the heads of the regions, the numbers of the federal company -- council, the deputies of the ministersandal the heads of other federal agencies, and the judges can have a residence permit or any other document that would allow to live in another foreign country. [applause] the idea of governing is being a servant, and a person who chooses that must decide for themselves that they connect their future and life with russia, and its people without any shades of meaning. [applause] and, even stricter demands must be given to the people who want to become the president of the russian federation. the constitution must stipulate the resident ship in russia for more than 25 years and no foreign passport or residence and any other country, not only for the time of the election, but in any given period of such person's life. i know that in our society, there are talks about the stipulation that one person cannot stay the president for more than two terms in a row. i do not think it is an important matter, but i agree with the stipulation. [applause] i have already said that our goal is to provid

they will be answering to the federal assembly is there she is a very good democratic step forward also the council of the federation will be appointing prosecutors and judges all the way up to the prosecutors in the regions of russia that is another good sign of progress that shows that this is sizes that the people trust the parliament they believe in us and that is the response that comes from the president towards these requests these demand demand for changes. with this with our state i also think that this is going to be something very important for the council that will. make the situation stronger it has demonstrated its ability. mostly comprises the governess he has the regions and this. is a man can use them so that they have it in their hands they care by the ideals that it would have a say about the say that the policy is a raise in very problematic issues they express their opinion this year they put forward the initiatives which is all that is that this is part of our constitutional war aids a well respected body and i think it was very correct to say as the reporter says that was how

principle of their consulting the federal council it can also be done examples also with prosecutors in their regions where. the most of your colleagues in the practice. current system could lead to some responsibility is death in front of the local government and there risking. their own number look at what you can still see if their judgment because. when the federal council it could be used at the body at that point prosecutors and we can't have any kind of local justice in the regions. so you prosecutor is the only when using something that is coming from the highest level of government in all matters me what a difference that regions have google sloan and the prosecutor in august independence from the local authority is. going to make things better the poorest citizens in to show lads have very interests in mind 1st of all incredible for a people's spinal in number 7 i think you can roll through the protection the rise and freedom so for a country have the justice system is a supreme court. record and so he judges should be not only professionally they should have the trust issu

level for those are talking critically important to provide security with the members of the federal council and the deputies and the chairman of the government and the federal agencies. residence or any other document that would allow them to lead another country. [applause] the idea of governing and then the people without any shades of meaning. and then to become a president of the russian federation and added more than 25 years and not only for the time of the election but in any given period of someone's life. [applause] i know in our society there are talks about the stipulation to stay in the present more than two terms in a row but i do agree with the stipulation. [applause] i have said our goal is to have equal opportunities for each person all over the country and to achieve this goal. with this education and healthcare there is a gap at the governmental and municipal level. this has a negative impact on people. for all the citizens and news and television in all the regions is implemented in different ways. and is a direct threat to our society into the unity of the country. and t

alexei pushkov who is the chairman of the commission for information in media at the russian federation councilmr pushkov hello and thank you for talking to us once again you do that every year and that's a great honor for us so let's begin with perhaps what most people are calling the main news after this event the proposed changes to the russian constitution that's something we don't hear that often from mr putin lately has been talking about it more and more and then finally there you have it the proposals have come out he's talking about giving more powers to the russian parliament what does that mean and why now was the time when he specifically chose to make these proposals. and i see that syncs about the optimal way of russian development. also after he leaves. in 2024 and what i see. he has come to is that russia needs some democrats ization of the presidential authority for the enough being the president his to sit just thinks about the bigger role for the problem and also bigger role for the government because. among his suggestion is that the chairman of the government will appoint k

the truth he would need stronger regulations for commercial rentals beilin has brought in the federal council initiative has wide support of the federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clips of venues that would have legal consequences for construction planning sequences wished. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary club scene. you're watching the news coming up next it's stock film can the world's most polluted river be saved for that war headlines coming to you at the top of the hour when the who is get the latest news headlines on our web site that is d.w. dot com i'm headed humphrey in berlin telling law to take say that at the news desk have a great day and c.c. . it's all happening good job with. your linked in news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions can you and will come to their views after clearing program tonight from born in germany. visit our

the truth we would need stronger regulations for commercial rentals bubblin houseboats in the federal council initiative has wide support of a federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clips of couture venue's that would have legal consequences for construction planning sequences when this list. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary clubs see. your destroyed and out the top story that we're following for you well their leaders have paid a tribute to victims of the holocaust to gather russian minutes or more in jerusalem it is the start of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in a speech german president franco to steinmeyer underlined his country's historical responsibility to fight anti semitism. where you're watching news coming up on the business the needful coronavirus threatens to disrupt a slowing global economy that next week a focus

truth was that he would need stronger regulations for commercial rentals and houseboats in the federal council initiative has wide support for federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clips of couture venues that would have legal consequences for construction planning sequences wished. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary club see. let's get a recap now of our top stories here on new china has started building a hospital to house people infected with a deadly new virus they hope to have a party in 6 days 30000000 people are under lockdown in hopes of containing the virus is spread. and german chancellor angela merkel isn't istanbul for talks with turkish president object type what they are expected to focus on the future of the migration deal between turkey and the european union that help curb flows of migrants to europe. coming up next our health and wellness show in good shape takes a loo

he would need stronger regulations for commercial rentals beilin has brought in a federal council initiative that has wide support for federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clubs as crucial venues that would have legal consequences for construction planning. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary club scene. now as we reported earlier china has imposed travel restrictions on several cities part of efforts to stop the spread of a deadly flu like virus and it couldn't come at a worse time that's because the country is heading into a week long holiday for lunar new year when people in china usually travel to their hometowns to join in the celebrations now this year people are welcoming the year of the rat coincidentally a creature often associated with spreading the disease but as our next report shows rats have undeservedly gotten a bad rap. disease spreading in. cute furry pets. for marty

he would need stronger regulations for commercial rental was and has brought in a federal council initiative that has wide support of the federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clubs as couture venues that would have legal consequences for construction planning. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary club scene. now or some soccer news for you versatile runs a new teenage sensation there airily. that will make his home debut on friday night to mark the start of match day 19 of the us legal the 19 year old made headlines across the sporting world last week when he scored a match winning hat trick at augsburg now home fans get their chance to see the wonder kids in flesh as dortmund host cologne whilst trying to stay in touch with the league leaders like city hall and is again expected to start the match on the bench. and a run of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour china h

that he would need stronger regulations for commercial rental was has brought in a federal council initiative that has wide support of the federal government hasn't done anything debating whether to classify clubs as crucial venue's that would have legal consequences for construction planning. the public outcry seems to have made a difference for greece the city has now offered the proprietors a new venue but it has become emblematic of concerns that serious measures are needed to save berlin's legendary club scene. this is state of the news life still to come preparing for the worst in quake prone japan organizers of the tokyo olympics a training staff in how to respond if disaster strikes that the summer games. first so u.s. president donald trump has been speaking at an anti abortion rally in washington the 1st president to do so he took to the stage as thousands gathered for the annual march for life rallying point for opponents to women's abortion rights which were legalized in 173 this was going on or services conducted the president's impeachment trial just a few blocks away and his ca

provide security and sovereignty of the country they hatch all the regions the panel members federal council. deputy of the save zuma the. chairman of the government that got all the ministers. and they had some doctorate in the federal agencies and they just can't have a. residence permit or any other document that would allow with them to leave. in the foreign country. idea of governing is in being served and a person could chooses this path to decide for themselves and that they can nag for a future of their lives with russia with the. people without any shades of. usual studio when it doesn't happen and even stricter demands might be given to the people who want to become a president over.

appointed by the president in consultation with the upper house of russia's parliament the federation council which represents the regions as opposed to being determined directly by the regions has been the case up to now and i think importantly for many russians there will be steps both to make the russian constitution who are superior to international law are not not not superior to international law but that in future court decisions by say the european court of human rights specifically yes it will only apply in russia if they are consistent with the russian constitution as administered bind the constitutional court of the russian federation and last but not least people top officials including the president have to be russian citizens with residency of 25 years instead of 10 years now so it's an important package of measures it's primary purpose is to strengthen the parliament. a little way from the. still pretty heady presidency but a more devolved you know what i think is something that hasn't really been mentioned critically in western media which we'll talk in the 2nd half of the pro

for being with us your members hold the federation council deputy of the state duma . citizens of thrushes. with the address to the federalist family for the 1st time we do it in the beginning god leave here we need to start resolving large scale economical technological goals that we have shown as possible its contents are reflected in the nation project its implementation demand quality all of the state management the work of the government on all the level of. an direct dialogue with citizens today are as society has demand for it changes people want to development and they go for a very they want to move for a very good in their professions and there are no in their well being ready to take responsibility for it as a job they do in which they know better and watch should be change in how it should be changed where the work where the elite in this city is in the villages all over the country rate all the changes be increase with each year. with the result that people can really feel it can really see to provide good quality of life the active participation for its c

as one the court by the the catalyst for all this was president putin talking absolute the federation council today yes and of course i mean this resignation directly related to what i report and said and he is. address to the federalist sample and he was talking about the constitutional amendment and my colleague has been following let's take a listen. we were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to have. and 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here in the monitor exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit to mr putin's own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the prime minister as well so here's proof of that. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments to the presid

'd 'd mr putin talking to federation council state of the union address the smaller we're going to do. the speed of this. it's been quite impressive within 2. to give mr putin the scope of what he wants to do well let's get on with it was no time at the present yes i believe that was discussed for some time before we learned about this news and i did not believe that it is a spontaneous decision but. what i want to say is that if you fall of leiden report in public appearances like let's say in the last 34 months there were many big massive speeches press conferences and it is that he was talking a lot in these speeches in these addresses about this need for change that is very strong right now in russian society as a part of this society i can say that mr president is right many changes are needed and i'm pretty sure it has been in there for some time and i guess now the time has come. all these changes and president putin is sad that they will be he suggested several amendments to the russian constitution i guess you need a new team to like to make it happen you know i guess this is

senators when it was passed in 2015 and in recognition that we needed a statutory council that existed within the federal family to provide the kind of clarity and predictability that we should have been offering 15, 20 years ago. executive level oversight. the council is made up of the deputy secretaries of every federal agency and/or their designee and they appoint a serpo and they do the day-to-day and only during a dispute among the agencies or where we have a critical path issue and significant delays that we expect that we could head off before they land themselves in an issue where we have annin tractable decision between two as agencies or litigation and dispute resolution. if we have a disagreement between two agencies i could go off to the office of management and budget and it is the strongest remedy that exists in federal law. this is how you become a project. you apply. did i turn that off. is that an audio visual? all right. if a project is of $200 million of economic activity, dealing with one more or federal agencies or required an environmental impact statement, you could apply to the co

for low income students and fighting for families affected by opioid epidemics by creating federal advisory council. please join me in welcoming congressman mcgovern. [applause] >> thank you. let me think sophia for the generous introduction and her incredible leadership. we are proud of all that you do here. [applause] i want to think gabe and the warren team for all of the wonderful work. i am so grateful to all of you for being here to help elizabeth warren when the new hampshire primary but to help save our country because that is what is at stake. i want to tell you something, in my entire life, i have always respected the office of president. i have always respected the occupant in the oval office even when it was someone i disagreed with. but it is different now. with donald trump it is very different. i feel ashamed. i feel embarrassed. i feel frightened. i wake up in the morning with butterflies in my stomach like most of you do afraid to turn on the tv, wondering if we are going to work today or what other catastrophe has he created? we also have post-traumatic stress following this presi

the council of federated organizations. and what he is going to do, and it is going to be tricky, he is going to try to bring sdlc, the southern christian leadership conference, and the naacp together. now, there is already a bit of, um... the naacp, the dogs. 1909.e been here since right? roy wilkins. since been with the naacp the early 1930's. and he waited his time, did his work, moved his way up the organizational ladder, and finally in 1955, became the head of the naacp. what else happened in 1955? -- it still -- and it killed emmett till? rosa parks. who was head of the montgomery improvement association? martin luther king. imagine you have waited 20 some years to the head of the civil andts movement leadership, within the moment, the year that you become the head, there comes a guy out of montgomery, alabama, that all of a sudden, the media is all around, talking about the leaders. the leader. there was this kind of rivalry there. wilkins would help king out of numerous jails. don't get me wrong. but we also have to

the council of federated organizations. what he is going to do, and it is going to be tricky, he is going to try to bring sclc, the southern christian leadership conference, and the naacp together. of -- thelready a bit naacp, big dog. we have been here since 1909. right? and roy wilkins had been with the naacp since the early 1930's. and he waited his time, did his work, moved his way up the organizational ladder and headly in 1955 became the of the naacp. what else happened? till. >> rosa parks. carol: the montgomery bus boycott. who was heading up the montgomery improvement association? martin luther king. imagine. you have waited 20 some years to be head of the civil rights movement leadership, and was in the moment the year you become the head, there comes this guy out of montgomery that all of a sudden the media is flocking all around, talking about the leader , the leader. there was this kind of rivalry there. king out ofd help numerous jams, don't get me wrong. but we have to take into account when we talk about all

bill into more readings before it's nan submitted to the opera house which is known as the federation counciland then signed into law it comes just a week after president putin proposed changes to the constitution that he says will strengthen democracy and give more power to parliament but it's fuel speculation that pollution intends to call out a long term role for himself that would enable him to maintain control of the country and has more now from moscow. in a country known for its sluggish bureaucracy the process to amend the constitution seems to be breaking all the records only a week after put in surprise announcement that he wants a change of distribution of power lawmakers have fought it unanimously to adopt a hastily written draft. while lawmakers will get some more powers like approving ministers the presidency will be strengthened too by giving the head of state more control over the judiciary must be. presidential republican there is no reason to move to a parliamentary republic russia is not only the biggest country in the world and a great state but it is also a country that u

we'll end up later it is also significant that the security council the russian federation is mostly a military and security structure and the secretary of the security council is genuine calais but the wish of the former head of the federal security service and most of the staff of the security council also comes from as i said from security services and the military and the age of like others in the security council is a civilian politician and the. move there signify that. they want to have a close ally one of his closest allies on the security council to watch or. and. significant control over that structure in that way also. the prime minister who has been appointed instead of. me the mediator of. who comes from the federal tax. sirius is. also most likely not going to stay in that position for longer than several one or 2 years he seems to be place holder you know we before that he'll successor but then szell successor to push him is appointed closer to to change of the closer to election time ok so i may want to ask you about that about mikhail misused in just a few days ago he

that's made up of practitioners from every one of the federal agencies, and that you actually have a technically proficient council than can help move projects through without having this cloud hanging over what is in fact a federal decisionmaking process. so that is why by statute states can opt in. they also can work with section 1307, the president's executive order that was passed on august 15th of 2017, also recognizing there is a state role, should they avail themselves of it, to assure that of these larger complicated projects, not the smaller rank and file, ensuring there is a central clearinghouse for moving the lower level environmental reviews and project letting and the rest, that the states are a partner. that's why i continue to say reliable federal partner because they're the ones at the end of the day that own the assets, the expansion, the modernization of those with the help of d.o.t. which makes up a small component. >> i just want to add how much i appreciate, the federal highway transportation association appreciates the local, tribal partners. we have a very close relationship with aashto, i

federal somebody but this council for the nation actually is appointed in a way that it is a loyal to the power so in essence yes the office of president keeps control over all these instances. alexander from moscow thanks so much let's keep this going though we've got joining us by phone from moscow victor all of it he's the lead analyst for the center for actual politics this was a bit of a surprise was. and i we apologize there we seem to have lost our guest there will try and get back in touch with him in the meantime let's go back to alexandra once again and alexandra just explain to us whether there was much warning to this before course we had putin speech in which he talked or hinted at constitutional change was there much of a build up to this point. well i'm not sure if we can say that there was a build up to this i mean this annual speech of footing to the federal assembly is an annual event and he then says what has been achieved he points out problems in the country he gives a lot of promises but there was no sign that we could see that he will be announcing constitutiona

everybody knows that is his role and it is through the party apparatus within the duma within the federation councilrts his power. his party, the united russia party, is hated. russians love putin but hate his party. host: everything changes, everything stays the same. would you agree? guest: that sounds about right. what will not stay the same is biology. vladimir putin is getting older. at some point, we could have an unexpected event and we will need to know what sort of order is presupposed by these changes he is putting into place. the other thing that changes is the world around russia. russia is subject to what happens in the global economy. will have to react to those things. if he has removed himself from the former as formal commander-in-chief position of the russian military or the economy, he is putting a lot of trust in other people. who are these people and what do they stand for? host: if you have questions about russia or the world around russia, this is a great 20 minutes for you. phone lines put up by region. oakdale, tennessee, good morning. caller: good morning. -- to me, trump h

fire agreement that could be a part of the approaches among 5 countries that can federal decision say in the security council of the u.n. and there is a certain document that was developed at the highest level with the other conferees in the we can now in the vide. of participants to join the. u.n. meeting this. is the yard the main responsibles for these pros has. and . eventually believe been part is and stakeholders they must have the right to have a sovereign country were not going to intrude to interfere with their its sovereign it is so now the party of so this conflict in libya. mr rajan mystery how after the are going to be involved in the this is in making proses at these meetings and hopefully the offer is all the russian side and of the turkish side are. going to be a successful and soon we are going to invite participants to the cause. france and berlin the we have also discussed the situation in syria. as for the conversation between president the one and president putin the important results were achieved during that meeting and that's a good thing but last night there was an agreement regardin

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important projects to modernize our nation's infrastructure, manage our federal lands and waters and restore our environment. the council on environmental quality has found that the average time for federal agencies to complete environmental impact statements is 4.5 years. further, for highway projects, transferred over seven years on average and many projects have taken a decade or more to complete the environmental review process. these delays deprive hard working americans of the benefits of modernized roads and bridges that allow them to more safely and quickly get to work and get home to their families. nepa is the most-litigated area of environmental law. delays due to lengthy reviews and lawsuits, increased costs for project applicants, states, tribes, localities, and taxpayers. these delays deter investments and these delays make our country less economically competitive. today's proposal would modernize the environmental review process. the proposed rule would make common sense changes to establish a presumptive two-year time limit for environmental impact statements, require federal agencies to request informa

charge of her country's efforts meeting with every other member of the council in an effort to persuade them it is the russian federation that vetoed a compromised proposal on december 20th and has sensed work tirelessly to divide the council the only reasonable conclusion to draw from these actions is that the russians actively triumphantly support the assad regime's to start its opposition it's estimated that one of the 2 border crossings now are no longer authorized to operate. in iraq was responsible for bringing in aid for up to 1300000 people some of them will still get aid through other routes according to humanitarian organizations though others will not james pays out his era at the united nations. people are voting in taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections it's seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijing's push for reunification opinion polls suggest that current president saying when he's pro independence will win a 2nd term. indonesia's capital is sinking at an alarming raise there are warnings that pretty much all of jakarta could be underwater by 2050 really m

the federation of small business support them. the scottish council supports them. even the mac report conditioned by his own government and the highlighted on migration routes as a means of increasing population. the scottish government's proposals will boost scotland's population, the economy, protect public services. the uk government policies threatened to plunge our working age population - we were told we would have the most powerful parliament in the world, we were told we would be an equal partner. and read the proposal, listen to the evidence and deliver a tailored migration policy for scotland. >> we have exactly such a thing, point base system that will deliver immigration to the whole country and the way to do that is not have a scottish government the tax of the population of scotland, fails to deliver results. it may interest you to know there has not been a debate in their parliament on education for two years. today, whether or not to fly the eu flag, they should get on with it mister speaker. >> thank you, mister speaker. in yorkshire, your conserva

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john flanry, a former federal prosecutor as well as a council to several congressional inquires.ood to see you. >> good to be with you. >> what do you think is important for everyone to understand heading into next week's trial? >> well, i thought your review was, frankly, as perfect as could be in terms of understanding how it worked. >> thank you. >> in clinton and where the pressure points might come for a change. i think it might be useful to consider at those inflection points what they could do. for example, the country is well aware of the bias of the majority leader and of the position of mr. graham that he doesn't need to see anything. having both taken an oath maybe somebody should be making a motion that they should not be seated. now, some would say, well, that vote won't go our way, but the question of bias, i think, has to be made consistently through these proceedings because we're well aware that they exist, and we shouldn't be playing the fool. another question that will rise up, i think, and there have been some stories about it are the question of the witnesses