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fortunately, habib is not alone in his fight. it's a very lively activism scene that are creating collectives and initiatives whether it's for making the city bikeable or actually making the city more affordable, questioning really wasteful projects, and it's become a very embattled city, i would say. what they got away with down here, 20 years ago, that can't happen again today. today, every new project is contested. there are facebook pages that start about a building that's going to be torn down. there's a new issue, issue-based, issue-focused politics that are happening in beirut right now and it's a very exciting time. - from corrupt politicians controlling the real estate market to a garbage crisis that crippled the city, beirut needs cleaning up. and one man is devoted to doing just that. if you came here three years ago in the summer of 2015, you would have seen trash all over the place because the trash collection system collapsed. so we had a major landfill and the people living around that landfill said: "enough is eno
fortunately, habib is not alone in his fight. it's a very lively activism scene that are creating collectives and initiatives whether it's for making the city bikeable or actually making the city more affordable, questioning really wasteful projects, and it's become a very embattled city, i would say. what they got away with down here, 20 years ago, that can't happen again today. today, every new project is contested. there are facebook pages that start about a building that's going to be torn...
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the article was written by maria abi-habib, who joins us via skype. welcome to the newshour, tell us what information was moise preparing and what was he intending to do with it? >> well, jovenel moise was preparing a document that basically broke down the intricate network of drug trafficking and arms struggling-- smuggling and also the powerful people whether the oligarchs or plitd kal figures who support those networks. and he was preparing to hand it over to the u.s. government. >> so if i understand the story, let's take a step back. how entrenched is the drug trade and other he illicit businesses inside haiti's government. and what was prident moise's predecessor's relationship with those groups? >> well, michelle martelli had people around him that had always been suspected of being narco traffickers, some in nail for narco trafficking. one of the people around him who was hugely influential in mar tell ty's cabinet and also president moise is a man named charles pico st. remy, pico bg his nick naim. pico is the brother-in-law of michelle mar t
the article was written by maria abi-habib, who joins us via skype. welcome to the newshour, tell us what information was moise preparing and what was he intending to do with it? >> well, jovenel moise was preparing a document that basically broke down the intricate network of drug trafficking and arms struggling-- smuggling and also the powerful people whether the oligarchs or plitd kal figures who support those networks. and he was preparing to hand it over to the u.s. government....
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nick: maria abi-habib, thank you very much. maria: thank you.udy: since last spring, more than 100,000 americans have died of drug overdoses, many caused by the extremely potent opioid fentanyl. to try to save lives, officials are searching for solutions. the most recent are authorized centers where people can use illegal drugs under supervision. just before william brangham traveled to cover the tornadoes in kentucky, he and his team were granted rare access into the two new sites in new york city, the first of their kind in the u.s. and a warning, there are scenes of illicit drug use in this report. william: inside this harlem building is the latest and most controversial strategy yet to save people from overdosing. >> so, welcome to the overdose prevention site at nyhre. william: they're called safe consumption sites, where anyone can use their own illegal drugs under the watchful eye of medically trained staff, who'll step in if something goes wrong. everything you need is here for free, including ways to test drugs for fentanyl. >> this is
nick: maria abi-habib, thank you very much. maria: thank you.udy: since last spring, more than 100,000 americans have died of drug overdoses, many caused by the extremely potent opioid fentanyl. to try to save lives, officials are searching for solutions. the most recent are authorized centers where people can use illegal drugs under supervision. just before william brangham traveled to cover the tornadoes in kentucky, he and his team were granted rare access into the two new sites in new york...
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they've not been allowed to answer avenue habib olga, which is an iconic powder of the revolution. it's where people fought and demonstrated for freedom from the authoritarian regime of been alley. so they really want to move up and have their voices heard. i what we're seeing is that the pro chi's support is all you know, clearly number i'm hearing your post that is sort of only about a 100 people. so, and what we have seen in recent polls is that his popularity, household and, and what we're seeing at she on the streets is this disparity between those who are angry about chi sized decisions. and saying that he has carried ours a crew to talk. and those who support to president, even though if you believe i'm, you know, the reports locally and tunisia, his popularity is still rising high and cheese. you're determined to carry out his change o a political regime in tunisia. why to lazy an 11 years since the, you know, the beginning of the song called ad spring. it seems that these people are still protesting for the same things which brought down president ben ali 11 years ago. his
they've not been allowed to answer avenue habib olga, which is an iconic powder of the revolution. it's where people fought and demonstrated for freedom from the authoritarian regime of been alley. so they really want to move up and have their voices heard. i what we're seeing is that the pro chi's support is all you know, clearly number i'm hearing your post that is sort of only about a 100 people. so, and what we have seen in recent polls is that his popularity, household and, and what we're...
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when she came to congress in 2018 she was the first in the house chamber to openly and proudly wear a habib. boebert made those remarks a couple of weeks back to her constituents over thanksgiving holiday, be careful comparing ilhan omar to a suicide bomber, saying she was, quote, part of the jihad squad. after that, she called congresswoman ilhan omar, she tweeted apologizing but then she doubled down into video to twitter, again saying and repeating some of those same remarks she made. today omar broke her silence, as she did another time in the last week. she's not typically very open to the press and she's not typically one to speak out about these things. but she said again that she's disappointed with the leadership of the republican party. she slammed leader kevin mccarthy and she also suggested that she got some assurances from democratic leadership, namely speaker nancy pelosi, that she might just do something about this herself. take a listen to that bite. >> i've had a conversation with the speaker. and i'm very confident that she will take decisive action next week. as you know,
when she came to congress in 2018 she was the first in the house chamber to openly and proudly wear a habib. boebert made those remarks a couple of weeks back to her constituents over thanksgiving holiday, be careful comparing ilhan omar to a suicide bomber, saying she was, quote, part of the jihad squad. after that, she called congresswoman ilhan omar, she tweeted apologizing but then she doubled down into video to twitter, again saying and repeating some of those same remarks she made. today...