i spent 16 years in the general assembly in tennessee and i was mayor and so i know my role in -- and we are like rudolph. we don't always get to play in those reindeer games. we get it towards the end but i can tell you where i am. i would not be for raising the caps. the biggest thing -- everything that is going on is a distraction right now with the president and his tweets and all this other stuff. the back and forth on the floor and resolutions that don't do anything. it is all just a distraction and i think the american public is inapt and congress is

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a joint session of the oldest lawmaking body in all of the western hemisphere, the virginia general assemblyratulations. [applause] on this day, 400 years ago, here on the shores of the james river, who first representatives, legislative assembly in the new world convene. by the devotion of generations of patriots the destroyers throughout the ages, and now that proud tradition continues with all of you. to every virginian and every legislator with us today, congratulations on four incredible centuries of history, heritage and commitment to the righteous cause of american self-government. this is truly a moment occasion. [applause] i want to think the governor of virginia for inviting me too speak at this very important event. and with us this morning our many distinguished guests and officials from across the commonwealth including lieutenant governor justin fairfax. [applause] speaker kirk cox. thank you kirk. [applause] senate majority leader tommy norm it. [applause] and members of the host and federal state, local and tribal leaders all with us today. thank you very much. [applause] we

this plan was approved by both all political forces inside the national assembly and we have a general plan to be implemented as soon we get full control of the government. this plan, to give you a brief about this, because i will get to the point just mentioned, is three elements. the most important one i just mentioned. on the political point we need to bring political stability to our country. we would like to set a clear democratic system in venezuela. we believe in freedom of speech, we believe in the separation of power, we believe in political pluralism, and we need to bring that to venezuela. if we bring political stability, we will be able to recover our economy. otherwise it will be more difficult to do that recovery. this is our direction from the political point of view. from an economic point of view. dismantle theirection fromwe wo economic control they impose on our economy. this cyclical element. we will need funding or international funding to increase our imports of goods, medicines, and equipments to start running our economy and to give support for the economy. so i

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colonial settlement regime in the war or you can request i'm sorry to that you know sir and the general assemblyi margins and i'm sorry to cut you off but you know these these judgments are lost and these reservations are passed but they are not being implemented so my my blunt question again is what is the points of relying on these judgments if there is if there is no one to if there is no one to enforce these judgments. i mean it depends on what kind of 4 do you wish or we wish to live in these judgments have exactly the from now ca sion of what the law delineates in terms of rights and obligations and it doesn't mean the absence of application on the ground which we see now because of the sense of any kind of accountability top pocket buying power is not being implemented that does not mean that this gives israeli and the ounce of pride in the occupied palestinian that at the at the same level it does not deny the palestinians that right now when it comes to application requires as has been said by your 1st guest it requires international and i think the international will is being built tow

i remember the 1st time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it was so many nationalities. just we all come from different places but it's one that gives us that gives us the ability to identify with people who may live on the side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. from cutting edge medical technology. could be. the development. in the most difficult. innovative solution. to. the cure. and these are the top stories on. sudan's health ministry says 7 people have been killed in 181 wounded during mass rallies throughout the country live ammunition and tear gas were fired at protesters who had been demanding civilian rule these were the 1st mass rallies since a violent crackdown on protesters nearly a month ago. and police have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in hong kong it comes as the territory marks the 22nd anniversary of its handover from britain to china to 1000000 protesters are expected to take to the stre

trump traveled to jamestown to mark the 400 anniversary of the first session of the virginia general assemble. the president's remarks were interrupted by protester a democratic lawmaker from the virginia house of delegates. in addition a state lawmaker boycotted the president's visit. this is about 25 minutes.

judging by the mood at the farmers general assembly organic farming has little chance of flourishing the association carefully cultivates its ties to the chemicals industry one of the world's largest pesticide manufacturers is among the event sponsors. and yet among germ. farmers there are many opponents of conventional methods here in the all to slant region north of hamburg one race back month turned his back on old school farming after 20 years. it's going to rain again on the weekend and if you don't even just let's get rid of those weeds in called striking back i'll buy the fence ok i'll get started. his apple orchard covers 50 hectares 2 years ago next month stopped using glyphosate and pesticides he uses mechanical methods to tackle weeds and relies on nature to regulate itself but weed control without the help of chemicals is a major challenge. before we've got an infestation of past. that's a part of organic farming but for me it's a new problem a lawyer you know we don't have the option of regulating it we just have to hope that nature comes to our aid and that's enough and

frame for protecting human rights defenders their ease a separation already pasta but they generally assembly which. obliges state to ensure that their reason enabling what is called the enabling and viral meant there so that the people who protect human rights can operate the safety and actually protected by the lol and facilitate the. helpful actions that assist the all of us in society now. the european union has adopted a very. sort of unfair approach to. sound international standards it. always requests for example south american states it to protect human rights defenders in south america but then when it comes to europe but it's doing quite a different thing so i think that we need to bring those international standards back to europe and they're sure that our leaders speak about these people in the way they should be treated as human rights defenders who need to continue doing their job and they are in fact in most cases doing something with or e.t.s. or should be doing so long we did something very special for us earlier on today you took your camera and you walked around to manatees

. >>> virginia's general assembly will holdci a s session next week to discuss new gun safety measurend new poll shows theru is proud ort for this kind of change that lawmakers will condition. 54% say it's more important to control gun ownership than protect gun rights.82 of democrats strongly favor gun control and 54% of republicans favor begun rights but the bipartisanship narrow when asked about policy. >> virginia governor ralph northam called response to the recent massacre in virginia beach. a city employee killed, a do people inside a municipal building in late mayas and w later killed by police. yesterday, governor northam released a list of bills that h plans to introduce next week and they included mandatory background checks, assault style weapo ban ena so-called red flag law that would let law enforcement temporarily remove a person's f if they exhibit dangerous behavior. >>> a pla in virginia is replacing slave owner thomasever. the city council voteemove april 13th is founding father's birthday a paid holiday but instead march 3rd celebrate. ever's hometown was ed rlotte

. ♪ (music plays throughout)♪ ♪ >>> today i stand before the united nations general assembly to shareordinary progress we've made. in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. didn't expect that reaction but that's okay. >> didn't expect to be laughed at. of course, that wasn't from today. it's my understanding at the moment donald trump is bellowing somewhere on the 18-acre complex about the census but it's tough to find another moment that so succinctly illustrates what donald trump's done to america's reputation on the world stage. laughter at the u.n. general assembly last year is a sentiment that has permeated the trump presidency from its early days right up until this week. as an example after the british ambassador resigned yesterday following a leak of his private cables with london in which he called the administration inept and uniquely dysfunctional, among other things, "the new york times" did some asking around. they wondered how many foreign representatives feel the same w

in 2009 president obama addressed the general assembly saying in an era where our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero-sum game. he said no world order that elevates one nation or group of people above another will succeed and no balance of power among nations will hold. what he was talking about in a world order that elevated one nation above another was us. that is what he was opposed to. after another speech given by him on the 65th anniversary of d-day, a reporter said comparing reagan's speech in 1984, the reporter said reagan was all about america. obama is we are above that now. but the job of america's president is to ensure the security of the american people and we are not above that now. and we never will be. in his day theodore roosevelt understood this fully. when woodrow wilson called for making the world safe for democracy, roosevelt replied emphatically, first we are to make the world safe for ourselves. that remains our objective today. let's consider some of the specific problems that we face. with iran we withdrew last year from the joint comprehensive plan

i remember the 1st time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it was so many nationalities. just that we all come from different places but it's one that gives the bank of the us the ability to identify the people when they're on the side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. every armed attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens where stories of loss no one told. a sweeping associate. it is now with the violence leaves european muslims facing the stark reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life. torrance a victim on al-jazeera. fully battle in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera iran's revolutionary guard has denied blocking a british tanker in the strait of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have arrested the captain of and the rain in tankers seized by british schultz last week rory chalons has more from london. this is the result of d

judging by the mood at the farmers general assembly organic farming has little chance of flourishing the association carefully. cultivates its ties to the chemicals industry one of the world's largest pesticide manufacturers is among the event sponsors. and yet among german farmers there are many opponents of conventional methods here in the all to slant region north of hamburg back mun turned his back on old school farming after 20 years. it's going to rain again on the weekend and again that's let's get rid of those weeds in the culture are all i think and soteriology started. his apple orchard covers 50 hectares 2 years ago that month stopped using glyphosate and pesticides he uses mechanical methods to tackle weeds and relies on nature to regulate itself but weed control without the help of chemicals is a major challenge. before we've got an infestation of pests that's a part of organic farming but for me it's a new problem. you know we don't have the option of regulating it we just have to hope that nature comes to our aid that's enough and that beneficial insects are able to fi

general assembly. is essentially damage limitation efforts from the european side to prevent iran from escalating that there on the nuclear issue or or even actually on the regional scale as we're seeing things go deteriorating on the regional platform as well and to essentially see whether they can persuade temperament to freeze then the clear escalation to where i'm seeing today and to reach out also to tromp personally president talk rationally and i have a to see if there can be any breathing room provided to iran so that it doesn't feel so cornered as it has been the basic weeks because if everyone is continually put on this talk of pressure from the u.s. sanctions for a while it will look for new areas to his backlit of absolute regional platforms for the new clear air and they repeat are very keen to contain the damage that like follows ok ellie garang my you're joining us tonight from london l a we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you. the british government is trying to hun

in virginia, dozens of african-americans were elected to the general assembly. there was a period of 20 years when many people of color served. then someone came up with a strategy for distraction. it was, hey poor whites and poor , blacks are the same. but if we come up with this new strategy of jim crow laws, we can get the distraction so we can implement policies that enrich a few folks. and that enrichment, as we know, continued on until the 1929 stock market crash. it was all an economic distraction to pit whites versus blacks. go back and research how many people of color actually served in the assembly in virginia, and how rich our heritage was. and now we fast forward, and i am so glad he took about focusing on values and thinking about being strategic, because many times, just to be honest with you, when the muslim ban came up, i don't want people to defend muslims. i want people to defend the constitution, as you talked about. our collective values. you know how in the virginia house of delegates, there is one document on the wall? guess what that is?

reality of it the reality is this that the palestinians can say up is down and down is up and the general assembly will vote yes and the i.c.j. will say yes and there are a large group of international institutions that don't matter what bizarre claim the palestinians make such as that they are allowed to murder israeli civilians with impunity and that a high invasion on a land is simply fair afy pal that is most certainly a claim that is being made that is a claim that was just made right now and that when he said that there is no terrorism that is being carried out by the palestinians by the way just a day after a jerusalem district court held the palestinian authority for terrorist attacks that murdered hundreds of israeli civilians in the years before the barrier was was created so as long as the palestinians keep trying to turn upside down international law and disobey ng it they're not going to get any results israel has the there's a very strong political current and israel to abate international law but when there are international institutions that use international rhetoric international

general assembly in september when everybody can sit face to face. and perhaps find a way around this you know anything can happen that's the problem with this conflict is there are so many places that can get out of control and these these little acts of provocation by tehran they are little acts aren't they they're not meant to spiral out of control but they're meant to i mean maybe you maybe see this differently they're meant to make sure that europe's attention is not diverted that's exactly what it's all about this is high stakes diplomacy all of the acts are reversible or deniable the problem is that there are so many actors out in the gulf in the straits that things can go awry this miracle i was talking about at the beginning of the show that the iranians would like the europeans to deliver in sticks to give us the name of it can europe deliver with what iran would like to have here here are 2 problems one is washington and washington says to europe if you run anything else besides food and medicine through the insects process we will sanctio

frame for protecting human rights defenders there is a separation already pasta but they generally assembly which. oblige a state to ensure that their reason in the neighboring what is called the enabling and vironment there so that the people who protect human rights can operate the safety and actually protected by the lol and facilitate the. helpful actions that assist the all of us in society now. the european union has adopted a very. sort of unfair approach to. set of sound international standards it. always requests for example south american states said to protect human rights defenders in south america but then when it comes to europe but it's doing quite a different thing so i think that we need to bring those international standards back to europe and they're sure that our leaders speak about these people in the way they should be treated as human rights defenders who need to continue doing their job and they are in fact in most cases doing something well thore these or should be doing so let me do something very special for us earlier on today you took your camera and you walked

important even in a rural state like arkansas that we have truck stops and i want to applaud our general assembly the reckoning the need to address sexual trafficking, this area and it can happen in rural states as well and we passed a law act 922 that addressed training for truckers and energy place to any person reapplying that they must complete a human trafficking prevention course. i think this is a good practice that we sign this into law, but it's also near hi now mandatoryo have annual education for 30 minutes jerk to raise human trafficking and have a response to it. you don't want to put words on educators and unnecessary mandates but i think this is helpful to draw attention the challenge of human trafficking and sex trafficking as well in these areas that cannot be utilized for the evil purpose. so one challenge was the public in general to make them more aware and to be able to trade in for that. but he wanted to thank you and see if you had any comments as to what more we can do to educate the public and make them aware. >> you make a very good point about public trade that was how

i want to applaud our general assembly that recognized the need to address this area of sexual trafficking. and that it can happen in the role states as well. so we passed a law at 922 that addressed training for truckers. and it requires any person applying or reapplying for commercial drivers license must complete a human trafficking prevention course. and i think this is a good practice. we signed into law. it is also mandatory for all educators to have annual continuing education for 30 minutes to recognize human trafficking and how to respond to it. you don't want to put burdens on educators and unnecessary mandates. but i think this is helpful to draw attention to the challenge of human trafficking, sex trafficking as well. in these areas that can be utilized for that evil purpose. so one challenge though is the public in general as to making them more aware and to be able to identify that. i wanted to thank you and see if you had any comments as to what more we can do to educate the public and make them aware of this? >> you make a very good point about educating the public. that wa

period of reconstruction and in virginia thousands of african-americans were elected to the general assembly and what happened was there was a period of about 20 years where many people of color served and then someone came up with a strategy for distraction. it was a, now poor whites and poor blacks are the same but if we come up with this new strategy of the jim crow laws, we can give this distraction so we can implement these policies that enrich a few folks. and that enrichment as we know continues on until 1929 when the stock market crashes and it was all an economic distraction to pick white versus black. go back and research it. how many people of color served in the virginia assembly and how rich our heritage was and now we fast forward and i'm so glad that you talk about focusing on values and thinking about being strategic because many times i'll just be honest, when the muslim ban came up, i don't want people to defend muslims. i want people to defend the constitution as you talk about, our collective values . this is not america and in the house of delegates there is one document

i remember the 1st time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it has so many nationalities. but it is just that we all come to different places but it's one that gives us and gives us the ability to identify with the other side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. discover new developments in surgery on the job whatever and here ashima japan to meet the surgeon hiring new techniques in regenerating on these a breakthrough medical trials provide some much needed on to cystic fibrosis sufferers based on all the evidence we have the virus is at least 100 fold more effective in fighting very nice to get the cure revisited on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told pretty remarkable due to the better we're died last weekend crossing from mexico to you know to stay with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports we commit according to the mission life is a section of al-jazeera has

prior to running for governor, she served in the georgia general assembly from 2007 to 20121 2017. she became the first woman to lead a party in the georgia general assembly and first african-american leader of a party in the state house of representatives. she received her jd degree from jail law school and her master of public affairs from the lbj school of public affairs at university of texas at austin. and her b.a., magna couple laude, from spelman college. miss abrams, you're recognized for five minutes. we appreciate your attendance. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member johnson, committee members. thank you for allowing me to address this important hearing today. the shelby decision created a new channel for the troubling practice of voter suppression during a time of dramatic demographic change. however, no assault on democracy will ever be limited to its targets. as the franchise is weakened, all citizens feel the effects which is why restoration of the full power of the voting rights act must occur. i come today because i was raised in mississippi where my parents j