightly more peaceful parts of ukraine that have not suffered the hand-to-hand combat we saw in places like kyiv and now liberated areas, those areas the ambassador mentioned, when the kyiv.nians won the battle of - lots of destruction, mines and all kinds of food and medical needs were left in their wake. and being sure we can support organizations to sweep in there and get markets up and running as quickly as possible so they can resume what passes for normalcy even as the fight now moves to the east and remains in the south. >> can ukraine's neighbors handle this influx? >> they're handling

national parties. you said one, a historic victory the week before last over the unionists. he will meet them a democratic unit as party leader, jeffrey donaldson. his party currently boycotting the storm on assembly over his opposition, their opposition to the northern protocol. as you mentioned that now mr. johnson will urge the parties to get back to power sharing get back to working together. it's thought he will try to calm things down to dial down the rhetoric in what is an escalating dispute now between the u. k and the e u with northern ireland not for the 1st time at its heart. the key issue of contention is the northern ireland protocol. this is a piece of legislation, part of the brakes. it deal that introduces trade checks between goods, moving from great britain to northern ireland. as a way of avoiding a hard border on the island of island boys, johnson negotiated that protocol, the democratic unionists, lowes it. they say that it undermines their position and the position of northern ireland within the united kingdom. and they say they want it scrapped or substantially changed. now, what can boris johnson do? well, he believes that the u. p. has a point. he believes that the protoco