slightly the powers of a very strong executive president in favor of parliament they set up independent institutions they did give a certain oversight in terms of to the supreme court over executive functions so there were certain gains that had been made but these gains are something that the a so b.p. did talk about changing not the gains but overall constitutional changes now it's a bit ironic because that last 19th amendment that brought all these positive changes was passed with an overwhelming majority of 215 out of the 225 members of parliament when it passed but then it started becoming really fide and this government and the rajapaksa have been talking about peeling back their constitution and bringing a new constitution which allows them to pursue with their vision for sri lanka thank you for that me now fernando is reporting there live from colombo. in other world news anger has boiled over on the streets of beirut as residents direct blame for tuesday's deadly port explosion at lebanon's leaders protesters took to the streets chanting revolution and resign as french president emmanuel mi

85% or even higher numberfeel satisfied with their regime, it was a study conducted by an independent institutiontates and they were shocked and asked me what's my reading of that. i said i'm pretty sure that's not accurate, because they describe it as the highest number in the world. i said because you haven't had a chance to conduct a survey in north korea. if you do that, maybe north korea would be number one. so would that really give you a clear picture — i mean, to interview chinese people, north korean people about their government? that's a naive mistake the western world, free world and bbc shouldn't make. let me ask you about hong kong. i know is freedom and democracy activist, you watch the situation there very closely and in the recent weeks you have seen the imposition of the new national security law, and we have seen a number of arrests, including of high—profile medial figures since the imposition of a national security law. he is that there is any space left for dissent and for a pro—democracy activism in hong kong. we spoke recently to nathan morcom of the young leader of the pr

it was a study conducted by an independent institution in the united states.ked me my opinion of that. i said i was pretty sure that's not accurate, because it was described as the highest number in the world. i said because you haven't had a chance to conduct a survey in north korea. if you do that, maybe north korea would be number one. so what that really —— that really gives you a clear picture. interview with north korean people about their government, that the naive mistake the western world, free world and bbc should not make. let me ask you about hong kong, because i know is a freedom and democracy activists, you watch the situation there very closely. the imposition of the new national security law we've seen, a number of arrest including high—profile media figures since the imposition of that national security law. fear is that there any space left for dissent and for a pro—democracy activism in hong kong. we spoke recently on hardtalk to nathan law, the leader of the movement was gone into exile. do you believe that the pro—democracy activists insid

international political economy and in washington we cross to ivan is a senior fellow at the independent institute ok i'm going to good you 1st in washington i mean if you look at the mainstream media as it was russia gate seems to wind down the banks have come out for china and some of the groups some really very very harsh editorials are being written there in the washington post new york times and they canadian press and even in the british press here is this a new cold war and if it is how is it different on the up with from the one that was against the soviet union go ahead and wash. well i think it's a bit it's a bit of a stroke and say it's a cold war yet i mean i think this is all actually nearing frankly end but you know foreign countries sort of been historically have realized in the last presidential election years especially candidates you know attack foreign countries. and try to stir things up. especially if they're in trouble in other ways and i think our current president having difficulty with his response to the virus and also the economy the economic ramifications of course whic

85% or even higher numberfeel satisfied with their regime, it was a study conducted by an independent institutionthey were shocked and asked me what is my reading of that. i'm pretty sure it is not accurate, because they describe it as the highest number in the world. i said because you haven't had a chance to conduct a survey in north korea stop if you do that, maybe north korea would be number one. so would that really give you a clear picture to interview chinese people, north korean people about their government7 north korean people about their government? that is a naive mistake the western world, free world and bbc shouldn't make. me ask you about hong kong because i know as a freedom and democracy activist, you watch it closely and with the imposition of the national security law, including a high—profile media figure, fears that there is any space left for descent or pro—democracy activism. we spoke recently to nathan law, the young leader of the pro—democracy movement who has gone into exile. do you believe the pro—democracy activists inside hong kong are now going to face as much repres

institute professor of economics at texas tech university as well as a senior fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we crossed 2 by ian he is an independent economic and geopolitical analyst as well as a former commodities trader all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciating let's go to los angeles 1st here i said about my introduction i guess probably the most important question there is as we come out of this. pandemic and it's all going to be about the economy and it's everything we're going to think about for the next few months if not years is about recovery so infer a very simple question will it be a v a you or in hell go ahead well we've been in an l. shape depression since the 2008 financial crisis i mean only that true economic data on unemployment inflation g.d.p. and the like have been warped or hidden outright while the fed pumped up the stock market to give the appearance of a genuine economic recovery and we've been in a structural downturn rather than a typically cyclical recession and those aren'

institute a professor of economics at texas tech university as well as the senior fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to he is an independent economic and geo political analyst as well as a former commodities trader all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciating let's go to los angeles 1st year time i said in my introduction i guess probably the most important question there is as we come out of this pandemic and it's all going to be about the economy and it's everything we're going to think about for the next few months if not years is about recovery so infer a very simple question will it be a v a you or in hell go here well we've been in an l. shape depression since the 2008 financial crisis i mean only the true economic data on unemployment inflation g.d.p. and the like have been warped or hidden outright while the fed pumped up the stock market to give the appearance of a genuine economic recovery and we've been in a structural downturn rather than a typically cyclical recession and those aren't easy t

sort of supreme court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to the governance of the rajapaksa have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority that's $150.00 or over of the total $225.00 seats that are essentially up for grabs then they will have pretty much the power and the authority to go ahead with those changes a leader from india's governing party would be j.p. has been shot dead in india the midst of kashmir so judge can day was killed by a gunman in a village in cork district another leader from the party was injured in the attack in the same area on wednesday. at least 8 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital fire in western india the victims were all receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of the facility in the city of might about in state or around 50 patients in the hospital at the time it was a problem has more from new delhi. government says a short cir

international political economy and in washington we cross to you and he is a senior fellow at the independent institute ok i'm going to go to you 1st in washington i mean if you look at the mainstream media as it was russia gate seems to wind down the banks have come out for china and some of the groups some really very very harsh editorials are being written there in the washington post new york times and they canadian press and even in the british press here is this a new cold war and if it is how is it different on the up with from the one that was against the soviet union go ahead and wash. well i think it's a bit it's a bit of a stage and say it's a cold war yet i mean i think this is all actually nearing frankly end but you know foreign countries sort of been historically have realized and though of presidential election years especially candidates you know attack foreign countries . and try to stir things up. especially if they're in trouble in other ways and i think our current president having difficulty with his response to the virus and also the economy the economic ramifications of course w

seen around the predicts the new government will increase the president's powers get rid of independent institutions and an amendment on power sharing in the north and east when m.p.'s walk into the parliamentary chamber of the building behind me on august 20th seating arrangements would have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of m.p.'s to ever sit in government and those in their ranks will face a series of economic and political challenges indeed that today who are the noise of the economic challenges. he's been struggling to keep his garment factory afloat in difficult times made worse by the couvade 1000 crisis castro to do when it comes to market negative sentiment and then with the market contraction so we have been having lost if you take 4 to 5 months 80 percent of our business was gone it's a common complaint among small and medium businesses throughout lanka and an indicator of the difficulties facing the new government 2 of things are critical immediately. one is to provide stability of policy so one of the big challenges that sri lanka has faced is this sense that mix polic

seen around the predicts the new government will increase the president's powers get rid of independent institutions and an amendment on power sharing in the north and east when m.p.'s walk into the parliamentary chamber of the building behind me on august 20th seating arrangements would have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of m.p.'s to ever sit in government and those in their ranks will face a series of economic and political challenges indeed that today who are the noise of the economic challenges. he's been struggling to keep his garment factory afloat in difficult times made worse by the couvade 1000 crisis castro to do when it comes to a market negative sentiment and then with the market correction so we have been having lost if you take 4 to 5 months 80 percent of our business was gone despite the huge mandate the rajapaksa brothers still feels allegations of war crimes and fools disappearances 11. yes after the oversaw the defeat of the tamil tigers in sri lanka. a former member of the national human rights commission voiced these concerns we also see a rise in seeing in a b

of the constitutional changes that were brought in in that last 19th amendment which saw independent institutions the judiciary the police. there will be certain mechanisms checks and balances for executive power so that is why this election is important it's going to decide the future direction of this country middleton and as life for us in columbus will thank you. it's bring us some more news now on the corona virus pandemic in latin america continues to be an epicenter of a covert 19 but several countries trying to reopen their economies even though the number of cases continues to rise john heilemann has more from mexico city's. latin america's crossed the 5000000 mark for kobe cases attacked cities poverty the lack of formal jobs are helping it spread. the love the factors may also be at play resilin the region's most populous country has a president that opposed to quarantine. a mexico in 2nd place as a leader who doesn't like mosques and initially resisted social distancing now in other countries like bolivia with death count is soaring. elections originally slated for may have been put b

interview by author an independent institute senior fellow benjamin powell. so five years ago would be hard to imagine a book being called the united states of socialism being published but a lot is changed since then. so probably answer to my first question but a lot of these folks have been published about socialism its response to what is changed over the last five years. and they'll have little bit of a different take on his braided emphasize different points. so the obvious question to answer is

correspondent: he predicts the new government will increase the president's powers, get rid of independent institutionsmendment on power sharing in the north and east. when they walk into the parliament chamber on august 20, seating arrangements will have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of mp's to sit in government, and those in their ranks who face a series of economic and political challenges. he has been struggling to keep his factory of in difficult times. it is made worse by the covid-19 crisis. >> the cash flow situation when it comes to markets, negative sentiment, then with the covid market contraction, we are 80% of our business gone. correspondent: it is a common complaint among small and medium businesses throughout sri lanka, and an indicator of the difficulties facing the new government. >> two things are critical immediately. one is to provide stability of policy. one of the big challenges is the sense that sri lanka makes policy, remakes policy, and it continues in a way that creates stability. the second is confidence. correspondent: despite the mandate, the rajapaksa b

york we cross to marshall are actually is a research associate for the levy institute at our college a contributor to independent media institute as well as a member of america compass or a newly established think tank for him to restore an economic consensus that into sizes the importance of family community and industry to the nation's liberty and prosperity crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in if you don't want and i also appreciate ok let me go to our national 1st in new york last week we came out with some new jobs numbers and it was quite surprising for a lot of people that was a row of jobs growth probably over 2000000 though there seems to be some all of the issues now which used kind of interesting in itself. which gives people a reason to believe that there is some kind of recovery and i would really would like in this program to be politicized that i don't want to talk about who whose advantage it is ok because that's it's turned into a political football and we may be dealing with something that is it came to the great depression so i think we have to take it very seriously so marsha

he's anything but author offerd independent institute senior fellow benjamin powell. >> host: so five years ago it would be hard to imagine a book being called the "united states of socialism" being published but a lot has changed since then and built and set probably a fairly obvious answer but love good looks up and publish about socialism in response to what's changed the last five years and they all have a bit of a different on it and emphasize different points, so why the united states of socialism, why you write this book? >> guest: i noticed that there been a fort of books on socialism. that's no surprise because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our country's history. there has been socialist candidates in the past, eugene debs, norman thomas, but they were never in the mainstream. but now in fact, and temperament of us that socialism had collapse of in its 20th century, suddenly in the 21st century its back and back with a vengeance. i'm not surprised there's a lot of books that try to take stock of this. there's a unifying theme to these b

institutions. that are neutral and independent from the control of any one country.in fact it wouldn't be able to do the job it was they had this characteristic. because in order to effectively regulate and enforce these new kinds of international laws, institutions have to be seen as outside the control of any single country. and so you have the rise of things like not just the united nations and security council and the justice which i just mentioned but things like the chemical weapons convention and has a secretary or the world trade organization. they have new forms of course . and informs the regulatory bodies. the sit outside the control of anyone country but also because of that independence, a kind of power that international institutions do not have before. it used to be a thing, fair to say that international institutions were more directly into the control of the few nations, some nations another seen as independent of any nations rated so to give an example, the united season of the countries in the world work effort to reach an agreement about global wa

sort of supreme court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to have the governance of the rajapakse as have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority that's 150 or over of the total $225.00 seats that are essentially up for grabs then they will have pretty much the power and the authority to go ahead with those changes laura ok well thank you will keep an eye on those results coming out of the moment there thanks for joining us from colombo and we've just seen a is a former m.p. in state minister he says the constitutional changes created a mess. i don't think there was ever any doubt that the. b.p. that's the party of the rajapaksa would remember dorothy i think the only question is would they get a 2 thirds majority which would enable them to change the constitution quite interesting i think they're going to be too full of the electorate that have voted that the results have co

interview by author an independent institute senior fellow benjamin powell. so five years ago would be hard to imagine a book being called the united states of socialism being published but a lot is changed since then. so probably answer to my first question but a lot of these folks have been published about socialism its response to what is changed over the last five years. and they'll have little bit of a different take on his braided emphasize different points. so the obvious question to answer is that is why the united states. benjamin: i noticed that there may have been a flurry of books on socialism. this is price because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our country's history. there have been socialist candidates in the past predict norman thomas but they were never in the mainstream for now, infected a time when many of the socialism's had collapsed at the end of the 20th century suddenly it's back in his back with a vengeance. so my surprise there's a lot of books that try to take stock of it. by and large it's goi

york we cross to marshall are actually is a research associate for the levy institute at our college and contributor to independent media institute as well as in member of america compass or a newly established think tank formed to restore an economic consensus into sizes the importance of family community and industry to the nation's liberty and prosperity crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in if you don't want and i always appreciate ok let me go to our national 1st in new york last week we came out with a new job numbers and it was quite surprising for a lot of people that was a row of jobs approximately over 2000000 though there seems to be some all of the issues now which is kind of interesting in itself. which gives people reason to believe that there is some kind of recovery and i would really would like in this program to be politicized that i don't want to talk about who whose advantage it is ok because that is turned into a political football and we need dealing with something that is the great depression so i think we have to take it very seriously so marshall i mean we in some kind of r

function of the regime within function unless you have an independent institutionseparate from the controlled nationstates. i don't feel that these were descriptions of what's going on. it's been going on in accelerating in the last few years and our view is as if plays us tighter to the rest of the world you will see more and more of these kind of agreements and institutions. the problem isn't that they are done at the international level. the question for us and the book is how does the system respond. can the united states respond to and how. that is the fundamental heart of the book because as you can guess in my description of some of the new kinds of regulations or intention than the way the united states traditionally exercises public power and particularly to the prerogatives of congress over control of domestic law and taxation but also of the executive branch and the judiciary. to give an example when a treaty regulating issue its standard doctrine treaties are not limited by the same restrictions that apply to the congressional statutes so there was a fa

the second thing is the rise of new kinds of international institutions or that are neutralling and up dependent from any one -- independent from any one country. in order to effectively regulate and enforce these new kinds of international law, the institutions have to be seen as outside the control of any single country. so you have the rise of things like not just the united nations and the security council and the international court of justice which i just mentioned, but things like the chemical weapons convention, again, has a secretariat or the world trade organization has new forms of courts and new forms of regulatory bodies that sit outside the control of any one country but also have, because of that independence, a kind of power that international institutions didn't have before. it used to be, i think, fair to say that international institutions were more directly under the control of a few nations or some nations. now they're seen as being independent of any nations. so for, just to give an example, if the united states and other countries in the world were ever to reach an agreement about global warming, you

seen around the predicts the new government will increase the president's powers get rid of independent institutions and an amendment on power sharing in the north and east when m.p.'s walk into the parliamentary chamber of the building behind me on august 20th seating arrangements would have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of m.p.'s to ever sit in government and those in their ranks will face a series of economic and political challenges indeed that the done who are the noise of the economic challenges. he's been struggling to keep his garment factory afloat in difficult times made worse by the couvade 1000 crisis castro to do when it comes to a market negative sentiment and then with the market contraction so we have been having lost if you take 4 to 5 months 80 percent of our business was gone it's a common complaint among small and medium businesses throughout sri lanka and an indicator of the difficulties facing the new government to things that critical immediately. one is to provide stability of policy so one of the big challenges that sri lanka has faced is this sense that s

evidence there is a deeper tie, and if there is, we support the rule of law, we support the independence of institutions the truth, and we have to leave it to them. but these two paramilitaries, pictured with mr guaido in a smiling photograph, work for an organisation which is responsible for cocaine trafficking, illegal mining, kidnapping, ransom, extortion, and you're telling me that you haven't wished for any deep investigation of what this was all about? no, stephen, that's not what i said. i said that we would allow any investigation to move forward and we have not interfered and we mustjust wait to see what happens with that. as you know, it is unfortunate that in the desperate situation venezuelans find themselves in under maduro that they have to flee the border and cross these very narrow paths, which are unfortunately controlled basically by armed and criminal groups. this is a direct consequence of the brutality of the maduro dictatorship that does not respect its constitution, does not respect the will of the people, and imposes and tries to imprison, basically, it's political opposition, an

preparing to make good on his vow to regain control of parliament the country's only independent democratic institution in upcoming elections in response why though is issuing an urgent call to opposition parties for action. because i propose a commitment to discuss and agree on a common strategy in the next 10 days i will expect a public and active answer from each of you showing a united commitment to freeing venezuela. why those plan calls for denouncing and rejecting what he calls an electoral fraud i.p.y. we must activate an agenda of domestic and international action and mobilization to obtain the necessary responses from our armed forces the international community and all of our allies. why though is appealing to the fractured opposition to join forces and call for a total boycott of the elections arguing that fraud is a foregone conclusion participating we did to them as a dictatorship he says a new data analysis poll suggests that 75 percent of the news whalen's believe the elections won't be competitive and won't reflect the opinion of the voters wunderlich there will when you ask people abo

preparing to make good on his vow to regain control of parliament the country's only independent democratic institution in upcoming elections in response why door is issuing an urgent call to opposition parties for action. nick would be i propose a commitment to discuss and agree on a common strategy in the next 10 days i will expect a public and active answer from each of you showing a united commitment to freeing venezuela. why those plan calls for denouncing and rejecting what he calls an electoral fraud i.p.y. we must activate an agenda of domestic and international action and mobilization to obtain the necessary responses from our armed forces the international community and all of our allies. why though is appealing to the fractured opposition to join forces and call for a total boycott of the elections arguing that fraud is a foregone conclusion participating we did to them as a dictatorship he says a new data analysis poll suggests that 75 percent of the news whalen's believe the elections won't be competitive and won't reflect the opinion of the voters wunderlich they will when you ask people

president has learned the lesson, but again, this is not about democrat, republican, or independent. it's institutemandate nationwide. starting immediately. and we will save lives. estimates are we'll save over 40,000 lives in the next three months if that is done. let me turn it over to my colleague and running mate. she has a few comments to make. >> thanks, joe. that's what real leadership looks like. we just witnessed real leadership. which is joe biden said that as a nation, we should all be wearing a mask for the next three months because it will save lives. and the thing about joe that the american people know is that his role of leadership in our country has always been about doing what's best for the people of our country. best for their health, their wellbeing, and for their families. that's what real leadership looks like. and when joe talks about his priorities, he knows and he cares about the fact that we have as a nation witnessed 165,000 people who just in the last few months have died in our country. we know that those individuals represent families, loved ones, grandparents, parent

independent. it is about saving lives. so let's institute mask mandate nationwide starting immediately and we will save lives. the estimate is we will save over 40,000 lives. now let me turn it over to my colleague and running mate. she has a few comments to make. sen. harris: thanks, joe. that is what real leadership looks like. we just witnessed real leadership, which is joe biden said that as a nation, we should all be wearing a mask for the next three months, because it will save lives. that thehing about joe american people know, his role of leadership in our country has always been about doing what is best for the people of our country, for their health, their well-being, and their families. that is what real leadership looks like. when joe talks about his priorities, he knows and he cares about the fact that we people,nessed 165,000 just in the last few months, who died in our country. we know that those individuals represent families, loved ones, parents, sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles, people that are mourning their loss every