officially the national people's congress is the top decision making body an legislative assembly. it's also responsible for electing the country's president. two-thirds of the delegates belong to china's communist party. it's the world's largest political party and has held power for more than six years. [speaking foreign language] >> he teaches at the central party school in beijing where party elites are educated. he is editor a and chief of a nw book about the communist party. he has no doubt as to why the communist party is still in power. [speaking foreign language] the 300 3000 dealt 300 3000 delt elected in general direct election. instead middl most of a a pointy regional and provincial assemblies having been first approved by the communist party. in northwestern china it's one of the five aton mist regongs. . one. 60 delegates representing the people's congress. she is a pro professional dance instructor. in 2003 she was appointed a member of the national people's congress. [speaking foreign language] despite growing prosperity there are conflicts for those that seek inde

college student was a supporter of neither the president nor the legislative assembly he simply went to the white house with a friend to see what was going on on the eve of his death. with his mother. he said why don't she won't. why is it that you vote for father instead of him i want to vote for myself that's why i'm going there to find out who is right and who is wrong i want to decide my country's fate. would never see the final moments of confrontation between russia's parliament president. yeltsin who controls tank divisions would give the order to fire directly at the parliament building which pounding the offices of the supreme soviet chairman and the vice president who sided with the deputies. the people watching from the very bridge welcoming shot with applause that's the kind of people we are. and clapped your blood your. tank shells were fired at the supreme soviet deputies they had once been yeltsin's colleagues. nine hundred ninety one there was a communist coup to prevent the collapse of the soviet union. but the russian president yeltsin and his followers took refuge

college student was a supporter of neither the president nor the legislative assembly he simply went to the white house with a friend to see what was going on on the eve of his death. with his mother. he said why don't she won't. why is it that you vote for father instead of him i want to vote for myself that's why i'm going there to find out who is right and who is wrong i want to decide my country's fate. would never see the final moments of confrontation between russia's parliament president. who controls tank divisions would give the order to fire directly at the parliament building which pounding the offices of the supreme soviet chairman and the vice president who sided with the deputies. the people watching from the very bridge welcome each shot with applause that's the kind of people we are. and claps your blood your. tank shells were fired at the supreme soviet deputies they had once been yeltsin's colleagues. nine hundred ninety one there was a communist coup to prevent the collapse of the soviet union. but the russian president yeltsin and his followers took refuge in the

the senate say only legislative assembly in the world that has a super majority to get things done they need sixty votes to get things done so it only takes a few senators to stop the initiative of the house of representatives. the senate has the power to veto any bill created in the house up to one. eleven energy related bills proposed in the last decade every bill that contain provisions for alternative energy was blocked. the only bills that became law with the five that subsidized fossil fuels and nuclear. another factor that contributes to the lack of regulation by congress is the proverbial revolving door. on a congressional delegation is known as the all delegation our senators when they retire go to work as a lobbyist for walling gas there's a two year cooling off period before you can become a lobbyist out of the senate senator lott resigned from the senate one month before the end of the session so he didn't have to wait two years he only had to wait one year and then he had a party with john breaux invited all kinds of people to celebrate when the one year was over and now th

the senate say only legislative assembly in the world that has a super majority to get things done they need sixty votes to get things done so it only takes a few senators to stop the initiative of the house of representatives. the senate has the power to veto any bill created in the house up to one hundred eleven energy related belts proposed in the last decade every bill that contain provisions for alternative energy was blocked. the only bills that became law with the five that subsidized fossil fuels and nuclear. another factor that contributes to the lack of regulation by congress is the proverbial revolving door. on a congressional delegation is known as the all delegations are senators when every tarak go to work as a lobbyist for walling gas there's a two year cooling off period. or you could become a lobbyist out of the senate senator lott resigned from the senate one month before the end of the session so he didn't have to wait two years he only had to wait one year and then he had a party with john breaux invited all kinds of people to celebrate when the one year was over and

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. >> a deputy in the legislative where assembly. >> you were a very successful counterinsurgency commander. what do you think was the we to your success? >> people from tsa santa marta see it quite differently. carlos bunilla heads a farming cooperative in this village. >> why do you think the parents are responsible for so much that took place here? >> colonel, i've spoken to more than a dozen people who say they have direct experience of atrocities that were conducted under your command. >> clearly, there were many atrocities that were commit. i heard a story about a pregnant woman whose baby were cut out of her stomach, thrown up in the air, and the fetus was stabbed. >> why were so many civilians killed touring the war here in el salvador? so if the civilians were sympathetic to the guerillas that was justification for killing them? but an awful lot were swept up and killed? why do you say it's a version of the left? you have the u.n. truth commission, the international commission, why would this happen? >> of in 1992 u.n. truth commission on el salvador traveled all over the country.

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we want to make sure we get it right with respect to a lot of this legislation. >> assembly woman olsen, how big an impact has redistricting this process? >> i think we have yet to see the long-term impact of redistricting will be. the combination of redistricting and 12 year limits is making a difference. people are thinking more thoughtfully about what legislation they'll propose. and they are not looking for the immediate victory. >> do you think redistricting has had a big impact or not? >> i am not sure that it has. i agree request christen, i believe that what has had a big impact is the 12-year limit. we are a group of people who will be here for a while. we are a group of people who will be in the legislature whilt the impact of our legislation is felt and sign. more than the redistricting it may have impacted behaviour. >> what has changed, assembly woman kristin olsen what changed? did you not get along before and now you get along? >> no, i wouldn't say that. california has a super majority at all levels of government. they can pass what they want to if they desire to. having

it could be decided very narrowly saying because of this case, chaplains, prayers before legislative assemblieshose are just historically different, because from the beginning congress had prayers and indeed still does. and even if those are somewhat sectarian prayers if their pattern, we're just going to give a pass to legislative prayers on historical grounds. that's the narrow way of a ruling, which means that they can do it here, the second circuit written by my dear friend and boss, these are mainly christian prayers, but mars said you could have mainly christian prayers. we have mainly christian prayers in congress. the obama administration weighed in, we think the second circuit was wrong, because their test it's mainly christian is going to be a problem for congress, too. even though this is a case involving a tiny town near rochester, new york, the logic might say congress has to stop doing that, and that goes back to the days of the first amendment. the broader possibility is the court could say, you know what, we just want to dial back very considerably the much more general law of c

poussaint: the civil unions legislation was passed by vermont's general assembly in the spring of 2000int: and it's also about public opinion and the role it played or perhaps didn't play in decision-making by vermont lawmakers. man: they weren't listening, they didn't want to listen. poussaint: reverend craig bensen was and is an ardent opponent of civil unions. he says there's absolutely no doubt that the majority of vermont's electorate opposed civil unions. the majority opposed both same-sex marriage, civil unions, and comprehensive domestic benefits, as high as 3-to-1 against, specifically when polled in the spring of 2000 at the vermont town meetings. poussaint: supporters of civil unions dispute that 3-to-1 margin of opposition, but they still concede that the majority of vermont voters did not want to see civil unions become law. talk to the people. a majority of them, according to the polls, do not support marriage for homosexuals. poussaint: public hearings were overflowing, and broadcast live by vermont public television, rallies were huge, and a letter-writing campaign jamm

assembly. there could be pushes to update the international legislation that all these countries are signed up to. that would certainly have some kind of impact on the u.s. if he chooses to follow its own international treaties. >> we have just about 30 seconds left area do you know what the next episode process would be? >> the committee is going to put this text together and then they promised that by the end of the year they will present to the u.n. general assembly. we will see how many countries in that supporting what has been dubbed the so-called anti--- nsa resolution. >> it isn't only the international community that is fed up with nsa spying. over the weekend, thousands to send it on washington, d.c., to participate in the "stop watching us" rally. nsa whistleblower thomas drake thomas gary johnson, former congressman dennis kucinich and u.s. representativess were some of those who spoke at the rally. >> thousands of people gathered on the capitol lawn on saturday, demanding congress pass meaningful reforms to rein in the nsa and stop the mass surveillance. a petition was signed by m

people are going to start to look at the other calderon who is in the legislation right now, he is the nephew, and he is in the state assemblyhink that's going to happen. i think right now so much is just coming out we don't really know what the community is going to do yet, but i suspect as more information comes out, you are going to have some people rally around this and try to make some changes. >> when we come back, california east system of accountability inside the walls of the legislature. and how do you attack this on a national scale because corruption certainly isn't limited to just california. think about that while we share some other trending stories. ♪ >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their ♪ >> from california to new york we're back discussing dirty deals in politics. kathy as evidenced by all of the tweets and community comments that omar has been reading tonight, people really take all of this with so much scepticism. but specifically to you in california, do you think there are any reforms that can actually meaningfully reign any of this in? >> just this year there was legislation before the

both sides of the aisle and reflects a boinch process followed by chairman shuster in assembling this important legislation. t includes thoughtful language relating to control of aquatic species at the request of several from the great lakes area and the west coast, lang waverage promoting government efficiency and several important requests for additional information related to the harbor maintenance trust fund and how congress can continue to address the backlog of corps projects. i support the amendment. i yield back. -- i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. mike thompson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: i rise in strong support of our bipartisan agreement -- amendment to require g.a.o. to study the impacts of invasive aquatic species and thank the chairman for including it in the en bloc amendment. aquatic mussels such a

assembly speaker john perez and four other democratic legislators are targets. that list is expected to grow. the move is inspired by a recall election in colorado that unseated two democratic lawmakers with republicans. the pro-gun groups say they'll decide in about two weeks which lawmakers to recall. then they'll have 60 days to collect signatures on petitions in each district to force a special election early next year. >>> a drop in the bucket or a big bite out of their bottom line? b.a.r.t. did finally hammer out a deal with the union this week but did not come cheaply. >> two strikes which paralyzed the bay area for 8 1/2 days carried a high price tag, but how much? in tonight's "reality check" sam brock crunches the numbers to see if b.a.r.t. could have been better off settling without any strikes. >> janelle, jessica, good evening. wouldn't it be something if b.a.r.t. shelled out almost as much money to get through the two strikes as it did to bring union workers back to the job? now, the reality is, that is not the case. the final deal is still more ex

taken if this document is eventually passed to the general assembly this could be there could be certain pushes to update the international legislation for example that all of these countries are signed up to and that is something that would certainly have some kind of impact on the u.s. if it chooses to follow its own international treaties and honest also we have just about thirty seconds left but do you know what the next step in this process would be. well the next step is this committee is going to put this text together and then they're promising that by the end of the year they will presented to the united nations general assembly and then a vote will take the curious thing that will see is exactly how many countries and up supporting this what has been dubbed these so-called anti anas a resolution r t correspondent an associate you're going to bring us the latest from the u.n. thank you but it isn't only the international community that is fed up with n.s.a. spying over the weekend thousands descended on washington d.c. to participate in the stop watching us rally organizers deemed it the largest ever protest against mass sur

legislation they say this is a good step forward. out of the 18 bills, 11 the governor signed. assemblyred two of them. >> the purpose of both these bills is to increase safety in our communities, prevent gun violence, and to give our public safety officials and others more tools. >> reporter: ab-48 closes a loophole making it illegal to buy or possess conversion kits. conversion kits allow gun owners to shoot more than 10 rounds of bullets with one pull of the trigger. >> the fact you could convert a magazine to be a high capacity magazine goes counter to what state law wants and it provides the ability to turna weapon into a mass shooting machine. >> reporter: ab-1131 addresses the mentally ill, they can't buy a gun for five years if a gun holder makes a serious physical threat against a victim. >> 1131 goes a long way to helping make sure that mental health individuals, individuals that should not have a gun, are prohibited from having a gun. >> clearly these two bill

sign a petition calling for legislation that would ban transit work workers from walking off the job ever again. glazer is currently running for a seat in the state assembly>>> bay area business leaders say the strike could have a big impact on the bay area economy. they estimate a strike could cost up to $73 million a day in lost worker productivity. in a statement the council also called the strike quote a coo trace trophy that is unnecessary. >>> 75 people have registered for help at emergency shelters. the four people hurt in the fire are out of the hospital. the cause of the fire is undetermined and likely accidental. >>> man arrested in the murder of an oakland woman is scheduled to be arraign ed today. randy alana a registered sex offender was the last person seen with sandra coke. her body was found five days later in vacaville. alana claims he and coke were planned to marry. >>> coming up next on mornings on 2 bart workers on strike. that is our big story. >>> also many bay area commuters are hoping to get on a ferry across the bay. we will continue our live team coverage. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious, but say i press a

assembly behind bars instead of behind a desk in annapolis. he received 3 years of probation. and can't be anywhere that serves alcohol including legislative functions. family members of those hurt gave victim impact statements today. >> it was nice for him to acknowledge and apologize, acknowledge what happened. stop denying. >> dwyer's attorney says he doesn't plan to step down though. >>> man is in shock trauma after hit walking along york road, it happened around 1:00 at the intersection, across the street from towson, there is no word on the 24 year old's condition and we don't know if charges are going to be filed. >>> plans in the works to drain pat of the lake. hang on a second. i thought the same thing. the western sides would be drained of water. the city would put two large underground water storage tanks, that part of the lake would become a field. once that happens, the lake would be open to recreational use. people would be able to use boats and fish, and there is talk of building a dockside restaurant. >>> who is being called in to fix this site and when it should be up and running the right way. >> what is not to like here?