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and the name al franken is on that list in pencil, at least. is this an indicator that al franken is thinking about running for president? >> get your eraser out. >> okay. >> no. look. i believe that everyone has a right to health care. and this is a good day because a lot of democrats got behind bernie sanders medicare for all bill. and other -- you know, other -- all developed countries cover everyone in the country and by the way they do it for a lot less than we do it and they have as good or better outcomes so this is an aspirational thing. we're not going to get this. we don't have 60 votes now and we are going to right now keep our eye on what we all agree on, every democrat agreed on, we have to make the affordable care act stronger and actually a lot of republicans agree with that, too, including lamar alexander, the chairman of the health committee and we will have another hearing tomorrow, a fourth in a series of hearings and we are going to make the exchanges stronger. we are going to bring down the cost of premiums, bring down the

charlie: the book one more time, "al franken, giant of the senate" by al franken. ♪ alisa: i am a alisati in washington and you are watching "bloomberg technology." the house could vote on emergency relief funding for hurricane harvey admits at timber. congresswoman sheila jackson told bloomberg there is no time to waste. >> we need money now. there has been so much expenditures and so much harm. we don't know how many properties in terms of homes will be hurt. some people giving number high as 40,000 homes. alisa: vice president pence is in texas to visit victims and survey the damage in the wake of hurricane harvey. pence landed in corpus christi and was welcomed by texas governor greg abbott and energy

senator franken, did you come back? sen. franken: just for that joke. [laughter] chair alexander: you have given us a lot of time. you have focused on a lot of issues, but specifically the single issue that is essential for us to resolve before we see if we can get some sort of consensus in the next few days. see whilewe want to it is a formidable challenge, left before the end of the month we can have a limited bipartisan agreement that would affect the individual market in 2018 to keep rates from going up. we focused on a number of ways to do that. so thank you very much for being here. the record will stay open for 10 days. but let me encourage you if you have comments, particularly on that last question about language, we would like to have it in the next three or four days. positive or 14th the health committee will hold a last of the series of hearings on individual health insurance marketplace stability. i look forward to that. the committee will stand adjourned. >> [chatter] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is re

we have the sharp contrast putting franken roosevelt and wilson to the favor of wilson. had the samehoover political outlook as wilson. i think they were both centrist addresses as that term is understood in the 1910s. from hoover's point of view, american politics had left him almost an, there is companionship there, even though wilson is not around anymore. thank you very much. [applause] questione a facebook from peter, he says are there any historical resources on the people who died in detroit? >> there is one in particular, they did a piece. >> you can be featured during our next life program, join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/c-span history. and on twitter at c-span history. >> the washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, thomas sanderson, director of the center for strategic and international studies will join us to talk about the state of homeland security since 9/11 and then georgetown university's tim frazier on the federal government was disaster relief related to hurricane irma

. >> caller: the book i'm reading now is al franken, giant of the senate. senator franken, i really appreciated, couldn't put this book down. i read that constantly. i'm also reading stepping on cheerios, by betsy singleton snyder. her husband dick snyder. was our congressman from arkansas. they had a set of triplets in their 40s. they had four boys in 2 1/2 years. that is quite a interesting story. she has wonderful advice and stories for moms. so that's a book i'm reading also. >> that is gail in little rock, thanks for watching booktv live from the national book festival. buck in arizona. what is on your reading list, buck? >> caller: good morning. i'm reading three books right now. the first one is "the big lie "did i dinesh souza. i consume that as. reading a book on our dysfunctional educational system. --e third one, "no-go zones." by rahim kashim. the threat of sharia law from the united states. the first caller sounded like embracing declaration of independence, withdrawing our consent to be governed. >> with regard to your books, the big lie, dine

chairman alexander: senator franken. senator franken: thank you, mr. chairman. the chairman and i have been -- hung around a little bit after the coffee today, as a number of you did, to discuss the interplay of state flexibility and the essential health benefits. i'd like to get some clarity -- i want to include all of you. on what 1332 waivers currently allow regarding essential health benefits, if the law were modified to permit additional state flexibility in terms of changing the guardrails or what states were able to waive under these 1332 waivers, what potential implications would be for individuals with pre-existing condition? i feel it's really important -- this is a basic concept for us to get our -- on the committee and in congress to get our hands around. it feels important we educate ourselves and the public on this issue. i understand all plans covered on the exchange cover the same essential health benefits, broad categories for coverage, including coverage for emergency services, maternity care, mental health and substance abuse disorders, states

senator franken: thank you senator leahy. i want to thank all my colleagues for being here together. i hope everybody here understands the issue on forced arbitration. forced arbitration basically serves one purpose, and that is to make sure the giant corporations can still come out on top if they wrong consumers. i have been holding hearings on this for years. this is one of the first issues when up on the floor military contractors were requiring employees who had been -- who had been sexually assaulted in iraq or afghanistan , force them into forced arbitration, and this was the result of -- the result was kept secret. that's part of what forced arbitration does. you go into arbitration with a company and the result is a secret. our ack reed was talking military. i had a hearing about a soldier from minnesota who had his bank foreclosed on his -- foreclose on his home while he was in iraq. it a camp riffinging his life. it was illegal to do, but the home and losed on his auctioned it off. it was bought for a third of the v

enator franken: franken. eid. e eid: i'm that was a very smart beginning. senator franken: justice eidy, i'd like to talk about policing. in 2010, you participated in people versus vigil it's been referred to. this is a case that implicated the exclusionary rule which says generally if the government collects evidence in violation of your constitutional rights and the government cannot use that evidence against you in court, this case concerns whether the state should be allowed to use the physical evidence that mr. vigil gave up in an attempt to stop two police officers from beating him so severely he required six hours of medical attention before he even could be questioned. mr. vigil was stopped on suspicion of being involved in a drug deal as the police questioned him, mr. vigil became agitated and raised his voice. he wasn't arrested yet so mr. vigil attempted to leave at that moment. the police officer decided to arrest him. the officer grabbed the back of mr. vigil's shirt and when he tried to shrug him off, the officer responded by punching mr. viet

with european statesman, he did not have much contact with franken was about. their past did not cross much in this time. with the british leaders, i cannot answer specifically because i don't know with churchill and lloyd george. get is that hoover was always committed to his sense of where shipping should go and shipping in the bill generally. , he needed transportation and subsidies from the british government to do what he wanted to do. the british and the french did end up coughing up most of the crv's money came from allied government, not contributions. like he failed in his relationship with the british, he did get more or less what he wanted. he came away from those encounters does not liking them. i don't know if they had the same view of him or not. obviously, keynes did not. he was a lower-level person at the peace conference. >> after the armistice and during the time of the versailles conference, was there any thought or effort about providing relief to the german population? i understand they continued the blockade after the armistice. was there

senator al franken among a group of lawmakers introducing legislation holding data brokers accountable for security breaches. and allowing americans more control over their digital information.>> if a young person wants a career, i would say that cyber security will be a very secure career. >> reporter: the breach allowed hackers to still bash steel security numbers bash social security numbers, birthdates, and more. it will remain valuable for decades to come. >> that was jack high burger reporting.>>> and armed robbery suspect shot and killed, they attempted to stop the suspect at the creek and he became uncooperative. the suspect was struck at least once, the suspect had an extensive and violent criminal web -- record, the officer has been placed on routinely.>>> -- routine leave.>>> monday and beyond, feeling like fall, perfect timing, fall begins on friday. as far as the plan for tomorrow, temperatures are expected to drop off, and the winds to pick up, they could easily top 20 to 25 miles per hour. temperatures only in the upper 70s, around the bay, and the coast mainly in the mi

when he did that. >> thank you, senator franken. senator murray, do you have any concluding remarks? >> you're easily entertained, mr. franken. i want to thank all of our witnesses today. this has been an extremely important first step. i know we have three more hearings. we to do have a very short time frame within with to do this and we need to seize this opportunity. i appreciate the opportunity today. >> thank you, senator murray. i think witness, too, you've been very patient. you've given us a lot of time. i thank the senators. i mean, we've had maybe hatch the senate involved this morning in this discussion. that's pretty unusual. and mostly on our best behavior. that's pretty unusual too. so we welcome that. i'd like to conclude with these remarks. one, just these facts from the navigator. i'm not sure what the right amount of money is for the navigator program. according to cms, in 2016, navigators receive 62 million of federal money to enroll 81,000 people. less than 1% of the total enrollees. 17 navigators enroll less tha

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revolutionaries, man of peace, the illustrated life, story of the dalai lama and giant of the senate by al franken which is also being read by hm roland who post that on our facebook page. next call comes from steve inn stamford virginia. >> hello. >> good evening. i'm just about finished with my most recent nonfiction book by mark boutin who also authored black hawk down. i will tell you i've learned a few things from this book. while this battle was going on , unfortunately it focused way too much on our situation and to my gratitude, i might point out, what i found that was interesting was that i had either served with or known at least eight officers that were recognized in the book, of which five were awarded navy crosses which is the highest award for valor in combat. i would highly recommend this book to anybody that would be interested in reading it. >> thank you for calling in. i let's hear from james. >> james, you are on book tv. >> yes, thank you.ar >> i am reading seven rivers, a book that is interesting to me because i do have indian h heritage and it concerns the main character and

. >> my book that i'm reading now is franken of the senate. i have loved it. also reading -- snyder was our congressman from arkansas. they had triplets in their 40s. and so they had four boys and that is quite an interesting story. she has wonderful advice and stories from others. so that is a book that i'm reading also. >> that is gail in little rock. thank you for watching booktv today. we are live from the national book festival. we have book in arizona. what is on your reading list both? >> caller: good morning! i am reading three books went up to the first one is the big y by denise desousa. i bid all of the books. i am reading everett pfeiffer -- and then -- the first caller sounded like he was embracing the declaration of independence and giving over drawing a consent to be governed. >> with regard to your books, the big lie and not a daycare by the president of oklahoma wesley and -- wesleyan university. >> caller: getting back to the first principles from the smartest guys in the room, the founders. they put forth the first principles that we have go

or franken? [laughter] >> so under the current obamacare network we must continue what we are working under the duty to continue that cost sharing agreement. >> so we all have of consensus on this panel that we should continue cost sharing so commissioner it is nice to see you again as minnesota has applied for the waiter to set up a federal state reinsurance program and my hope is the administration will approve this quickly with the eric times article over the past weekend in passing that bipartisan report reduce a health insurance premiums by 20 percent. and then to consider those proposals. >> with that federal reinsurance program wooded vintages does a federal reinsurance program offer?. >> i am from the south so i have no guarantees. so the federal reinsurance program has benefits for states like mine may not have the ability and then to create the legislative approval a then when that legislature isn't until the first of the year. the additional benefit and with that market competition and

>> is that franken or franken? i'm sorry. i think -- >> i see you mispronounced doak. >> that's good. that's good, sir. my position is under the current obamacare network, we must continue under the current framework we're working under unless it's changed we do need to continue the cost sharing agreements. i think we have consensus. >> good. so we all have consensus on this panel of actual people who do actual -- are heads of insurance in their states that we should continue cost sharing and that we should do reinsurance. so, commissioner mcpeak, it's nice to see you again. as you know, minnesota has applied for a 1332 waiver to set up a federal/state reinsurance program to help reduce health insurance premiums. my hope is that the administration will prove this waiver quickly. as documented in a "new york times" article that ran this past weekend, my state insurance program has bipartisan support passed in the state legislature, bipartisan support, and if approved it would reduce health insurance premiums by about 20%. and

, senator al franken which is also being read by a jim rowan to post that on our facebook page. the next call comes from steve at in stanford virginia. hi steve. >> caller: good evening sir and i'm just about finished with my most recent nonfiction book by mark bauden who authored black down. i will tell you will i have learned a few things from this book p12 battle was going on i was in caisson and unfortunately gerald westmoreland focused according to this book on our situation and not way city will do my gratitude i might point out what. what i found it was interesting was i had known at least eight officers who were recognized in the book of which five were awarded the navy cross which was the second highest award for valor in combat and i would highly recommend this book to anybody that would be interested in reading it. post a thank you calling in steven with your family from james in bryant texas. james you are on booktv. >> caller: yes, thank you. i'm reading she crossed the seven rivers of poco with that is interesting to me because i do have indian heritage and the con

senator franken sent a letter to apple saying the primary concern is that it could benefit for otherts of its business. apple could sell it to third party for surveillance or get with the cnbc business report, i'm kate rogers. >> kate, thank you. parents looking for sweet deals on children's clothing can find it today. the annual wee sale. 800 consigners will offer -- clothing ranges from newborn to size 16. this all starts today running through sunday at the prince george's sports and learning complex at fedex field. admission and parking are free. check out the app for the hours it's open. search wee sale. >>> next at 6:00, the scramble to freeze your credit. >> plus this. >> we're up early to dedicate this new student center for bishop mcnamara high school. $4.5 million. why this place will serve a larger need in the forestville community. that story coming up next on did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster t

franken says he is concerned customer information gathered through facial recognition technology used to unlock the iphone x could be shared with third parties. >>> the uk chancellor philip hammond vowed to fight back against any eu attempts to undermine britain's final services sector after brexit he said we will not accept protectionist agendas disguised as arguments about financial stability. he did acknowledge the eu's legitimate concerns over post-brexit financial regulations saying he would work cooperatively with his european counterparts to address those fears. >>> the prices of central london properties fell at their fastest rate since 2008 last month that's according to research from the royal institution of chartered surveyors or rix the survey found house prices across the uk as a whole rose modestly in the month of august. this trend will continue with rix surveyors saying london will be the only region in britain where house prices will decline over the next 12 months. >>> markets await the latest from the bank of england in a few hours time the august announcement saw t

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senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and the ranking member again for holding these hearings. i found yesterday's hearing with the insurance commissioners to be informative and constructive as is today's. as i mentioned yesterday, minnesota has applied for a 1332 waiver to set up a federal state reinsurance program. this would bring down the costs -- the premiums by a whole lot, like 20% more. speaking of getting more people in to get a bigger risk pool, this -- i mean, and on the cost sharing, may i say the cbo scored the cost sharing where without the cost sharing it said the rates would go up 20% and because the rates would go up and the federal government has to pay the subsidies our deficit would go up. so talk about a no-brainer on the cost sharing and i agree that i think it should be more than one year and three is better than two, but, anyway, let's go to federal state reinsurance program which has the same kind of dynamic. if this waiver is approved and we're hoping for news any day now, but

but the technology is raising concerns for should including senator al franken. he asked for reinsurance about all those facial maps the phone will collect and whether they're secure. we wanted to know how the technology would impact law enforcement. so far we're toll it would be a big help. >> a person who is alleged to have committed a crime wants to say that yes that was my phone, but i was not using it, if it can only be opened up by facial recognition, then you were the one using it. >> law enforcement would need a search warrant to enter someone's phone like they do now with >>> the man derice i havely phone as the pharma bro is going back to joil thanks to a prank involving hillary clinton's heart. a judge revoked his bail. in a online stunt he offered to pay a $5,000 bounty for a strand of clinton's hair. his lawyer said he was trying to be funny. the judge -- he's best known for trolling his critics and jacking up the price of a life saving drug. >>> utilities are working to turn light back on for millions without power and repair the damage left behind

now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all. whether it would die. >> the press hasn't been very kind. >> is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is vile from new york. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. >> there was buzz about him so you tuned in. and there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. ♪ >> it really kind of rejuvenated the show. >> i'm gumby. you don't talk to me that way. >> after awhile, the show regained its status and clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. >> hey, bob. >> looks great today. >> listen, if you're unhappy, tell me right now. >> you'll never work in this town again. >> don't leave me hanging by a thread. let me know where i stand. >> we were a little worried because we had a new cast, but everyone loves us. >> you guys have been so nice to us during our stay. >> isn't that special? >> i am hans. >> and i am franz

a letterl franken sent to apple ceo tim cook asking for information about how the facial technology willffect user's privacy and security for stop apple introduced the idea as part of the rollout of the iphone x. alison: we have seen the best of humanity in the wake of the hurricanes and devastation. meet the tobins. they evacuated florida to escape irma, but then their car broke down and their wife, erica, when into labor. as they were in the hospital, complete strangers raised thousands of dollars to help them a new car. >> we are thinking,, oh, this person, no, nobody knows anybody. >> is just that incredible. alison: total strangers giving their time and money to help the family in need. jonathan: of people doing amazing things to help one another. at home we continue to see big efforts to help hurricane victims. in northern virginia, a tractor-trailer was stuffed, volunteers loading the truck. more than 20m collection centers in the region, including bottled water, diapers, baby wipes, the essentials. the truck drivers hit the road tomorrow. . safe travels steve: 82 today earlier to

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senator al franken sent a letter to apple c-e-o tim cook asking for more information about how the company'sw facial recognition technology privacy and security. apple introduced "face id" as part of its roll out of the iphone ten. it's xx and we're just getting started. good morning washington. we are following breaking news right now in london. an explosion reported- at a london subway station. ryan hughes is at the live desk with more on what we know. - warm and humid days ahead - isolated afternoon shower chances

senator al franken of minnesota is asking whether that record could possibly be used in different ways. specifically he is concerned apple could sell that data to retailers who could use the shape of your face to recognize you at a store and market to you. now, there's absolutely no evidence apple has any plan to do this, but franken seems to be thinking about what could happen. >>> a congressional committee wants to hear from the ceo of equifax. richard smith is expected to testify in october. >>> the markets will once again start at records, the dow at 22,158, the nasdaq as 6,460. we saw gains as oil prices moved earlier. >>> the company movie path says it's working as fast as it can to distribute special credit cards to subscribers who signed up for its $9.95 a month all you can watch movie program. the company posted new messages saying it was overwhelmed by how many people signed up and people are getting their first bill before they got their cards. i just got my card on wednesday. i haven't had a chance to use it. they are not saying how many people are actually going to the mov

senator franken says because the information stolen in the equifax hack does not change, the victimse at risk for the rest of their lives. >> rolling stone magazine is up for sale. founder jan winner plans to sell his controlling state in the legendary magazine. so far no potential buyers have been named. the company's other magazines us weekly and journal were also sold. >> this should make someone happy. mcdonald's happy meals are becoming a bit healthier. starting in november the kids' meals will include organic juice, replacing the traditional juice that contains more sugar. the new juice is made by honest kids. customers will also be able to opt for 1 percent milk or fat free chocolate milk. >> sick of being inundated by on facebook. facebook is testing out a new feature called snooze which will give you a break from friends' posts without having to unfollow them. you can snooze their posts from day up to a month. are they really your friends then if you got to do all that. >> i think people are fundafundamentally nosy. >> isn't that the point of facebook. >> exactly. all right.

there's absolutely no evidence apple has any plans to do this, but franken seems to be thinking ahead about what could happen. >>> a congressional committee wants to hear from the ceo of equifax the credit bureau that lost millions of people's personal credit records and then botched the effort to fix it. richard smith is expected to testify in congress in october. >> the markets will start at new records, dow at 22,158, nasdaq 6,460. gains yesterday as oil prices moved higher, wall street like when oil prices move higher. movie pass is working as fast as it can to distribute credit cards for subscribers that signed up for the $9.95 a month all you can watch movie program. the company said it was overwhelmed by the demand, so many people signed up, people are getting their first bill before they got the card. it's very simple, it's a red mastercard that you hand the box office, they run it, they give you your ticket, you don't ever get the bill, the bill goes to movie pass for that you pay $9.95 a month, you can watch as many movies as you want. >> you better put it to use. >> i'm goi

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minnesota senator democrat al al franken, at least the corn was healthy.souri senator roy blunt says a trip to the state there is never complete without tiger stripe and butter pecan ice cream. nebraska senator ben sasse posted this to grandpa saint over 6,000 calories, under $6. what a country. we are told the house and senate gyms are open and ready for workouts tonight. we will see what happens. thanks for inviting us at your home. that's this don't like it for this special heather: it is september 6th, a fox news alert, hurricane irma crashing into the caribbean overnight as the most powerful hurricane to hit the atlantic in history. how people in florida are scrambling to prepare. >> i have a love for these people and hopefully congress will help them and do it properly. >> a decision on daca, the fate of the dreamers left up to congress as the process erupted across the country. >> talking about people who put their lives on the line every day for strangers. heather: the new threats against our men and women in blue. "fox and friends" first starts no

>> is that franken or franken? >> i'm sorry -- that's good, sir. my position is under the current obamacare network, we must continue under the current framework we're under, we should continue because we have consensus. >> good. so we all have consensus on this panel of actual people that we should continue cost sharing and that we should do reinsurance. so commissioner pete, it's nice to see you again. as you know pennsylvania has applied for a 13-32 waiver to help reduce insurance premiums. my hope is that the administration will approve this waiver quickly as documented in a "new york times" article that ran this weekend, my state has bipartisan support. it would reduce premiums by 20%. and as the article notes, this would help all minnesotaens, not just those with the most costly health care needs. other states are considering similar proposals. senator, alexander, i'd like to ask with unanimous consent, these be submitted for the record. >> it will be. what advantages does a fralg reinsurance program compared to a state based approach? >> tha

senator franken has sent a letter to apple saying his primary concern is the company could use the face print to benefit other parts of its business. apple could also sell the data to third parties for surveillance services or even get requests from law enforcement to access the system. marcus and laura, back over to you. >> thanks a lot, kate. >>> if you're looking to buy a home near apple's new spaceship campus it's going to cost you. one south bay home recently went for $800,000 over the asking price. that home is in sunnyvale three miles from the apple new campus located on bernal court. the listing agent priced it aggressively at $1.7 million. the sellers had lived there for more than five decades and paid around $50,000 when they first bought the home. >> we knew we would get offers and which expected to get five or eight offers, maybe ten offers, but we ended up with over 20 offers on it. so it worked out very well for him. >> we did not overpay for it, we paid market value. >> wow. so the buyers' realtor says that the other homes in the area were selling for around $2.1 million.

. >>> senator al franken has some concerns over apple's new iphone which can be unlocked with a scan of your face. the minnesota senator asked the company to provide more information about how facial recognition will affect users' privacy and security. the senator also wants to know what happens to that face scan data and how apple plans to respond to requests from law enforcement for access to the facial recognition system. the senator asked for a response by october 1 >>> it's a radical idea, taxing robots. bill gates first suggested it earlier this year. and now a big california city is taking it one step further. aditi roy is in cupertino, cali >> can i get some water? >> reporter: bill beyer is traveling for work this week. he came back to his hotel room after a run and realized he needed some water. but when he opened the door -- >> sweet. thank you. >> reporter: -- he got his water and a surprise. a robot at his door. beyers just one of the customers benefitted from the robot butler at this hotel in cupertino, california. butler runs deliveries to guests which frees up the per

sheldon whitehouse and tom and jean and jeff and al franken, kristin gillibrand and duck blummen that will and elizabeth warren and martin hinrich and senator ed markey and cory booker and senator harris of california. and we also have dozens of grassroots organizations all across america who are going to help us pass this bill. let me begin by bringing up to the podium some folks who have enormous experience, professionally and personally in terms of health care. they are going to explain to us and to the many people watching us on large stream as to why we for all systems. please welcome dr. san cerebrum who is a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. and assistant professor of pediatrics of the george washington universal school of medicine. doctor? >> good afternoon. i'm san jay serum and i'm a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. for seven years i've cared for a patient i'm going to call shawn. i met shawn when he was 13, newly diagnosed with type i diabetes and still adjusting to checking his blood sugar and regularly doing the insulin injection. s i kept real and neve

charge of the program continued to argue for the program to continue even under mr trump even under franken but are you saying that didn't happen and i'm saying american never gave any to al qaeda group regardless i mean this is a general degree you know you're right i mean some some of that happened but think about it. but not in any statistically significant way let me put the point to patrick patrick you said earlier that from the very beginning you thought that there was no real chance of the opposition winning a military victory and i thought but what what but what should syrians have done who were opposed to assad who were being killed by such as they've just surrendered because they had no chance they were told by people like yourself that they had no chance no this is this is very difficult to you know this isn't you know this isn't many syrians most syrians i know felt they were choosing between bad and worse. and they did think that the alternative was. linked organizations would take over if the house had failed and that of course was a strength of. who is about and who is worth

those three years they finally mass after the treaty i still see the city yesterday are seizing up or franken now has more on the liberation campaign the people of doors or won't have to pray for these to appear in the skies anymore for three years air drops what they're all the lifeline and they prayed for what was really just a handful of syrian soldiers to never let the city fall completely to islamic state wow i saw used any means absolute. anything to take their resort it's all over now but nearly nine months ago a sea of eisel all around the city and beyond how the country and black as you can see on this map since that point it's only been shrinking two thousand and seventeen so far and nightmare for islamic state in syria i'll break down the milestones for you number one palmira. the city with more than three thousand years of history had really been caught in a tug of war before march when the syrian army with russian air support took full control number two the city of rock the one known as the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. no more capital in iraq looks like the terroris

and instead we're focused on this bogeyman and you know it seems was going to play the role of al franken here why did seventeen intelligence agencies say it was russia. well number one there aren't. you see there are only sixteen and there's this super imposed super structure of the director of national intelligence was supposed to coordinate and but be that also a seventeen wasn't seventeen but hillary clinton immediately said seventeen everybody says seventeen and with new york times at seventy and then wonder of wonders james clapper and john brennan two gentlemen and they used the word loosely not very well known for their. credibility he said no you know i know people say it seventeen but it really wasn't it really wasn't seven he was how many were frank and how many whether for no. three three and actually actually not even three because these were hand-picked analysts now you know for our intelligence experience they were you hand-picked analysts and you have a conclusion that you want every you see you pick the right analysts whether careerists but what they actually believe what

minnesota as well as a longtime resident there the two senators from minnesota both close to char and franken put their electoral vote for hillary clinton their super delegate vote for hillary clinton when bernie sanders won the people that's the problem the fix is in there was political money that was going to all of these super delegates before anybody was given any debate speeches or any kind of stump speeches that they were committing to people that they thought were going to win they thought the party was going to the best chance to win but all of a sudden bernie sanders came along and he proved to america how crooked the system is it even got so bad where donna brazil was feeding debate questions to hillary clinton if that's not crooked i don't know what is so that's the point i'm getting to know mainstream media is focused in on russia true that russia exposed this allegedly well shouldn't they be focusing in on the fact that the democratic primary was a fix and that should we actually be if the russians did it should we be thanking them for exposing the fraud of our own election and t