but freedom house has a somewhat alarmist picture.both had 31 democracies in the early 1970s, half of europe was behind the iron curtain. there was barely a democracy in latin america. taiwan and the philippines, indonesia, greece was a military dictatorship, spain and portugal were under the control of fascism. it's true that there has been a push back in countries like russia, turkey, poland and venezuela. but still the overall trend continuing through the end of history has been towards democratisation. in your world view, is religion nothing more than an aberration when it enters the realm of public policy and governance? well, it's certainly... theistic belief, belief in a god who can wreak miracles, that's something that should be kept out of politics, yes. in the united states we have the separation of church and state, and i think this is an excellent principle, yes. we should not base policy on miracles. do you think you have too rosy a view of human nature? oh, i'm well—equipped to deny that charge. i wrote a book called the

what do you do at freedom house flex >> i direct the project that governs the state of internet freedom around the world. >> do you do this on a yearly basis or continually? >> we do it continually that we did a detailed analysis of the indicators that assess the internet freedom and only, so we look at everything from content regulation and also what kind of surveillance policies and how many people are arrested for things that they view and also cyber attacks. >> so, what is your overall assessment of the freedom on the net right now? >> we've got the project for eight years now and for the eighth year straight, we documented a significant decline in internet freedom and in particular this year we focused on the increasing number of government for manipulating the internet for their advantage. in fact if you find a lot of people here in the united states and in western europe are focused at what's happening in their country but this manipulation whether that be through the paid government commentators is actually a widespread problem. this will give you a better sense in the team coun

kelly, what do you do at freedom house? >> i direct the freedom on the net project which examines the state of internet freedom in 65 countries around the world. >> host: do you do this on a yearly basis or continually? >> guest: well, we did continually, but we do detailed analysis of different indicators that assess internet freedom annually. so we look at everything from content regulation to which web sites are being blocked in each country, also what kind of surveillance policies are employed, how many people are arrested for things that they do and write online as well as cyber attacks and physical attacks. >> host: so what's your overall assessment of freedom on the net right now? >> guest: so we have done this project for eight years now, and for the eight years -- eighth year straight we have documented significant decline in internet freedom. in particular this year, we have focused on the increasing number of governments who are manipulating the internet for their advantage. in fact, it seems like a lot of people

interviewer: what is freedom house? sanja: the oldest human rights organization in the united states. and humanor democracy rights. we were founded by eleanor roosevelt -- she was one of the founders. sonja kelly is the director of freedom on the net. to seeer: if you like more of "the communicators," go to the series link on the homepage. c-span, for history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress and the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. case series, we look back at the griswold v. connecticut case. then a look at the life and legacy of ricky magazine founder and commentator william f buckley. all persons having business to for the honorable supreme court of the united states give their attention >> landmark cases, produced in partnership with the national constitution center

but freedom house has a somewhat alarmist picture.s barely a democracy in latin america. taiwan and the philippines, indonesia, greece was a military dictatorship, spain and portugal were under the control of fascism. it's true that there has been a push back in countries like russia, turkey, poland and venezuela. but still the overall trend continuing through the end of history has been towards democratisation. in your world view, is religion nothing more than an aberration when it enters the realm of public policy and governance? well, it's certainly... theistic belief, belief in a god who can wreak miracles, that's something that should be kept out of politics, yes. in the united states we have the separation of church and state, and i think this is an excellent principle, yes. we should not base policy on miracles. do you think you have too rosy a view of human nature? oh, i'm well—equipped to deny that charge. i wrote a book called the blank slate: the modern denial of human nature in which i make probably the strongest case that

peace house, freedom house.hat i thought was intriguing, i think that some people don't like the look of that, and some people like did very much. i will say this, if it's not a succe success. if it's not a success. you have to get rid of the nuclear weapons. if it's not a success, i will respectfully leave. it's very simple. >> north korea saying it will abandon its nukes and invite journalists in to watch the destruction. as long as the united states does not invade. south korea's president told south korea, he thinks president trump deserves a peace prize for his role in ending the stand-off between north and south korea, and trump supporters agree. that's very nice, thank you. >> with me now, former senior adviser for the state department to both of you, this is entirely fascinating. to watch how quickly this story has moved, from the pictures of the dmz, to kim's total 180 from the past couple months. what is behind this? >> well, look, there's several things behind this, i think it's what's very important

he wrote on twitter," would freedom house on the border of south and north korea be more important than a third-party country? " kim met with south korean president moon jae-in last week, a meeting for which president donald trump took full credit over the weekend. >> they were saying what do you think president trump had to do with it? i will tell you what. how about everything? >> reporter: the trump administration feds self -- says so for north korea is keeping its word to stop conducting nuclear tests but acknowledges the regime has broken promises in the past. >> we're not going to take words. we are going to look for actions and deeds. >> reporter: president donald trump says he won't accept less than full denuclearization. it is unclear how kim jong un interprets that. kim jong un wants sanction relief and promises the u.s. will not invade north korea. as a justice of goodwill, north korea will match it's time zone to south korea. kim jong un had moved it back 30 minutes. north korea is also removing speakers used to blast propaganda and pop music. they want to call -- convert th

countries including singapore and we're talking about the possibility of the dmz, peace house or freedom house. some people may don't like the look and some like it very much. i threw it out as an idea. moon. president we connected with north korea. there is something i like about it because you are actually there and if things work out there is a great celebration to be had on the site, not in a third-party country. we are looking at the possibility of doing it in that location and other countries such as singapore. everybody wants this and it is a chance to be a big event. the united states has never been closer to potentially having toething happen with respect the korean peninsula that can get rid of nuclear weapons, can create so many positive things and peace and safety for the world. i often say, who knows. kim jong-un who has been very open and very straightforward so is talking about getting rid of the site which was their big site. he's talking about no research and no launching a ballistic missiles. he has lived up to that for a long period of time. longer than anybody has seen. the

the freedom house, something that i thought was intriguing, some people may do not like the look of that. some like it very much. i threw it out as an ideal. i told president moon and we connected with north korea. there is something that i like about it. because you are actually fared. , we ares work out looking at the possibility of doing it. looking at various other countries including singapore. everybody wants us. it has the chance to be a big event. , the unitedtates states has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula to get rid of the nuclear weapons and create so many positive things. pace and safety for the world. we will see what happens. who knows? a of things change. , who has been very open and straightforward so far -- i can only say so far -- but he is talking about getting rid site, new research, and the launching of ballistic missiles, no nuclear testing. he has lived up to that. we are looking at that as a potential site. it would be a great celebration if it works out well. if it does not, that is the way it goes. >>

re-election in an election process that was widely seen as anti-democratic and basically a sham i think, freedom houseribed it as a sham. so did senator john mccain. purple president trump called putin as david said, trump ignored talking points that were handed to him, do not congratulate putin. what has become increasingly clear, there is a two track american approach to russia. there is that trump administration which has actually been taking some relatively tough measures, i think a step that didn't get enough attention was trump's decision to sell anti-tank missiles to ukraine which was proposal that president barack obama feared would be dangerous escalation. >> brennan: his national security team emphasizes that. >> absolutely. at the saw time time you have president donald trump who continues to try to reach out to putin to befriend putin and trump has this logic supposedly that says you have tough policy wise but extend your hand personally to try to somehow find some kind of common ground. we just have to live with that reality. >> russia media has not been contradicted while 60 individuals

do you think that the house freedom caucus members should run? rep. gosar: i do not think it is that hard. is -- you have to start looking at the dynamics and take one of the few races to go public on, 218, to get the vote on the floor and how resolved are you? is america worth it? i think it is and the people willing to say no, not just who is next in line but who is right for the job. a good way for the american people to chime in, jim jordan is a wonderful guy and i have supported dan webster, who has been able to get good processes. shery: having a good relationship with president trump, would that be an asset?

at 9:a0 a.m., they will arrive at the square located between freedom house and peace house and the official inspection of the honour guard, will be observed at this square. back in 2000 and 2007 when the south visited pyongyang for a summit, they reviewed the honour guard consisting of the members of the north korean army, navy and are forced officials in the welcoming ceremony and after they will greet the official delegates of both sides, including the welcoming ceremony, and then they will move to the peace house, where the summit will take place. chairman kim jong—un is scheduled to sign the guestbook prepared on the first floor of the peace house and join president moonjae—in in the taking of commemorative photos. the two leaders will have a short chat in their reception room before moving to the conference room on the second floor to start the inter— korean summitfor floor to start the inter— korean summit for peace and prosperity of the korean peninsula at 10:30am. after the morning session of the summit is finished, the two sides will have separate luncheon and a rest time. in the a

your religion to emerge a cloak there any truth to any of those allegations look first of all freedom house just published a report saying that this is a pure political but that and that's what it is even georgian the government that basically hired ten best retired western investigators to look for my offshore accounts properties vilas whatever couldn't find anything it came up with the ridiculous charges that every penny i spent as a present on presidential on for former presidential functions were money misspent when georgia's economy quadrupled and the basically or you know my former defense minister whom i fired for corruption testified that i ordered him to beat up somewhat because the and the guy said beforehand i'll just give any testimony guess i can't really because i hate him and that's the only witness so that's why international going to satiate are not taking this serious that's why i'm really moving their own the world let's get forward to december two thousand and seventeen when we had those very dramatic pictures of you on the rooftop of your kiev home. it's not often that

the korean war he'll be greeted by president moon and then they'll go to a building called the freedom house go through that and then for the talks in the peace house i have to say this is an amazing turn of events if you look what's happened in the last eight months or so because remember last summer it was really the tenses time we've seen on the korean peninsula for decades so what changed things was it the tougher and tougher sanctions that the international community have put on the north korean government or was it the intervention of president trump particularly that speech at the u.n. general assembly when he threatened to destroy north korea i've been speaking to diplomats in new york at the united nations in european capitals and. here on the korean peninsula i filed this report from pyongyang. when you walk around pyongyang everywhere you seem to go you hear military music blaring from shops and loud speakers last summer the drums of war beating particularly heavily it was arguably the tensest time on the korean peninsula in decades and september north korean foreign minister real

this is a freedom house picture that we are seeing right now.ader to step into south korea of course. we get the latest from stephen who is joining us nearby. steve? i am about as close as we can get. we are not inside reporting. we are in the village of president ofre the south korea just arrived. we did see the motorcade of the president go across the bridge to the left ear. we had a helicopter gunship overhead as the president went into the dmz. is behind me and the railroad bridge had to the complex. inside the dmz you have the joint security area and panmunjom where the two gentlemen, kim jong-un and moon jae-in reach across the demarcation line at the 38th parallel and have that historic can take. they will take a bunch of pictures. are going to jointly planted tree. they will take a lot of pictures and kim jong-un will sign the guest book. first north korean leader to come to south korea. that is a historic moment. then, they get across the table in the peace village and start negotiating. what they will negotiate and how they will discus

countrying, including singapore, and we are also talking about the possibility of the dmz, peace house, freedom housewas intriguing, i think that some people maybe don't like the look of that, and some people like it very much. i will say this, if it's not a success. if it's not a success -- got to get rid of the nuclear weapons. if it's not a success, i will respectfully leave, it's very simple. >> let's go to will rippley live in seoul for us, listening to the president, some people don't like the idea of him going to the dmz because of the optics, it makes it look like trump is going to kim jong-un, at the same time, it's a symbolic site for this sort of meeting. >> who can dispute nose images were made for tv, and that resonated with the president who was watching the coverage taken by the photos of kim jong-un and moon jae-in. yes, if had been ruled out as told to us by the sources inside the white house. and there are american military personnel at the dmz. so it could work out. he's consistently giving the president credit. the maximum pressure campaign, the sanctions, even the insults and thr

do you think that the house freedom caucus members should run? rep.: i do not think it is that hard. is -- you have to start looking at the dynamics and take one of the few races to go public on, 218, to get the vote on the floor and how resolved are you? is america worth it? i think it is and the people willing to say no, not just who is next in line but who is right for the job. a good way for the american people to chime in, jim jordan is a wonderful guy and i have supported dan webster, who has been able to get good processes. shery: having a good relationship with president trump, would that be an asset? it would, he has the right tenor with the tax cuts, his gut instincts, rules and ,egulations, streamlining imagine what we could have done for the last 1.5 years if we would have embraced the president and started working together, instead of he said, she said. and being upset that somebody from outside one. i can relate because i came from the outside. , if youaccomplish a lot put your foot down and follow the processes. david: let's turn to syr

but what the president wants very often gets and looks like he wants the freedom house. so we may be saddling up for seoul. >> julie: all right. have a good trip. >> jon: let's go back to the southern border. the caravan of migrants are there demanding asylum. gabby, i wonder, president trump has condemned this caravan, slammed it. i wonder if in some respects the caravan is helping him make his point about the porous border, the laws that he thinks should be changed and the fact that we need a border fence. >> the optics are helping the administration. it does show that this is an issue that he's talked about of not only something occurring under the obama administration but something that his administration is dealing with. we're seeing pictures of hundreds of migrants making their what you through guatemala and mexico and up to the border. we have 90,000 daily commuters coming through this and now immigration officials are having to deal with the arrival of the migrants seeking asylum. many of whom when they realize the process takes will cross illegally, this is some

would peace house/freedom house, on the border of north and south korea, be a more representative, important and lasting site than a third party country? just asking. >> we've all been called a number of things. naive is not usually one of them. i think the president sees the potential here for a historic agreement. but as he says repeatedly, the potential for no deal at all is also there. >> this administration has its eyes wide open. we know the history, we know the risks. we're not going to take promises. we're not going to take words. we're going to look for actions and deeds. >> it's a fascinating moment and you have the president's new team, new secretary of state, new national security adviser, who presumably say this will take place in three or four weeks. it's not scheduled yet. you have to test it, right? >> it will be interesting to hear them say what they're not starry-eyed about and what lessons they've learned from past attempts. because what we've heard from the president on here is mostly criticism. he doesn't want to hear what's failed before, advice from people who have don

and we also talking about the possibility of the dmz, peace house, freedom house. there is something i thought was intriguing. i think that some people maybe don't like the look of that and some people like it very much. i threw it out today as an idea. i also told president moon and through president moon we connected with north korea, there's something that i like about it because you're there, you're actually there, where if things work out, there is a great celebration to be had on the site, not in a third party country. so we are looking at the possibility of doing it and that location, we're also looking at various other countries including singapore i will say this. the good news, everybody wants us. it has a chance to be a big event. the united states, i was talking to john bolton about this a while ago the united states has never been closer potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula, that can get rid of the nuclear weapons, can create so many good things and some positive things and peace and safety for the world. so we'll se

he tweeted "numerous countries are being considered for the meeting, but would a piece house or freedom houserder of north and south korea be a more representative important and lasting site than a third-party country? just asking." joining us with his insight is isaac stone fish, senior fellow at the asian societies center. great to have you back. let's help president trump answer that question here would it -- would it be a good idea? isaac: i think it would give the u.s. more agency to pick a third country and not have it be in territory that both north and some. are more comfortable in than a place like mongolia or singapore or even china. other places that have been valid around. shery: we have seen conjunct in ask for this process to will give up my nuclear weapons, if we have a peace treaty with south korea. this is nothing new. how surprising is this? when have we seen this? could this be another strategy for north korea? former secretary gates complained of several years ago about buying the same horse twice with north korea. and that we will need a new metaphor for what we are doing

peace house, freedom house. there's something that i thought was intriguing. i think that some people maybe don't like the look of that and some people like it very much. i threw it out today as an idea. i also told president moon and, through president moon we connected with north korea. there's something that i like about it because you're there. you're actually there. where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had on the site. not in a third party country. so we are looking at the possibility of doing it in that location. we're all looking at various other countries including singapore. i will say this. the good news. everybody wants us. it has the chance to be a big event. and the united states, i was talking to john bolton about this a little while ago. the united states has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula that can get rid of the nuclear weapons. can create so many good things, so many positive things and peace and safety for the world. so we'll see what happens. i often say wh

numerous countries are being considered for the meeting, but would peace house freedom house on the border of north and south korea be a more representative and important and lasting site than a third party country? just asking. trump said he expects the meeting to happen in three or four weeks and his new national security adviser had this to say about the location and any potential deal just yesterday. >> there is nobody starry eyed around here and we have all been called a number of things, naive is not usually one of them. i think the president sees the potential here for historic agreement. a breakthrough that nobody could have imagined even a few months ago. that potential is there. but as he says repeatedly, the potential for no deal at all is also there. and we're not going to know until we actually have the meeting and see what kim jong-un is prepared to do. >> joining me now is a former white house adviser and veteran of negotiations with north korea in the clinton and obama administrations. thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure, kate. >> i've seen some reporting that the locat

he writes numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but with peace house freedom houseive, important and lasting site than third party country? watching all of this for us maybe putting it up to asking the american people where they want this meeting. >> absolutely. it's certainly possible that the meeting would be at the dmz especially after what you saw last friday. the picture perfect made for tv moment that was summit so clearly president trump has been watching that. we also have more details about that meeting from last friday. we are hearing that kim jong-un said he is going to close down, shut down the north korean nuclear facility, the testing site that all six tests have been carried out. bearing in mind may starts tomorrow. that could be quite soon. he will invite experts and journalists from the u.s. and south korea. he also rejected reports that that site has become obsolete because it collapsed saying there are two tunnels there that nobody knew about and they are in very good condition but he is going to shut that down. also kim jong-un said he is not the

president tweeted numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would peace house or freedom housee border of north and south korea be a more representative important and lasting site? over the weekend the president said the upcoming meeting could be happening within four weeks, all of this as we have seen progress in peace talks. kim jong-un is vowing to shut down a nuclear test site and open it up for foreign inspectors. he says there is no need for nuclear weapons if the us vows not to invade. some call it progress but others say they doubt there will be real change, so far there have been no official details released on the meeting with kim jong-un. >>> coming up on "ktvu mornings on 2", when you search for a job online do you ever use indeed? we will tell you about one woman's experience that ended up being a scam and the advice she has. >>> a uc berkeley student fights off a robbery suspect. how she was able to escape and the photo police are hoping will lead to an arrest. >>> welcome back, we are following developing news concerning a member of the oakland raiders. according

current events in the media now this all comes off the back of a report by the media watchdog freedom house they concluded that global media freedom has reached its lowest level in the past thirteen years only thirteen percent of the population enjoys a free press and forty five percent live in countries where the media environment is not free so what do you make of this move by the u.s. department of homeland security connect to the us on any of the platforms is. only directly for him ahmed ghailani we can look at libya now one of the world's strictest male dominated societies it's long been that way but years of conflict gen an increase in lawlessness of marginalized women even further however it looks like female activism is on the rise or double wide as that story from misrata. their voices are not often heard but for a community leader is determined to change that she wants women to play a bigger rule in improving society. at this fair she and other female campaigners have taken the initiative to fundraise for those most in need the sick and the poor . the income of the spare is dedica

what he wrote -- numerous countries are considered but would peace house/freedom house on the border of north and south korea be a more important and lasts sight than the third-party country? just asking. point out, the peace house was built nearly 30 years ago for the specific purpose are host ing the north and south. too much concession for kim to have the talks on kim's own turf. two very top trump administration officials talking about this. mike pompeo, secretary of state, said when he met with kim over easter weekend sized him up and came away with a determination there was at least a slight chance for a denuclearization deal, but john bolton, the new national security adviser says the potential still exists, chris, for no deal at all. take a look at what he had to say. >> there's nobody starry eyed around here. we've all been call add number of things. naive is not usually one of them. i think the president sees the potential here for historic agreement, but as he says repeatedly, the potential for no deal at all is also there. >> reporter: north korea is one of the questions w

numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would peace house, freedom house on the border of north and south korea be a more representative important and lasting site than a third-party country? just asking. that raising a lot of eyebrows, of course, potential security concerns there. and would it look like the president is going to kim jong-un's turf? at the same time, hallie, there may be practical considerations at play here because it's not clear that kim jong-un can fly anywhere. just how far he can travel. in terms of the terms of any type of deal that would be worked out as keir just mapped out and as the president and administration officials have been consistent about, they will not lift sanctions unless there is complete denuclearization. take a listen to what steve mnuchin had to say over the weekend. >> i think there's no question that sanctions and the president's maximum pressure campaign is a major part of the success. and as the president said we are going to continue with the sanctions and maximum pressure until he shows that he's willing to give up the nu

the freedom house, something i thought was intriguing, i think some people may be do not like the look of that in some people like it very much. i threw it out today as an idea. i told president moon and through him, we connected with north korea. there is something i like about it because you are there. you're actually there. if things work out, there is a great celebration to be had on the site and not a third-party country. we are looking at the possibility of doing it. other looking at various countries, including singapore. the good news is everybody wants this. be a bige chance to event. the united states, i talked to john bolton about this a little while ago. the united states has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula which can get rid of nuclear weapons, can create so many positive things, and peace and safety for the world are we will see what happens. i often say, who knows? maybe a lot of things change. kim jong-un, who has been very open and straightforward so far, i can only say again, so far. but he is talking about

think tanks freedom house calls cuba one of the world's least connected and most repressive countries regarding internet access but that is not stopping people from surfing chatting connecting online with some clever workaround so let's get more on this now we are joined here in the studio by our very own carl lawson from our social media desk to tell us a little bit more about it. so. tell us a little bit more what it's like day to day for people who want to commit yeah and it's difficult in short it's just not good the access there that's because of you know lack of funding the u.s. economic embargo of course and then government restrictions as well so if you're a cuban citizen and you don't have home internet access you don't have mobile data on your phone if you want to log on you basically have to head outside and you find one of these government run by fi hotspots and first for access you have to buy a prepaid card from it takes the government run telecommunications agency the cards have an access code and a password or link to your government i.d.'s you're likely being tracked

on twitter, numerous countries are being considered for the meeting, but would peace house or freedom houseth and south korea be a more representative, important and lasting site than a third party country? just asking. the president trump says his historic meeting with north korea's kim jong-un could be happening in the next three or four weeks. this as we are seeing more progress and peace talks with north korea. kim jong-un is vowing to shut down a north korean test site next month and open it up for foreign inspectors and journalists. kim says there's no need for nuclear weapons if the u.s. promises not to invade. and while some are calling this progress, others doubt we will see a change. >> president trump has put economic pressure on the north koreans and it appears to have given us this opening, this real opportunity for something that would be transformative for the world if we can achieve it. >> they agreed to it in 1992 with south korea and they have pledged similar things since then. now, it's also the case that they have lied about it and broken their commitments. >> so far no

that, tweeting numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would peace house, freedom house, on the border of north and south korea be a more representative important and lasting site. just asking, he writes. claiming almost all of the credit for the summit and addressing prospects going forward. take a listen. >> denuke. we'll see how it goes. again, whatever happens, happens. i may go in, i leave. it's not going to be a john kerry who makings thes that hor iran deal. >> similar pledges on multiple occasions with little intention of sticking to it. the white house realizes that. john bolton, you played a clip earlier, saying the u.s. wants to see real commitment in his words, insisting there will need to be a full, complete total disclosure of everything related to their nuclear program with a full international verification to ensure that action happens this time around. stef. >> all right, thanks, peter. i want to bring my panel in. bobby gosh, former international editor of time magazine. noel ampore. and my friend kate lynn huey byrnes, political reporter for real clear

peace house, freedom house and there is something that i thought was intriguing.ings work out, there is a great celebration to be had on the site. not in a third-party country. >> president trump discussing the possibility of holding the upcoming landmark summit with north korea dictator in the dmz, the military border, as the president of south korea suggested that president trump might deserve the nobel peace prize for his role in easing tensions. will ripley is in seoul, south korea. what are you being told about the possibility of the summit being held at the dmz. >> reporter: i spoke with an official with deep knowledge of north korea thinking on this and tells me that the south korea president has convinced kim jong-un that panjumjom is the best place to hold that upcoming summit with president tru-- president trump for a few reaso reasons, and it makes sense to get there with his security and detail and the media is in place and a press center set up, and the source saying there is a strong possibility if the summit is held there, that north korea could off

korea tweeting out numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would peace house freedom housen the border of north and south korea be more representative, important and lasting site than a third party hosting? joining me now let's bring in trump 2020 campaign senior advisor katrina pierson. here is the back story good to see you by the way. nuclear weapons are key to north korea's national identity they validate their sense of power and cultural superiority. is there too much optimism about this summit? >> well first elizabeth let me congratulate you on your new show it's well-deserved but there's not too much optimism simply because we're in a very different world let's say than back in 2007. kim jong-un is not his father, we have a president who has essentially proven his ability to stand firm and strong when it comes to protecting the united states and its interest, and i think now, we have a perfect piece of the puzzle, especially when you add the conditions that president trump is adding on to china and having them take more responsibility in their role, and someone with

according to freedom house an organization dedicated to protecting free speech and human rights around the world 2016 was the lowest point for global press freedom in over a decade. 2017 was one of the most dangerous years on record to be a journalist. 18 journalists were killed and a record number were imprisoned. as we gather here tonight there are 189 journalists in prison around the world. and the stories are chilling. two reporters while alone and jasu held without bail for investigating the brutal genocide of the rohinja people in mexico journalist covering country eetion drug war have been killed and imprisoned not only by drug cartel but by corrupt officials. in turkey, at least 5 news agencies 62 newspapers, 16 television channels, 29 publishing house hoes houses have been shutdown since the cue in 2016 and wikipedia has been permanently blocked. in china journalist face most harshest censorship anywhere and in russia a little less than a week ago, a journalist who had been investigating the country's military activities in syria died mysteriously after falling from the window

peace house, freedom house. there's something that i thought was intriguing. i think that some people maybe don't like the look of that, and some people like it very much. i threw it out today as an idea. i also told president moon and through president moon we connected with north korea. there's something that i like about it because you're there. you're actually there. where if things work out, there is a great celebration to be had. on the site. not in a third party country. so we are looking at the possibility of doing it. and that location we're also looking at various other countries, including singapore. i will say this, good news, everybody wants us. it has the chance to be a big event. the united states -- i was talking to john bolton about this a little while ago. the united states has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula that can get rid of the nuclear weapons, can create so many good things, so many positive things, and peace and safety for the world. so we'll see what happens. i often say, w

think tank freedom house calls cuba one of the world's least connected and most repressive countries regarding internet access but that's not stopping people from surfing chatting and connecting online with some clever workarounds and thankfully we've got that karl has been here to tell us more about that so if you're a cuban in cuba what do you do to get online it's not easy it's really not easy though i mean there's a lack of funding the u.s. economic embargo affects this as well as of course government restrictions cuban citizens look they don't really have home internet access very few people have mobile data plans on their phone so if you want to log on and you're in cuba you basically have to go outside to a government run why fi hotspot for access you buy a prepaid card from it takes ah that's the government run telecommunications agency there these cards they have an access code and a password and they're linked to your government id so you're probably being tracked when you're online as well i was actually in cuba last year these are very familiar scenes for me you see cuban

according to freedom house, and/or decision dedicated to protecting free speech and human rights around the world, 2016 was the lowest point for global press freedom in over a decade. 2017 was one of the most dangerous years on record to be a journalist. 18 journalists were killed, and a record number were imprisoned. as we gather here tonight there are 189 journalists imprisoned around the world, and the stories are chilling. in myanmar to reporters, while alone -- are being held without bail for investigating the brutal genocide of the rohingya people. in mexico, journalist covering the countries drug war have been killed and imprisoned not only by drug cartels but by corrupt officials. in turkey, at least five news agencies, 62 newspapers, 16 television channels, 29 publishing houses and 24 radio stations have been shut down since the q1 2016, and wikipedia has been permanently blocked. in china joseph a some of the harshest and most sophisticated censorship anywhere. and in russia a little less than a week ago a journalist had been investigating the country military activities in sy

brian to your point about the house freedom caucus, mr. round for months that speaker ryan was going to be leaving. mccarty has been courting the house freedom caucus and what he has talked about essentially is pushing back on the billions from the omnibus. he has also been talking to the house freedom caucus about maybe an investigation into hillary clinton and also the balanced budget amendment even though it can't get through the entire congress, at least the house freedom caucus would like to seat house on the record. mr. mccarthy is courting the house freedom caucus, which, if you are going to be speaker, you have got to do that. brian: big story on sunday is going to be the 2020 special as james comey sits down for the first time. bret baier third with george stephanopoulos. at which time the reports are suspects to riveting they have trouble jamming into one hour. good thing to say. steve: good tease. brian: it's a good tease. evidently, james comey makes the unfortunate phrase and actually equates this president to a mob boss. >> ho

but freedom house said the united states has retreated from its role of exemplar of democracy.ators. cheering when china's president declared him for life. congratulating egypt's dictator for his sham re-election, itching to withdraw from syria to leave that field from airan and russia. proposing to gut funding and failing to nominate an assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor and so on and so on and so on. that's just part of the list. >> we didn't even put in that -- him congratulating vladimir putin in his sham election even after he was told in all caps tot no to do that. the new york sometimes also writing a piece this weekend about democracy and retreat in central and eastern europe. >> it's also the theme of the new issue of our magazine of foreign affairs. there is a democratic recession in the world for lots of reasons, some economic, some of the immigration point you made before, but the united states is no longer setting an example that others want to emulate. the united states is no longer making the promotion and respect for democracy and human ri

according to freedom house, somalia ranks -- has seven out of seven in terms of civil liberties and political rights. which means the worst score that a given country can have. it translates the level of radical participation, political competition, constant station -- contestation. we are still very for our -- far from improvement and the score has not changed since 1999. so if we are also speaking about the liberties, for example , somalia has been from 2006 -2012 the most fragile state in the world. and in 2012, south sudan became the weakest state. so the ability to highlight this point of the needed ability of the state to provide basic public services and goods to -- including security, health, education, and territorial integration. so also speaking about terrorists and the -- the country ranks seventh in terms of terrorism. not far from countries like iraq, afghanistan , syria. we still have critical challenges which need to be addressed. and of course, i think most of you would also consider the most corrupt country in the world has been the most -- so that challenges definitely at a

of the press, freedom of the press, press freedom, white house correspondents association dinner, the pres. is not attending. maybe today could be that shift come putting it out in the amateur could be that shift. my life or her life should not be in jeopardy and people need to know what they are saying, words mean something but maybe we can shift the atmosphere. i am a mother of two kids, divorced mother of two kids and i'm doing my job. i'm not backing down. to want to take my life over asking a question that is legitimate? >> are other reporters getting similar threat? >> i know at least one. i don't want to say their name but a friend, they talked about it. i don't want to put it out for him. >> let's talk about what you have written about in your book, that has to do with how you covered each pres. the questions you have asked. at the end of your book you give the president a report card and on your report card you grade the man they get grades, on different topics that include administration diversity, apology and reparations, domestic outreach, international outreac

he withdrew amidst opposition by the ultraconservative house freedom caucus. the other representative most recently in the news for the shooting at a congressional baseball practice fihe is -- back in june suffered fatal injuries and recurrent -- and returned to congress three months later.>>> negotiation for selling their share of the coliseum to the city of oakland. they expressed interest by the coliseum site to build another stadium. they wanted to develop the area around it. they are exploring creative ideas to give passengers from downtown oakland to the ballpark -- to get passengers from downtown oakland to the ballpark and gondolas.>>> the details about the -- knee details -- downtown san jose will turn into the championship campus with pep rallies and appearances from sports legends and musical performances. >>> the first full season of the jimmy grob low era begins with -- with the jimmy g era begins with kpix5. our sports director has the anticipated schedule. preseason games. >> you are talking about the championship game. it would be great if the

he wrote numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would freedom house on the bordera and south korea be a better site than a third party country, just asking. the president is referring, bill, to the venue for the summit that we watched on friday involving kim jong-un and south korean president moon that was right there on the dmz. as for the timing, the president over the weekend at that rally saturday night saying the meeting could be happening in three or four weeks. that's a little bit earlier than had been discussed before. most people think it might take a little bit more time than that, bill. >> bill: what about the offer to shut down a nuclear site in the northern part of north korea? do we know if that site is even operational, greg? >> that's the thing, bill. this was the offer revealed over the weekend to south korean president moon saying that kim offered this at that summit to shut down the one and only nuclear test site that we know that north korea has. and to invite international observers and media in happening in the next couple of weeks. experts ju

>> including singapore, and we are also talking about the possibility of the dmz peace house, freedom houseand there's something that i thought was intriguing i think that some people maybe don't like the look of that, and some people like it very much. i threw it out today as an idea. i also told president moon and through president moon, we connected with north korea there's something that i like about it, because you're there you're actually there. where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had on the site, not in a third party country. so, we are looking at the possibility of doing it in that location we're also looking at various other countries, including singapore. i will say this. the good news, everybody wants us it has the chance to be a big event, and the united states, i was talking to john bolton about this a little while ago, the united states has never been closer to potentially having somethinghappen with respect t the korean peninsula that can get rid of the nuclear weapons, can create so many good things, so many positive things, and peace and safety for t

morning the president tweeted numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but the freedom housen the border of south korea could be a more representative important and lasting site than the third-party country. over the weekend president trump said the upcoming meeting could be happening in the next 3 to 4 weeks, all of this comes as there is more progress in peace talks. kim jong-un is vowing to shut down the nuclear test site next month. he says there is no need for nuclear weapons if the us about is not to invade, some tout this as process -- progress but others doubt there will be a change. >> president trump has put economic pressure on the north koreans and it appears to have given us this opening. a real opportunity for something transformative. they agreed to it in 1992 with south korea and have pledged similar things. it is also the case they have lied and broken commitments. >> so far there been no official details released on the meeting. meantime, south korea announced it will dismantle the loudspeakers that broadcast propaganda into north korea. is one of the first