he's a green party m.p. in berlin. first stop -- an open-air citizens' meeting, and the obligatory group photo with his helpers. right away it's posted on social media -- in this case, on twitter. for mutlu, it's a way to invite voters to come and see him. ozcan: a lot of people who are active on social media -- whether it's facebook, instagram, or twitter -- see what i'm doing. they also see that i'm an approachable, accessible candidate, and that's really good. reporter: but, as a green party member of turkish origin, mutlu has also been subjected to a lot of hate posts. he's become a target for right-wing extremists and xenophobes. ozcan: social media has made it a lot easier to spread all this hatred. it was there among the people, but it was anonymous, hidden. reporter: mutlu is never far away from his smartphone -- or social media. before the first constituents stop by for a chat, he fits in another appointment. he rides to another district of berlin to talk about integration. here, mutlu also meets voters with t

parties. we have a jungle primary system. everybody is thrown into the same pot, congressional races and senate races, there is one big primary, greens, peace and freedom democrats, republicans, libertarians, they all run in a june primary in the top two make it on the ballot in the fall since this reform was introduced, third parties have been wiped out. that is why there is greater space to build and collect oral force that has a different kind of brand and different platform and different identifiable program, at the local level. registration is predominantly democrat. party organization is fairly weak. and the groundwork, and where spending 30-1 in 2014. and other questions from people involved in recent campaigning in baltimore. if you get to that microphone you will be hearing from people for months. i saw you, i was up at 2:00 in the morning. i turned on c-span booktv and there you were. >> i'm interested in the leadership element in the 350 membership of the richmond progressive alliance, i'm interested in the base issues, you mentioned the tenant organizing and rent control, what were some of the other issues that brought pe

green party support for lieutenant governor. the election loss of an change in california in a way that it really obliterated third parties we have what's called a jungle primary system. everybody is thrown into the same pot in legislative races and congressional races and senate races. there's one big primary, greens, peace and freedom, democrats, republicans, libertarians all run in a june primary and the top to make it on the ballot in the fall. since this reform was introduced, thir third-party sen wiped out as on the ballot in the general election. that's why there's greater space to build an electoral force that has a different kind of brand and a different kind of platform and a different kind of identifiable program at the local level. where registrations are predominantly democrat, but party organizations actually fairly weak. when you build a membership base the fact of political party and do the kind of groundwork that progressives in richmond have been doing for more than a decade, even though the other site is outspe

thank you anya i'm joined today by a drama baracoa he was the green party's nominee for vice president in the two thousand and sixteen election he served as the founding executive director of the us human rights network and is currently an associate fellow at the institute for policy studies in washington d.c. we've seen a rise of what has been part of the d.n.a. of american white society for a long time these white vigilante groups all right groups that are now walking into the streets looking for. physical confrontations with any fascists and black lives activists and others how do you assess this phenomenon well as you indicated in your question your comment it is part of the history of this country that violence has always been at the center of this settler colonial experience of violence both official and unofficial it was the militias that were part of the process of clearing the land of the indigenous it was militias and various paramilitary forces interrupt you there there's a lot of people don't know that some of the worst massacres of indigenous communities you know were not

another potential outcome could be angela merkel teaming up with the green party. e social democratic party, with the exemption of the auto industry. the green party would be tougher on the german auto industry, just to mention dieselgate. another potential outcome, and this is interesting for europe, would be angela merkel teaming up with the liberals. the liberals have a tough stance on greece. we would see a widening of the spread. the liberals seem to suggest that greece should leave the eurozone before getting debt relief. we certainly see some impact there. there are also signs that the liberals would like to curb the european bank rescue fund, which i don't want to be a bund investor in such a scenario. we would see impact on multiple levels. i've just read a research note from commerzbank analysts. they point out that liberals would push for more privatization and ironically, that could avoid commerzbank. remember, the german bank holds a 60% stake in commerzbank. if the liberals push for selling that stake, we could see the return of bank m&a. met with the

about our human rights in any place on the planet as a former nominee for vice president on the green party ticket thanks so much for your time this afternoon a pleasure. and a president trump pushed his facts against what he calls the media's fiction a right out of the gate at his phoenix arizona rally last night trump opened his hour long rally speech making sure his crowd knew there was only a negligible amount of protesters outside the event. and just so you know from the secret service there aren't too many people outside protesting ok. however thousands of anti trump an anti white supremacist protesters clashed with police outside the rally in clouds of tear gas. meanwhile many across the nation are carrying forward after charlottesville demanding the local government to remove confederate symbolism from public spaces federal agents arrested a man on monday for attempting to blow up a statue of being a confederate official on city property. and now in the digital world a new study suggests social media platforms like instagram and snap chat are overtaking facebook in popularity r.t.s.

hands of law enforcement earlier i spoke with the move brock of human rights activist and former green party nominee for vice president i first asked him what does he mean when he says police are not playing the role of protector but of an occupying force . well we understand that the police are supposed to be there to protect all of the citizens equally but the lived experience is blind people in these zones of occupation has has been one in which is that the protection we are in fact they are perceived to be the enemy we have a situation in the us well basically the police forces have been by and the process of. systematic repression including murder. relative impunity so you know we have vacuum in terms of our lives but it appears that the representative of the state in the form of the police force don't recognize that inherent bank. and i say the negative actions of law enforcement are systematic but what do you say to those who believe these police murders of unarmed black youths are just a few bad apple. well we say that if you look at the law history of the relationship between the bl

jill stein was the green party's presidential nominee in 2016 and 2012.me back to democracy now! >> south korea had their candlelight uprising. they impeached a corrupt and conservative president and have , whichtheir uprising continues to focus on the impacts of militarism and the sad missile system. missile system. they are calling for a peace treaty. -- korean war is not beently, north korea has ring off t the intercontinental ballistic missile. it is very frightening to other countries around the world. they have developed their nuclear weapons capability. this provocation. doing mockeen attacks with nuclear weapons for decades. we also o have a policy of a fit strike of f a nuclear attack against north korea. north korea has felt they have -- avelop a nuclear rapine nuclear weapon to stand a chance. it is dangerous. korea is in the crosshairs of this conflict. limited exchange of nuclear weapons could result in nuclear is prededicted to cause hundreds of millions of death around the world. it is not rocket science about how to fix it. andnorth korean

reporter: just around the corner the green party candidate, a lawyer of turkish descent, is out campaignings interference by mr. erdogan is uncalled for and disrespectful. of course, we don't know him any differently. reporter: another issue worrying german turkish -- germany's turkish community leaders feel he is the victim of political persecution. >> the people who are critical and to freely express their opinion should be supported. so in this respect, it is an accessible -- unacceptable for free speech to be restricted. reporter: off-camera, a few admit there are many turkish germans who stand by erdogan, even if he does persecute writers or interferes with germany's election campaign. tough times for german turkish relations. brent: he is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. eclipse watchers in the u.s. have been treated to a solar spectacle. the moon passed in front of the sun over a four-door -- crridor stretching from coast-to-coast. millions turned out. after a short bracket -- break i will be back to take it to the day. we'll be right back. ♪ [captioning perform

germans i should say are going to reject the establishment parties or do want to also include the green party as criticism where do they turn who do they vote for. well. i think they're good just stay at home or are too small who have been created. to small muslim parties have in created in in germany and one i think as far back as two thousand and ten. but there again there are indications i don't know to what extent and the supported by facts that these two muslim party or german muslim park used are again controlled by the. i mean by the. language we heard there from president or to one it was incredibly harsh wasn't personal how do you think it affects bilateral relations with the countries. i think he's given up out of the what to it became c. in his years rhetoric and in not only in the rich rico also in politics the red cross to malkuth stronger to who to russia in the. one hundred discussion not buying them etc etc i think he is not not interested anymore with that or the european union. but i think it's more than just the interest of terence i think it reflects some deep. shit that h

the green party are all enemies of turkey support those political parties who are not enemies of turkey merkel simply responded saying quote we will not tolerate any kind of interference says this exchange between or when and mark all over the past week more than one thousand refugees have arrived in greece leaving many to question whether or no one has broken his e.u. immigration deal and the form of protest joining me now to discuss this further is former u.s. diplomat jim thank you so much thank you very for joining us jim now i want to start with why are we witnessing such a huge surge in refugees washing up on the shores of greece just over the start of this month that we've seen over two thousand refugees show up there but first i think we need a special prosecutor in germany to look at the air to one's interference with the german election this is clearly designed i think to have an impact on the election and it's clear that he's breaking his deal with the you he can turn that spigot off on any time he wants to it was never a good deal given the merkel has been you know mom. told

if you open up a ballot, you will find independents on them and green party members on them. god bless them. i believe in choices. but 95% of the race is going to be between republican or democrat, and it is the republican party in 2017 that says wall them off, ban them out, no transgender in the military. if it is racist, if it is greedy, it is coming from them. and so i'm going to be with the people who are most likely to win and make policies that are saying, no, we do believe that america is a nation of immigrants, we are against racism and we do believe in civil rights, and we do believe there ought to be a right to organize in a union and address climate. now, there will be messiness. [applause] rep. ellison: there will be messiness. you are not going to have perfection. i can tell you, from the democratic national committee standpoint, i can say this definitively without any fear of contradiction -- we have gone through a period where people could legitimately argue that some people had their favorites in the primary. [laughter] rep. ellison: i will say this -- >> and t

members of several social justice groups marched including police brutality coalition, sonoma county green party, and the community action coalition. (james) and this is how it looked in san jose... a rally for diversity was held in response to the violence in charlottesville.... it happened right after the nine a-m mass... people marched from the newman center to city (james) people gathered in san francisco for a rally yesterday as well. the demonstrations marched through the mission district...this is the second night in a row we've seen a rally or vigil in san francisco. last night's vigil was in union square. last night protestors chanted anti-facist rhymes and held signs. (robin) for the second day in a row, protesters took to the streets in oakland to take a stand against white supremacy.. and to show solidarity with counter- protesters in charlottesville. kron 4's hermela aregawi reports. dozens of people showed up to oakland city hall once again today..to show their solidarity with those injured.. and killed in charlotesville.many speakers talked about the connection of the trump admins

now, here's the deal, if you open up a ballot in the country today you will fine independent and green party members on the. lesson. i believe in choices. but, 99% of the races going to be between republican and democrat. it is the republican party in 2017 assess while them off, ban them out, no transgender in the military. if it's mean, if it's racist, it's greedy is coming from them. and so i'm going to be with the people who are most likely to win and make policies that we say no we are against racism and we believe there are to be a right to organize and the union and address climate. there will be messiness. and i can have perfection. from the democratic national committee standpoint i can say this definitively and without fear of contradiction, we've gone through time where people could legitimately argue that some people had their favorites in the primary. [laughter] i will say this. i will say that every officer and member pledge themselves on each other that will be scrupulously neutral. so if you hear that some democratic party is helping out some incumbent or not plaintiffs try to

thank you anya i'm joined today by a drama baracoa he was the green party's nominee for vice president in the two thousand and sixteen election he served as the founding executive director of the u.s. human rights network and is currently an associate fellow at the institute for policy studies in washington d.c. we've seen a rise of what has been part of the d.n.a. of american white society for a long time these white vigilante groups all right groups that are now walking into the streets looking for. physical confrontations with any fascists and black lives matter activists and others how do you assess this phenomenon as well as you indicated in your question your comment it is part of the history of this country that violence has always been at the center of this settler colonial experience of violence both official and unofficial it was the militias that were part of the process of clearing the land of the indigenous it was militias and various paramilitary forces interrupt you there there's a lot of people don't know that that some of the worst massacres of indigenous communities y

several social justice groups in santa rosa, including police brutality coalition, sonoma county green party, community action coalition. (jr stone) and this is how it looked in san jose... a rally for diversity was held in response to the violence in charlottesville.... it happened right after the nine a-m mass... people marched from the newman center to city hall... (jr stone) people gathered in san francisco for a rally today as well. the demonstrations marched through the mission district...this is the second night in a row we've seen a rally or vigil in san francisco. last night's vigil was in union square. tonight those here chanted anti-facist rhymes and held signs. (jr stone) oakland raiders running back marshawn lynch...is following in the footsteps of a former bay area quarterback. lynch... sat during the national anthem in the team's preseason game against the arizona cardinals. head coach jack del rio says he believes strongly in standing for the anthem but respects lynch's decision. beastmode told del rio he has been doing this for the past 11 years. the oakland native did not p

members of several social justice groups marched including police brutality coalition, sonoma county green partythe community action coalition. ( james ) and this is what it looked like in san jose... a rally for diversity was held in response to the violence in charlottesville. people marched from the newman center to city hall. ( mark ) people gathered in san francisco for a rally as well. the demonstration s marched through the mission district...this was the second night in a row that there was a rally or vigil in san francisco. the first one happened saturday night in union square. ( mark ) and in seattle.. protesters and police clashed when officers used pepper spray to disperse members of a pro-trump rally and counter protesters. seattle police said some protesters were carrying sticks, metal and balloons filled with an unknown liquid. three men were arrested. no body was seriously injured. (mark) our coverage of the violence in virginia continues on kron four dot com. we have reaction from former president barack obama and a timeline of events. we will also send you the latest developmen

does she tried to broaden toward the green party, which might expose the green party to severe frictionsdoes not work out, do we continue to see a grand coalition between the christian democrats and the social democrats? how follows from that is does she go about the european initiatives in particular? so, how about more technical issues like the common deposit insurance fund, the role of the regardinglso issues broader fiscal flexibility? big appointments are also coming up. all of that will depend on how the exact nature of the coalition will ship out -- shape out. francine: what does it mean for bunds? it goes back to your wheelhouse, nhard, the strength of the economy in germany and whether that is well reflected in fundamentals. reinhard: from a fundamental point of view, are fixed income strategists believe that bond yields are going higher. 70 basis points, 100 basis points over the near-term. the broader economic policy and normalization implies that higher yields of the medium or long term are justified. from an historical perspective, they will remain quite moderate. in the soc

whatever the green party puts on the table now, it's a long way off from policy. fight with the right wing of the cdu. merkel herself has a lot of overlap with foreign policy. you can imagine her going in on something like this. she would have to carry it in the party, which is more difficult. in thethrow the fdp next, it becomes a lot more difficult. coalitions will be in there by the end of the year. matt: it could take months or months to get a coalition. patrick donahue is a bloomberg government reporter occasionally here in berlin. he is on the road with politicians. could german carmakers face like of lawsuits from customers over excessively polluting diesel engines? we will continue this discussion because it is so important for markets for volkswagen, bmw. midi class action suits are possible says merkel. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ matt: welcome back to germany decides, our weekly election show. just four weeks to go until the all-important september 24 vote. taking a look at the polls here, i have an election tracker that all bloomberg clients can access, as

, will she continue a ornd coalition with the spd, would she work with smaller parties like the green party manages to pull out a victory, will they work with the liberal greens or the left? will they be able to put together a coalition with some of the smaller parties, or will they have to look at a grand coalition? the coalition question is the biggest one right now, and it looks like merkel is the clear favorite to win. matt miller, berlin. julie: so nice to see matt miller, even on tape. coming up next, what happens when north korean overconfidence meets an unpopular american president? find out next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ track your pack. set a curfew, or two. make dinner-time device free. [ music stops ] [ music plays again ] a smarter way to wifi is awesome. introducing xfinity xfi. amazing speed, coverage and control. change the way you wifi. xfinity. the future of awesome. mark: time now for first word news. president trump said north korean leader will quote regret it fast if he continues his threats to u.s. territories and allies, another warning that the u.s. is willing to act

certain leaders in the green party would do it. the big bases further to the left.more difficult. she tried to do it last time and it did not work area this time around it could be just as tough. and writers who could be the next finance minister? speculation, if the cdu has it again there would be a big question in terms of whether he stays or not. he is a close ally but at the same time it is a difficult relationship. the social democrats could try to claim the coalition talks. that what all unwind in the weeks and months after the election into the fall. matt: patrick donahue covers all things politics in germany. we will be hearing a lot of him over the next 6, 7, 8 weeks. the global head of fx strategies. question is probably one of the most important in this election here. what happens to wolfgang schaeuble everyone is talking about -- schaeuble? everyone is talking about angela merkel, but how important is it to the markets that schaeuble will keep a steady hand on the tiller? >> i don't think it is something that the markets really focus on. if you brought i

as a green party member i want to remind you that we do not live in a two-party system, we live in a single person take all system that promotes the two parties and then hit each other and then you have the double hate that you have been talking about. why isn't there more discussion about moving to multistate districts, which would seem to provide the flexibility for the realignment you are talking about, instead of fighting over to dead carcasses? christina: i would say there is probably plenty of hate for the other parties as well. i think that is a good question. leslie: there is increasing dialogue among people that look at the election results we have been getting and thinking there could be a better way. and maybe an election system that leads to a different kind of result and the one that you mentioned, ranked choice voting is one of them. i think you will see it may be good on statewide ballots next year. in maine. and -- so that is really interesting and i hope that americans learn about those systems. it sounds europeans, which americans think, that does sound like a europ

discussion with john will baraka associate fellow at the institute for policy studies and the green party's nominee for vice president in the twenty six team cycle take a look here's a preview it is part of the history of this country that violence has always been at the center of this settler colonial experience of violence both official and unofficial it was the militias that were part of the process of clearing the land of the indigenous it was militias and various paramilitary forces i just interrupt you there there's a lot of people don't know that that some of the worst massacres of indigenous communities you know were not carried out by the cavalry or they didn't shy away from genocide you know but you're right from private militias raised out of denver who then wiped out entire indian camp those kind of private militias but also just local. initiatives by settlers to get rid of the local indigenous problem so that's been part of the the us experience the paramilitary forces that were part of enforcing the racial colds and the configurations of power in the south that became the cent

here former police officer and host of beyond the badge podcast a green party candidate for the new york city council. he was in charlottesville on saturday to protest the hate groups. and jonah. thank you for being here. that is quite a scene gathered outside of trump tower this evening. vincent hill, let me start with you. as the president arrives back home for the first time since the inauguration tonight, how do you think he is doing with the latest statement there. >> well, martha, thanks for having me. i want to send my prayers to the family of the victims in charlottesville. absolutely, of course, the police officers that lost their lives, trying to bring law and order there in charlottesville. unfortunately, the president who on saturday condemned the actions of what was going on in charlesville is going to be met with exactly what everyone is in an uproar about. hate, hate from the left. that's what the president is going to be met with when he returns home. >> martha: in discussing the hate from the left, i thought it was very interesting. the president was roundly criticized f

thomas so i really think this is a very .harged debate the german elections and social democrats and green partya big topic into the election, and i think out of the elections, we will see a much more constructive debate. guy: how much is it going to cost dealing with the legacy issues surrounding this? to get an idea of scrappage schemes. let us take volkswagen. ou are a big supplier. four euro cars, trucks, etc. how much will it cost to deal with that legacy? arndt: we did run the math. thesome of them, especially premium of makers, it is incrementally positive for earnings because they offer incentives. name them. they sell the cars, a new car with a profit through volkswagen's offering a lot more for cheaper cars, so there the balance is. they have a much bigger garage, so even if it costs several hundred millions or a billion, relative to the damage, it is minor, even if they were to ititalize development costs, all of these non-cash impairments. i think the industry should move forward instead of always defending old technologies and dealing with that. we should really spend the money to d

and of course then you have the two opposition parties the smaller opposition parties the green party and the left party the left party is very firm on its positions against work. what about the fine donald trump is demanding two percent of g.d.p. be contributed towards military spending i know that's quite a lot of people in germany will be a big issue come the elections. i think it will also be an issue again we never know whether peace issues are enough to actually change the vote significantly we do know that during elections politicians all over the world certainly in the us talk peace and later they don't follow follow that sometimes once they are elected. but i think this is an issue most germans do not want to spend that much on military and just getting back finally again to what the foreign minister asked for is it possible how hard would it be to remove u.s. nuclear weapons from the country. oh. i would have to be a fortune teller to know that exactly we don't know what kind of pressures the u.s. would bring to bear but the first step would be of course to say clearly the g

if you open up a ballot, you will find independents on them and green party members on them. god bless them. i believe in choices. but 95% of the race is going to be between republican or democrat, and it is the republican party in 2017 that ban them them off, out, no transgender in the military. if it is racist, if it is greedy, it is coming from them. and so i'm going to be with the people who are most likely to win and make policies that are saying, no, we do believe that america is a nation of immigrants, we are against racism and we do believe in civil rights, and we do believe there ought to be a right to organize in a union and address climate. now, there will be messiness. [applause] there will be messiness. you are not going to have perfection. i can tell you, from the democratic national committee standpoint, i can say this definitively without any fear of contradiction -- we have gone period where people could legitimately argue that some people had their favorites in the primary. [laughter] this --ison: i will say >> and the dnc chair. rep. ellison: i will say this

green cards. we have done that and we consulted with experts and people will help to design the canadians wisdom and we came up toh a system that is similar what senators in both parties have supported in the past moving the green card system into a point system that reward people that can speak english and have a job that will pay them more than the local economy typically pays and create their own companies. we think this they do work and improved version we have done as a president's request and will soon a lot of interest from senators already for the -- already. >> what you say to the business community that say this can make it weaker? as a business guy, i can tell you whoever says that has not been in the real world. what happens and the real world as we are competing with other countries for this talent and like natural resources. to a merit-based system, we will ensure the american economy can attract the best and brightest and also protects american workers. it is not only longer focused on people family related but merit-based qualifications of people applying. i think it is a humane system. we are giving people and assist system credit for being in the sys

you know, there were republicans, demo and green party and there's the american side and it does it bafflesmine. i just as a mother as a woman as an african-american was really disappointed. i was heartened by the comments the president came out on the second outing when he spoke of it and i felt, okay, the white house gets it. they understand that this sort of presence is intimidating, it's sad. it harkens back to time where african-american has very little rights and no defense or -- or jewish americans or any -- any group that is in the minority. >> what troubles me -- very troubled. >> space to say there is a equivalency here. you know, i said this yesterday. i mean this. right is right. wrong is wrong. i mean, when something like this happens, we're not just talking about this group marching against black people we're talking about jew, transgender anyone in minority much this is what this group stands against. and for people to be silent about this and not condemning it in the strongest way says to me where are we r we been doing this whole time. >> let me give you a history lesson we

on the left you have several fighting clans and the socialist parties and the greens and the communistiddle these partiesl of are fighting with each other and on the right you have the far right national front. within those parties, there are other divisions and hence that puzzle. all of this is very good news for emmanuel macron because the opposition is more preoccupied with inner fighting than actually being in opposition. molly: you mentioned the socialist party is going through a bit of a socialist -- identity crisis. >> some people within the party said they should change their name for a new beginning because they suffered humiliating defeat. their presidential candidate did not even make it to the second round. what is this new name? it is the socialists. not the socialist party, the socialists. socialist supporters think about this new name change or prospective new name change? they were interviewed and one said, it's a charming new name, a change oft packaging and we are not really interested. the caplly: now with story i certainly love -- cat story i actually love. >> this

if i have a radio show and a television show and i took six presidential candidates we had the green party, we had independence we had republicans, democrats libertarian. so i took their published platform and i didn't compare them with each other is as popular. what i did was i compared each platform individually to the constitutional role of the president. what i found was the promises the president candidates were making were promises outside the authority of the offices of the executive. the president does not have the authority to raise or lower taxes. that is reserved to the house of representatives. the president cannot take care of our troops financially, he can expand troops, or withdraw, that is the power reserved for the legislative branch. i realize all of the promises the presidents were making were responses to questions asked by the people, will you do this for us, that's what the whole website thing is. yes, we'll do this, making this promise but i think of the people were better educated and understanding of the proper role of the executive we would ask better questions. t

have a radio show and a television show, and i took six presidential candidates that spanned the green party, independence, republicans, democrat, libertarian and so what i did was i took their published platform and i didn't compare them with each other as is popular. what i did is i compared each of their platforms individually to the constitutional rule of the president. what i found was the promises that the presidential candidates were making were outside the authority of the office of the executive. the president does not have the authority to raise or lower taxes. that is a power reserved to the house of representatives. the president cannot take care of our troops financially. he cannot expand troops, he cannot withdraw all troops, that is a power reserved to the legislative branch. what i realized is all of the promises the presidents were making were responses to questions asked by the people. will you do this for us. yes we will do this for you. i'm making a promise, but i think it's the people were better educated, better understanding of the proper roles of the executives, we wo

green. it's a party. it's all about going back to school. i'm here next to the food line. i'm holding it up. don't let me hold it up. you have to get your fruit along with your hot dog. we have everything out here. news 4 giving away goodies. we have the glasses and sun shade in it because it is sunny. we are going to talk about the weather in a moment. i want to talk to the center director. it's all the way live out here for the back to school barbecue. >> we have had a lot of people that called in to make sure they rsvp. >> what does this mean for you? the families and the children and the seniors line dancing coming up, too, in this hour. t families may be struggling to find needs for the new school year. >> you can see behind us there is the help truck, march of dimes. it's all about making sure community's needs are taken care of and the 4 by 4 is there. we will toss it to doug and see what the weather forecast is looking like. it's a party out here. >> anytime you bring out the 4 by 4 i hope the kids are having a good time. i hope they are ready to go back to school

green cards, . we did that and we consulted with experts and of those that helped to design the canadian system and we came up with a system that is similar to what senators in both parties supported in the past, which is moving our employment-based green card system into a point system that rewards people that havepeak english, that high education, who have a job that will pay them more than the local economy typically pays, who can create their own companies. we think this is a newer and improved version that we have done the president's request and we have seen a lot of interest from senators already. reporter: what do you say to your critics in the business community who say this could make the workforce weaker by cutting down on legal immigration over the next 10 years? sen. perdue: as a business guy, whoever says that is not in the real world. we are competing with other countries for this talent, just like we are competing for natural resources around the world, but right now by going to a merit-based system we will assure the american economy can attract the best and brightest, but also protects american workers because it no longer is focused on people who are f

what i did was took presidential candidates that stand -- the green party, independence, republicans, democrats, libertarians. what i did was took their published platforms into and compared with each other as is popular. what i did was compare each of their platforms individually to the constitutional role of the president. what i found was the promises presidential candidates were making our promises outside of the authority of the office of the executive. the president does not have the authority to raise or lower taxes. that is a power reserved to the house of representatives. the president cannot take care of our troops financially, he cannot expand troops, cannot withdraw troops, that is a power reserved to the legislative branch. what i realized is all of the promises presidents were making were responsive to questions asked by the people. will you do this for us? that is what the whole website thing is. yes, we will do this for you. i will do this, i am making this promise but if the people were better educated, better understanding of the proper role of the executive we would

the christian democratic union the social democratic party or even the greens. tensions have grown between the two countries in recent months and president aired on. made his position clear. world. now it's time for our business update and brian quinn is back on sets welcome back brian how we're starting with those a deadly terror attacks in spain attacks that hit directly at one of spain's most fundamental sectors which i. tourism it's very barcelona and the seasiders and of calm prevails and both extremely popular tourist destinations. and in fact tourism is a vital economic engine for spain. in twenty sixteen more than seventy five million people visited the country making it the third most popular nation for tourism in the world. the travel and leisure industry generated nearly a hundred sixty billion euros for spain last year that accounting for fourteen percent of gross domestic product. and despite a recent backlash by spanish citizens against a perceived flood of mass tourism in barcelona in other location. a full ten percent of the jobs in spain are in

neonazis and white supremacists are people we don't support, we don't condone, green, libertarian, pick your party, the fact that we can't have the president in that moment and say i condemn these people, they do not stand for us as a society is a problem going forward, because they people who espouse this ideology -- this hate, if you think hate is an ideology, they will take saturday's remarks as some sort of, okay, well, that's step one. the idea that they'll go away after this is just not -- not that donald trump could have said anything to make them go away, but he could have condemned it, and not two days later. >> i agree. what he should have done is condemn this with harsher terms on saturday, but we are where we are at right now. you raised a good question about what does donald trump do now? i believe -- i used to go to a lot of trump rallies, and you would be surprised how many african-americans you would see. you really would be, and hispanics, a lot of minorities would attend them. trump now has to do something to really reach out to black americans, and really make them feel as if he

the outcome could very well be decided by peripheral parties such as the greens on the far left. teresting result, potentially giving negotiation power to parties that shut down production of oil and gas altogether. -- want to shut down production of oil and gas altogether. >> what is driving the polls? >> they have been advocating to ofe more toward the center norwegian politics. there is a lot of talk about voters more to the left in norwegian politics shying away strategy. the parties more to the left are gaining traction. >> it sounds very familiar with what's going on in a lot of western democracies where centrist parties are seeing their support erode. what are some key similarities and differences in norwegian politics? obviously, big themes, rison right, also the far the rise in the far left. thedoes that play out in norwegian specific context? >> during this year's campaign, what has been very much issue, more the tax specifically wealth tax issues. norway is one of the few countries left in europe with a tax on wealth. the current conservative government wants to abolish

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not enforcement or security measures, but the green card system to make sure it serves american workers. we've had interests from other senators in our party. third, this is the kind of thing that in bigger, past and failed efforts that democrat dechs hav suggested they can support as well. if we can succeed on this kind of common-sense incremental immigration it might give people the chance to tackle some of the more challenging issues. >> you introduced a proposal in february, what are you hoping now that you have president trump onboard? >> i think what happens is we built onto it. as we said to you when we introduced the first version of r.a.i.s.e. that there was more to come along the permanent visa issue, and as tom just said it's not trying to solve all of the issues. it's looking at legal permanent visas and that's what we're working on. >> if i can address that, too, president trump has been engaged on this from day one and i think this is our third or fourth visit to the oval office to work with president trump and our teams have been working on it, as well. the first version of the r.a.i.s.e. act only addressed non-employment ba