has never lost an election and is favored to win in his ruling democratic party of socialists of dominates upon. six on within twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joining nato. it is a centuries old our form that was once one of hong kong's most popular forms of entertainment but cantonese opera struggling to engage the next generation the tradition is considered a unique parts of hong kong's identity and industry diehards are determined to keep it alive so talk reports. after sixty years designing and creating traditional head dresses chan caulk yarn is considered a grandmaster in cantonese opera these days he spends less time creating and more time teaching to educate the next generation to appreciate this traditional art. the audience is mostly in their fifty's or sixty's i hope that we have more younger audiences over time that's the crucial point it's a concern shared by some in the industry who say younger people are now more engaged with other types of digital and time and. so they have

democratic standards. verging has begun in montenegro's presidential election former prime minister i mean a token of riches the favorite to win is never lost an election in his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics for more than twenty five years gunmen disguised as united nations peacekeepers of detonated two suicide car bombs at french and u.n. bases in mali one peacekeeper was killed at least ten french soldiers wounded in timbuktu no one has claimed responsibility for the attack well then seven hundred fifty thousand syrians have sold refuge in neighboring jordan putting a huge strain on its resources and economy but a joint initiative is aiming to reduce the burden but training refugees to join the workforce natasha can aim reports from some help. more strict mohammed jamal of the life he built in syria his job as a factory supervisor has allowed him to create a new one in jordan and restore his dignity. of the old and the beginning i could not provide the basic necessities of life for myself and my wife thank god now i'm having a decent life jamal is one of thirty syrians recruited from refugee camps working at el san about the diaper manufacturer has been hiring sy

a month governing democratic party of socialists says this leader kind of it has won the country's presidential election the six time former prime minister spearheaded the former yugoslav republic joining of nato in two thousand and seventeen and is now crafting its entry into the european union. thousands of castle and separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed secessionist later s. to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protests and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protests comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for catalyze ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence did in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners will limit the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians

montenegro is governing democratic party of socialists says its leader mellowed you kind of it has won the country's presidential election the six time former prime minister spearheaded the former yugoslav republic joining nato in two thousand and seventeen and it's now crafting its entry into the european union. revellers celebrating nepal's new year have poured into the streets of the medieval city of boxed up poor people beating drums songs and vermillion powder filled the air the annual festival marks the arrival of spring with dancing and prayers for a good harvest during the monsoon season. thousands of cattle on separatists have been rallying and barcelona to demand the release of jailed to session as leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protest and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court just missed an extradition request for catalonia ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine im

miller djukanovic has never lost an election in his favorite to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato. fighters disguised as un peacekeepers have attacked a un base in mali killing one peacekeeper and injuring ten french soldiers the attack happened on saturday in the northern city of timbuktu fighters wearing blue helmets entered the camp and exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets one of the vehicles have been disguised as a mali a military vehicle there was no immediate claim of responsibility now in brazil thousands of protesters in rio de janeiro are demanding answers after the killing of a city council last month mariella franco and her driver were shot dead the activists defended the rights of minorities and criticize the army for taking of a police in the city but so far nobody's been arrested supporters say she was the target of a political assassination. now the film world is pay

country's presidential election preliminary results show the leader of the governing democratic party of socialists took fifty four percent of the vote enough to avoid a runoff the six time former prime minister a pledge to keep the small balkan country on the path to e.u. membership. thousands of catalan separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed succession its leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protest and they also have support of spain's two major labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for counseling yes ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence bid in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners limit the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians who were elected by

election longtime leader has never lost an election and is favored to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato. the first range of family to be repatriated from bangladesh has arrived in may and mas rakhine state the family of five has been given identification documents but not citizenship the united nations is warning the community still faces discrimination and persecution in. more than seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled to bangladesh following a military crackdown in the kind last year. somali officials are said to have stopped a plane from the united arab emirates from leaving the country this is after an iraqi military trainers refused to have their cargo checked in southern yemen they've been protests against the appointment of the former president's nephew as military commander demonstrators in tahrir he's accused of being a murderer say he should be tried for human rights violations he's been

the result means mr djukanovic, the leader of the democratic party of socialists, will not have to god montenegrin politics since first becoming prime minister in 1991, during the break—up of yugoslavia. former us first lady barbara bush is said to be in "failing health" and no longer seeking medical treatment. a statement from the office of her husband, former president george bush senior, said the 92—year—old has chosen to focus on "comfort care." the founder and chief executive of the world's largest advertising group wpp, sir martin sorrell, has resigned, less than a fortnight after it announced he was being investigated for misconduct. he leaves after 33 years in the job. cornelia meyer is the ceo of the business consultancy, mrl corporation. shejoins me now. this is something which has emerged over the weekend. as far as the investigation into misconduct is concerned he has denied any allegations, denied any wrongdoing whatsoever, and there is an investigation ongoing in that. but he has decided to quit.” investigation ongoing in that. but he has decided to quit. i think he has

in montenegro, the leader of the governing democratic party of socialists, meelojookanovitch has won r favourite in what is the first such vote since the countryjoined nato — a move that has angered its traditional ally, russia. one of the great names of italian cinema — vittorio taviani — has died. the cannes film festival winner, together with his brother, paolo, directed some of the most striking films of the past half— century, among them padre padrone and the night of shooting stars, which made them household names in italy. he died after a long illness, aged 88. the first family of rohingya muslims, who fled violence in rakhine state have returned home. more than 700,000 people took refuge in neighbouring bangladesh following a military operation which the un says was tantamount to ethnic cleansing. the burmese government says it has been responding to terrorist groups. rylee carlson reports... union mad government says this is the first row family over 5— bggde' from j j their voluntary repatriation. begin their voluntary repatriation. in this reception centre, they are fingerp

leader djukanovic has never lost an election and is favored to win here and he's reading democratic party of socialists have dominated politics for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato. the first rank of family to be repatriated from bangladesh has arrived and meanwhile as rakhine state the family of five has been given identification documents but not citizenship the united nations is warning the community still faces discrimination and persecution in myanmar within seven hundred thousand range of muslims a fled to bangladesh following a military crackdown in rakhine last year. somali fish is said to have stuff to plane from the united arab emirates from leaving the country this was off the iraqi military trainers refused to have their cargo checked. as are the headlines the news continues but first this inside story. the u.s. u.k. and france launched as strikes on syria the target suspected chemical weapon sites russia calls it an act of aggression and warns of consequences what does

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miller djukanovic has never lost an election and is the favorite to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics in the country for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post to watch by fidel. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it. we will bring in the news and current affairs that match it. was what. i thought. maybe i should. give it. that's ok. i got to play i mean it's like. hello richard gere's bird and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week pakistan's biggest news channel goes dark is the military there playing power games with the news media in india journalists reporting on the world's largest biometric database find themselves targeted over their work as palestinians face live fire from the israeli army a journalist clearly marked as a member of

presidential election with fifty three point eight percent of votes djukanovic and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics for more than twenty five years he favors close the ties with europe rather than traditional ally of russia last year the country provides anger in moscow by joining nato. it's been a week since tens of thousands of gaza based employees of the palestinian authority should have had them monthly salaries the p.a. based in the occupied west bank says it's a technical glitch but the workers union says it's a deliberate move to ramp up the pressure on hamas which controls the gaza strip high force that reports. for a week now they've been living on less than a promise the palestinian authority says the delay in paying its gaza employees salaries is a technical issue soon to be resolved but these men know that their colleagues in the occupied west bank and retirees here in gaza all had their paychecks days ago the head of their union says the p.a. isn't even taking his phone calls. we're talking about thirty thousand families this isn't a small number they paid emplo

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montenegro is ruling democratic party of socialists has declared its leader milo jute djukanovic the winner of a presidential election djukanovic is projected to win sunday's presidential election with fifty three point eight percent of the votes the long time ruler favors closer ties with europe and angered moscow last year. thousands of people have been protesting in the yemeni city of ties and the surrounding provinces the demonstrators are not happy with the appointment of the former president's nephew tariq seiler as a military commander will bring you more on those stories in the news hour in twenty five minutes time do join me then i for now. water is the driving force of life and natural resource that is scarce and to which one tenth of people and earth have no access. the question of its management has become a major factor it's becoming more and more become highly profitable highly tradable . people who see everything as something to invest and profit of they want. the one door. says at this summit yes it is at but this one is the lower. city as he is in an area scott has g

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election longtime leader has never lost an election and is favored to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics in the country for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato let's get more now from aleesha marinovich is live for us in montenegro's capital. so this is the first presidential election since the country joined nato what are the international implications for this vote. well these elections today will showed the popularity of the long time political montenegrin lead that a meal of who in his almost thirty years long career was six time a prime minister montenegro in one time president of the country so actually his running now for his second presidential mandate he defied an old historic slavic ally of montenegro russia and led montenegro into joining nato last year the outcome of the vote also will show the public support of you kind of each euro atlantic policies about five hundred thirty thousand people's people will vote today registered voters

election longtime leader has never lost an election and is favored to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists have dominated politics in the country for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe rather than traditional moscow last in the country went against russia and joined nato let's talk to a militia is live for us in montenegro's capital. this is the first presidential election since the country joined nato so what are the international implications for this vote. this elections will be actually the test of popularity as you said long lasting. just to say that he was in his almost thirty years political career he was six time the prime minister of montenegro until one time president of this state and now he is actually running for his second mandate on this position as you said he defied. story. and led montenegro of the small balkan country into the nato alliance last year outcome of this what is also expected to reflect public support for. e.u. and nato policies about five hundred thousand voters in this moment are registered and they were among seven candidates in

his ruling and democratic party of socialists have dominated politics in the balkan country for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europe over those with its traditional ally moscow last year the country went against russia and joined nato. the film world is paying tribute to oscar winning director mueller's foreman who died at the age of eighty six on saturday the czech born filmmaker who was part of a nine hundred sixty s. wave of directors which criticized the communist regime in czechoslovakia but it was in hollywood before one made his name in one hundred seventy five he picked up his first directing osca the one flew over the cuckoo's nest nine years later he repeated that success with amadeus about the imagined rivalry between mozart and an italian composer fighters disguised as un peacekeepers have attacked a new u.n. base in mali killing one peacekeeper and injuring ten french soldiers it act happened on saturday in the northern city of timbuktu the fighters entered the camp and blew up two suicide car bombs before launching rockets one of the vehicles ha

response to the resistance against donald trump, growing number of candidates are, well, running as socialists. the national party, the democratic socialists of america from 5000 members in 2016 to 35,000 nationwide. all right, interesting development. let's bring in the political panel. democratic strategist john summers and republican strategist boyd matheson. john, let me begin with you. i lived through the socialist era of britain in the 1970s. it was a disaster. i am happy i will not have to go through that again. now we're hearing the "s" word come up again. why is socialism seen as answer especially among millenials? >> people tired of the same old, same old. seeing they haven't been represented by washington very well at all. we see this on both sides of the political spectrum. people are dissatisfied. one of the reasons people supported donald trump. the midterms will show that he sold told them what they wanted to hear. raising the minimum wage. things that strengthen the middle class. a stronger middle class is a stronger america. ashley: boyd, i've always seen socialism as wanting something for nothing. i look at eas

she's radical, very inarticulate about the democrats agenda if they even have one in general and you can see a bubbling up of socialist young wave, the democrat partyass of democrats that refuse to relinquish power and republicans consider it a benefit because of that. jillian: she can't relate to middle-class americans. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. sitting in the stands instead of taking a knee. however 8 may have blown his shot at getting back on the field. republicans rallying behind the president, launched in response to his salacious tell-all book. carly shimkus is here with online reaction. ♪ els.com like this. (sneeze) earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so, next time don't half-wash it. downy and it's done. >> explosive excerpts from james comey tell-all

doesn't reflect where the money is coming from at all in the democrat party, the money is coming from the extreme left radical socialist arm ofrat party coming out of nancy pelosi in california. the only other option they have is import voters from foreign countries because americans don't want to vote for them anymore. rob: you said he went left, i don't feel he was a traditional democratic candidate, i honestly thought that the president should have embraced him and gone party lines because i thought they had similar points, seemed a lot of like? >> not at all. people were saying that lamb couldn't possibly win this. he was antitrump, he was a democrat and trump -- rob: he never criticized trump outwardly. >> he had a d behind his name. i think it's going to be a big year for the democrats. trump's approval rating 42%. rob: gena respond to that. >> connor lamb won on president's coat tails. america is catching on the fact that the president is delivering on campaign promises, more jobs, better national security, better foreign relation than we had in decades, no wonder lamb ran on the protrump agenda. rob: he seemed very mo

sanders, who identifies as social e socialist, rather than a democrat, at least in between the elections, and then also sort of a nascent rise of the democratic socialist party. there was a representative in virginia in the mid-year -- the off-we're election who won running as a socialist. how does that fit into what you're talking about in your book? is that going -- are some things being suggested there going far their that essentially you're positing is the optimal level of government or is that part of what you think is a -- the response or the correction that does need to occur? >> well, i think -- i would say two things. one is it's been really striking how unequal the polarization of the parties has been. republicans have moved dramatically to the right on all the educators we have, and whenever i give talksly to out graphs showing this. then i think, it's just -- who are you going to believe, the statistics or your own lying eyes, right? it's abundantly clear the party was become much more conservative, and paul ryan, you know, just stepping down, and apparently taking umbrage at the part of the bible that talks about social justice. he was considere

the democrat party is no longer the democrat party that jerry brown grew up in. it's more of a socialist party. it's far more left than it was even when he he was elected this most recent time. i don't know what he's going to do. what the national guard has to do on the border, one of the biggest things about building the border wall is the infrastructure. the roads, electricity. that's something the national guard can do now because they have to build roads anyway. why not have those construction units working on the wall while president trump figures out how to fund it? >> julie: congressman duncan hunter. connor mcgregor charged with three counts of assault after an incident caught on camera. we will show that to you, coming up next. plus, what to expect when facebook ceo mark zuckerberg testifies next week on capitol hill. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. always be you. at planters, we put fresh roawhich has its drawbacks.an, guys, know anything about this missing inventory? wasn't me! the cheeks don't lie, chet... irresistibly planters. amanda's mom's ap

party that camamtogether out of two other parties. first was the left wing of the social democratic party, the old established socialist party that has been in the government, has been the government. last leader of germany before angela merkel, the current leader, was a man named schroeder, and he was a member of the social democratic party in germany. the left wing under a very, very charismatic leader, which was important, a man named oskar lafontaine, withdrew from the socialist party in order--excuse me--to found this new party the die linke. thehe other part of the die linke is the party that used to be the dominant party in what was east germany. you know, the east german and west german separation ended, and the two countries were unified early in the 1990s. so there's now one germany again, there aren't two, but in the east, which was a communist part of the eastern european block, that party was called the socialist unity party, sed, sozialistische einheitspartei, and that party dissolved, but large numbers of it moved also into this linke. so it's a coalition. in the eastern part--this is something americans tend not to kno

sanders, who identifies as social e socialist, rather than a democrat, at least in between the elections, and then also sort of a nascent rise of the democratic socialist party. there was a representative in virginia in the mid-year -- the off-we're election who won running as a socialist. how does that fit into what you're talking about in your book? is that going -- are some things being suggested there going far their that essentially you're positing is the optimal level of government or is that part of what you think is a -- the response or the correction that does need to occur? >> well, i think -- i would say two things. one is it's been really striking how unequal the polarization of the parties has been. republicans have moved dramatically to the right on all the educators we have, and whenever i give talksly to out graphs showing this. then i think, it's just -- who are you going to believe, the statistics or your own lying eyes, right? it's abundantly clear the party was become much more conservative, and paul ryan, you know, just stepping down, and apparently taking umbrage at the part of the bible that talks about social justice. he was considere

democratic socialist or as a socialist or progressive is to compete within the democratic primary capture the nomination and then rely on the party support as well as partisan identification in the name brand of the democratic party to vault yourself into public office that's fascinating yeah and i think that's a really i think you're going to see a lot of that coming forward the other girl try to change the party from the inside because it is too hard to kind of break down those walls very quickly just to finish up where do you see how much is foreign policy and how much is you know the issues we've got going on with syria right now north korea potentially russia where do you see that playing out in the midterms in these upcoming elections got about a minute. well by and large it's not going to have a major impact as long as we don't see an actual war or some type of conflict. it has a very negative impact on the economy on the other hand to the extent to which it. portrays the trump administration as not being especially competent and mean unpredictable that could work against republicans because if it's a narrative among many democrats as well as some moderate republicans that the presiden

democratic socialist or as a socialist or progressive is to compete within the democratic primary capture the nomination and then rely on the party support as well as partisan identification in the name brand of the democratic party to vault yourself into public office that's fascinating yeah and i think that's a really i think you're going to see a lot of that coming forward but you know the goal try to change the party from the inside because it is too hard to kind of break down those walls very quickly just to finish up where do you see how much is foreign policy and how much is you know the issues we've got going on with syria right now north korea potentially russia where do you see that playing out in the midterms in these upcoming elections got about a minute. well by and large it's not going to have a major impact as long as we don't see an actual war or some type of conflict that has a very negative impact on the economy on the other hand to the extent to which it. portrays the trumpet ministration as not being especially competent and being unpredictable that could work against republicans because it fits the narrative among many democrats as well as some moderate republicans that t

which all political parties are allowed to participate venezuela's socialist president nicolas maduro has been excluded from the regional gathering due to his democratic record. tens of thousands of hunger ariens have taken to the streets of central budapest to protest prime minister viktor orban to reelection they oppose the country's elect roll over nine electoral rules which gave on the desk party two thirds majority in the parliament despite getting just fifty percent of the vote. a palestinian islamist militant group says a bomb explosion killed four of its members in the gaza strip the blast near the border with israel the blast struck near the border with israel close to a palestinian protest camp it's not clear what or who caused the explosion israeli military said it was unaware of any activity in the area. south african anti-apartheid icon winnie mandela has been laid to rest in soweto tens of thousands of mourners from across the political spectrum attended her funeral the political activist died last week at the age of eighty one after a long illness i it was an epic farewell to an apartheid heroine thousands packed into the stadium to celebrate the life

to the socialist german student league formally the student wing of the social democratic party seemed to be the perfect instrument for this. or that he rose quickly to the league's ranks but many long established members thought he was too radical. his nickname was put upon the word push meaning to. beat. it's often difficult to reconcile the demands are studying with being politically and socially active. tash. him i had this satchel every morning he filled it with books around twenty of them it was always full i couldn't lift it he carried it around so he always had something to read. we said on together very often to talk critically about our past activities to come up with new theoretical approaches to fish and to prepare for the next round of confrontation that i may get some for the way. his political concept was summarized as education through action he was impressed by the fiery action ism of other revolutionaries such as dieter comes from our comforts teufel. got involved in their plans for a commune moving in together free conversation and free love but really was married to

socialists have taken another drubbing the liberals were divided into three parties the greens federalist if you well so the democratic forces in hungary did not to unite they were divided and that of course sets the course for a strong showing by the governing party ok now orbán has vowed to use his super majority now to continue his crackdown on pro e.u. pro migrant n.g.o.s our brussels respond to a moves in that direction. well i believe that the european parliament on thursday will debate a report on the state of democracy in hungary and of course we all know that the state of democracy is not good at all in hungary some people even speak of this election it not having been fair given the fact that critical media have been muffled or even shut down over the last couple of years so the parliament will retain its particular stance the european commission will probably also chime in although with more moderate tones the big question the really big question is how will the council react when member states position themselves because of course it is absolutely crucial that the member states of the european union tell victor all one that he cannot continue down his author a tarion pa

two other parties that could win parliamentary seats the center left socialist party they run about fourteen percent in friday's most recent poll and there is also the democratic coalition of the former prime minister if it ends just me here is john how covering events for us live from budapest there looks absolutely lovely behind you there john to tell us about how the day is going and what we expect later on today. well as you said that it has up until now certainly looked as though a pretty assured victory for victor oban is on the card said the opinion polls have been pointing in that direction but there are significantly high levels of turnout going on showing a pretty good turnout particularly for opposition parties here and i was you say it's lovely weather here on the banks of the danube it certainly doesn't feel as though there is a big political upset in the air but i think it would be unwise at this point to rule just about anything out here's my report. there were early signs of a record high turnout that could favor the opposition in preventing hungary's ruling party feeders and prime minister viktor orban from winning a third consecutive two thirds majority i

party's decline polls show one in two germans don't think she can narcisse seen as part of the establishment she's been a social democrat for nearly three decades she made her name as leader of the young socialist later became s.p.d. secretary general and until recently was germany's labor minister. narses known as a fighter she won support by being frank in fierce her rousing speech at the start of the year helped convince the party to reenter a coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc. we're going to negotiate until they squeal i can't promise you anything more i don't know whether we can get one hundred percent of what we want to find that never goes away. the hopes of the social democratic party now hang on andrea novice former leader martin showed failed to deliver on expectations now it's up to her to boost morale and aim for a better result in the next election. ok standing by for us of yesterday's party conference in political correspondent thomas sparrow tolleson tree of knowledge very likely to be the next social democrat leader she's well known in germany but not a broad is that about to change how big is her role going to be in german politics . it is certainly going to be b

socialist. there's no longer -- this isn't the party of john kennedy anymore. it's now the party of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. the democraticy has been captured by this progressive socialist ideology, particularly young people. so it's a great book if you have children or grandchildren and you want them to understand how free enterprise works, this is a great book. they are not going to get it in school. have you got to get them a book. steve: let's take a look at the trump boom. you talk about it in the book but, over on the big screen we have some of the highlights. and you can see 3.1% gross domestic product growth over the first three quarters in office. the congressional budget office predicts 3.3 growth this year. and it looks like the fewest number of americans on unemployment. these are all great numbers. >> one thing that kind of summarizes it all. you remember when you would interview me during the obama administration, the big problem was people couldn't find good paying jobs. steve: right. >> too many people were working part time, too many people unemployed. terrible situation. now you look at the unemployment

democrats. they are leading and pushing the part left on the inside towards socialism: the democratic socialists of america whatever it's called. steve: they are all in. >> they are not a third partydemocrats. they are working to push it much further left. they want tax the rich. single payer medical steanels. open borders. that's what they want. [cell phone] brian: you musted have triggered something on my phone. >> refugee from socialism. very troubling when you have got a major party shifting way over to the left. policy which absolutely does not work. brian: watch stuart varney on fbn 9 to noon. ainsley: thanks, stuart. steve: james comey just released his book on ethical leadership. what about his ethics? law professor jonathan turley has the answer to that coming up. brian: he could be the number one pick in this week's nfl draft. sam donald is stopping by "fox & friends" with a special guest, his mom. they join us on the couch in a matter of moments ♪ fine by me ♪ if you never leave ♪ and we could live like this forever ♪ it's fine by me. the digital divide is splitting this country. we have parents who are trying to get their kids off of too much social media and computers