like if you were to have a liberal democrat there prefer that over a moderate democrat. i wanted your thoughts on that as well. >> if it's a case that we don't see moderates running because you don't think they can win or because they don't value the office like they used to at the end of the day they just don't run. so we don't really know what's driving this. a lot of the members i spoke with and they don't admit they thought they might lose but they say losing was not a factor, high income reelection rates are also consistent with members getting reelected. however whether or not members like olympia snowe or in what i'm talking about john tanner they could get elected it would be an uphill battle. relatively moderate candidates could certainly win. there have been a ham full of studies the general impression that people have is distasteful and an undesirable situation. i think it is the case that relatively moderate candidates could win. is it that only very conservative republicans can win or could we have people who are a little bit more moderate than party leaders

from the liberal democratic party on six point eight percent. to fifteen minutes to. three or four percent so it's quickly don't forget those polls on the close forty nine minutes ago the westernmost. not attend the hearing they closed. time all right well our program is going to continue for the coming hours as. a lot of reaction to the. study up over the coming hours still far from out of the moment still very early days of course the election season some polling booths go to get all russians as many as possible to vote. most bizarre. for the race for the. this. is. a very. similar. to for. you. to go for years of course. presidential election since the russian federation started. getting water flowing in. the liberal democratic party it's a six to ten for the top job. or is it. where you are. so hopefully. very much like. as a candidate as you say he's been there thirty years on the russian political scene perhaps the most stable of all candidates at least in terms of results coming in of course six point eight percent latest figures putting him squarely in third p

the politics and it was even that difficult that you consider the or or was the ties to the liberal democrats too strong i tried to maintain a relationship i kept going to the democrats political feel right i was criticized by lib dems members and other people very senior in the party for having screwed up my constituency exactly for the reason you said it all that so promising in reality it wasn't quite so rosy for the lib dems but that's not what it only lost seats of course the game votes but the last five seats that they did put all of us i know that the others who were in the same situation and we were all regarded as the ones who got it wrong not the party but ourselves and i got some stick for that you lost a safe seat for the lib dems and it had been a safe seat for much of the last century so you're dealing with that and eventually i wouldn't say that i cut my ties with dense it just became too painful and i was willing to do work i went around helping byelection and so on but i threw in the towel because it was utterly pointless and personally corrosive because every time i did it r

liberal democratic party. which we call a six point six. seven percent we can tell you at the moment the time now twenty three minutes to eleven o'clock. polls have been closed for. forty forty two minutes the polling stations have. run wild all kinds of. areas. ok. sure. it was. a little new. in one hundred forty five countries all around the globe russians were able to vote in local embassies and consulates there were long queues less than they've patiently waited to have that day in this election and some votes have come from home while the away one russian cosmonaut in orbit didn't want to miss out starting to select a person back on earth to cost his probably his mom i would like to say then that one hundred percent turnout on the international space station was good to hear that read a few unexpected approaches a song from our cosmonaut ok look at this. this is such a. good . so we got a lot of guests lined up to give you their viewpoint think of thoughts about the results in tonight richard cyclists with a professor of russian and eu

the same percentage of women men and women ran for congress at 1.4% and this amounted to 44 liberal democrat equipment the greater number of women and the ideological liberal pool of democrats also means that there are more to have a chance to run in an open seat. second. republican women were on average throughout the 1980s and 90s. members like olympia snowe they came from the moderate wing of the party. and they were disproportionately affected by the rise in polarization there was a near complete makeover of republican women in congress over the past 20 years. the moderates of yesterday had been replaced by the blackbirds of today. of the 22 republican women serving in congress right now only two of them had been in offices since before 2001. the number of republican democratic women with at least eight years of experience in congress. and the retention reads that republican women differ dramatically from those on the democratic side. and 21 of them have served in office since before 2000. this comparative longevity and congressional service has allowed democratic women to rise into incr

liberal democrats will do well in that election you could have no expectation that you were both to lose your own parliamentary seat not only of course but you still lost it how did you how did you feel that mate. when you saw things moving against you personally devastated i'm not going to lie about it i was twenty five to one on to hold the seat and i didn't put any money on that because i was so sure i was going to win and then during the count it began to look close and then i became very close mates and said i think you might lose and it's very hard to describe that feeling it's the almost car crash sense you have in your stomach that almost go into physical shock but i had to get through the evening and i stood on the stage and my competitor who beat me was so surprised he had no plan so i've had to tell him what to do and i tried to maintain my decorum at the time what next was i was straight on to the b.b.c. coverage and gerry paxman are some very snide questions and i put them right i lost that fair and square and so initially i held it together and after a couple of weeks

political better in the major not the flamboyant leader of the liberal democratic party ran for president for a sixth time this time around more than any other contender but this year's campaigning was a far cry from his heyday hawkins what it is election h.q. all quiets in the sure enough he campaigned h.q. tonight as the media drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear yeah that's a new word is that i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions are not equal and there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for sure enough a position he's of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nearly thirty years this is a campaign poster although back from nine hundred ninety one he's fought six presidential campaigns in total mixing of fiery nationalist rhetoric with populism socially conservative more radical on the economy and

so if you were to have liberal democrat they would prefer that. i want to get your thoughts on that as well. >> so is it the case we aren't seeing moderates running or is it because they don't value our seat in congress or they don't value the office like they used to? thought the end of the day they don't runs we don't know what drives this. a lot of the members that i spoke with don't admit they thought they might lose but they said losing was not a factor i had not lost a election so high reelection rate is consistent with those getting reelected but whether or not members like olympia snowe who are not as moderate or if they could get elected would be an uphill battle but relatively moderate kennedy i think certainly could win and just like the general impression that politics is distasteful and an undesirable situation i think it ends the case that relatively moderate candidates could win so is it the case only very conservative republicans can win? or can we have people who are a little more moderate than party leaders? so this is the worst

why don't you join the liberal democrats? if you do not supportjeremy liberal democrats?ely you would fit better there? no, iama surely you would fit better there? no, i am a labour mp and supporter and have been the last 30 or more yea rs. and have been the last 30 or more years. this is my labour party as much as it isjeremy corbyn's or anybody else's and crucially it is the members' party. the views i am reflecting the views of the majority of labour party members, including those who supported jeremy corbyn in the leadership contest over the past few years and the majority of labour supporters in the country so i don't think i have done anything other than speak up for the members and in the interests of our country. are you saying jeremy corbyn is not speaking up for the majority of labour supporters? clearly not on this issue because the majority of members, as reflected in the notion that conference, it is in favour of us taking a stronger fuel on brexit. i was the shadow northern ireland secretary, i have been proud and i was privileged and thanksjeremy corbyn yes

course the longtime leader of the liberal democrats are going to try and correct. as well be interesting to see how she first tonight on all of the presidential candidates have cast their ballots today here are some of the highlights from that voting. or legal. thank you you thank . in a hundred forty five countries all around the globe russians were able to vote in local embassies and consulates as well those long queues in some of those places people waiting patiently to have the say in the election and some votes have come from our whole world away one question cause my no one to know all but didn't want to miss out of thing to select a person back to cause to hate about that fact to say that not one hundred percent turnout on the international space station there's been a few unexpected voters aside from all cause when all. i can to take him away from our correspondents now right now we have visited about a mad putin thank you hello everybody thank you kevin can you hear it. loud and clear nikki you know what's always strikes me about russian elections is the s

a little better and i'm glad to hear enough to ski the boy leader of the liberal democratic party ran for president i think time that's more than any other contender but this year's campaigning was a far cry from his heyday hawkins was at his election h.q. . all quiet in the campaign hage q. tonight as the media drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear yeah that's a new word is that i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions are not equal there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for sure enough ski a position he's of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nearly thirty years this is a campaign poster although back from nine hundred ninety one he's fought six presidential campaigns in total mixing of fiery nationalist rhetoric with populism socially conservative more radical on the economy and other questi

about italian hawkins was that the h k y one real veteran a liberal democratic candidate plan to measure an altered state take a look at what is left behind after the political show is over. all quiet in the sure and off the campaign hates q tonight as the media drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear. yeah that's a new word is that i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions are not equal there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for sure enough ski a position he's of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nearly thirty years this is a campaign poster although back from nine hundred ninety one he's fought six presidential campaigns in total mixing of fiery nationalist rhetoric with populism socially conservative more radical on the economy and other questions he's never been shy of controversy he's had verba

the veterans of these elections for the liberal democratic party six point eight percent balance because it's so far out she's going to support a bit of the ballots counted so far twenty five percent of course these days everything below the last decade or so is quite quickly which may account for the fall of course back in twenty twelve they're able to get the final results within a couple of hours so it may not drag on too long to my mind one hundred forty five countries all around the globe russians were able to find it seemed like a lengthy and policy lead but one month he's not done patiently waiting to have that day in this election year not just on terra firma either some of the votes have come from the whole world one russian cosmonaut all but didn't want to miss his vote so he helped to select a person back on earth to cast a ballot it works perfectly safe to say one hundred percent turnout on the international space station. a few unexpected voters aside from all cosmonaut to his are about to show you. this is. so early days but twenty five percent of the votes counted so far g

as predicted would be the place mode to measure and also the question marks over the veteran liberal democrat leader will this be his last he's been in every presidential election since they started having a beer the russian federation of six point five percent tonight. now let's talk about one of the main headline to me to you ted now he does these in the election find so we know that and it looks like having he's had it looks like he's the curious president the tonight our correspondent he goes done nothing that his headquarters that it all what's the mood at the putin h.q. like at the moment i think he'd take a guess really everybody's celebrating you can use it is loud because it certainly looks like. there is so there isn't such a force that can now stop polluting from you know grabbing the presidential post now we've talked to some of the coordinators of his campaign and they've told us off camera unfortunately but they've told us that their goal was the intrigue was whether or not flatter me pooty will be able to get more than seventy percent of the vote this was sort of their aim and

it's like liberal democrats.al democrat press office. what you think the russian reaction would be to these kind of tweets from an official british account? i wouldn't know but i think in terms of the russian reaction to these tweets, most russian people would be quite enjoying this trolling, i think. in terms of your point about seriousness, russian people tend to be a lot less squeamish and politically correct on these issues. i think when most russian people see these tweets they will be kind of enjoying it. you should offer them your services! i think it works in their favour, i should say. it is kinf of that dichotomy between the strict parent telling it is kind of that dichotomy between the strict parent telling russia to stop it and the child that is pointing their tongue out in return and and blowing raspberries. that's gavin williamson, the defence secretary. you do think we have british equivalents clearly on this side. playing of course, to cultural norms in russia, like the weather and vodka. in a way

welcome back to go through some of the week stories now is the broadcaster and former liberal democrat member of parliament lembit opec lembit not surprising russia is in the headlines presidential elections in russia across the biggest country on earth none of those reasons are this is the reason euro news sums up what's in all the papers what authority does putin have to order extra judicial killings abroad this is about the apparent attempted murder of a script and his daughter in salzburg here in the united kingdom they say that they found toxins nerve agents there and immediately the finger of blame is pointed at this man and moscow the suggestion of the foreign secretary as johnson was very explicit saying we mustn't point fingers before going on to point fingers yet but everybody has the papers are full of this as if it's already a done deal as if there has been some sort of a formal investigation now there's another part to this and you get senior government ministers talking as if they know something that they haven't shared all adding to the impression that this is a rerun of

political vacuum and it's not to me it's you know sisi flamboyant leader of the liberal democratic party run for president but i think time not more than any other time but this is i'm painting. from his heyday don you know without his election i think you. all quiets in his urine off the campaign h.q. tonight as the media. drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear yeah that's a new word is that you know i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions are not equal and there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for sure enough ski a position he's of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nearly thirty years this is a campaign poster although back from nine hundred ninety one use for six presidential campaigns in total mixing of fiery nationalist rhetoric with populism socially conservative more radical on the econom

the external one is is part of the weakening process of so many liberal democrat se liberal democraciesd and tell me what's going on with the democratic party and tell me what's going on in germany and it's the same argument about 21st centuries and we are part of it. the second has to do with our own private -- in israel to be a lefty means you are for or against somewhere with the palestinians and this is not a comprehensive philosophy. being a liberal, progressive, social democrat means separation between church and state. equality for all of the citizens and the fairness was game and fair distribution of public resources and we, the camp, the peace camp and the social democratic potential camp in israel forgot about all of it and therefore, in my writing and in my political arguments i try to say yes, it is about us and the palestinians because the occupation is so malignant yet at the same time we have to build so many new institutions and approaches for a better israel. >> you call israel the only half democracy in the middle east. >> israel prides itself. we have an issue with st

third place a firebrand ultranationalist vladimir zhirinovsky who heads what's known as the liberal democratic party let's now take a look at the latest results. hooten has taken seventy three percent of the vote in has fifteen percent. coming in third with seven percent since supporters have been celebrating in moscow and putin has been russia's leader for eighteen years the the rules of president and prime minister. elect. let's bring in emily show in our correspondent in moscow emily you are at the hurt of the capital thousands have come to celebrate with seeing them behind you president putin is also expect a very late what's the mood there now. well actually the new president the old president vladimir putin has just come to the stage actually just left in the stage he just made a short speech to the crowd gathered here and he said that it's very important that the millions of people in russia are part of his team and he thanked everyone for voting for him and he said that the fact that they voted for him showed their hope for the future and their hope that they can build a better russia

in two thousand and ten the labor party rallies the opposition the coalition made of liberal democrats and conservatives led by david cameron take charge of the country very rapidly the debate of the jewish and fees arises on the political scene again this time the government intends to alter ised up to nine thousand pounds all the while reducing the portion of public funding and it catered to universities this new reform violently divides both members of parliament and public opinion the have been very difficult choices to make we have opted for a such of policies that provides a strong base for university funding which makes a major contribution to reducing the deficit and introducing a significantly more progressive system of graduate paper and stuff we inherited and i'm proud to put forward that magic so this. very. order. there is nothing a bank that tiny benefit to the lowest income graduates that justifies doubling or tripling the debt of the vast majority of brides isn't incredible the partials that you actually introduce the principle of graduates paying and thank you for two

dick durbin is a liberal democrat from illinois. i've never been described as a liberal democrat or as democrat for that matter. he and i see eye to eye on this issue and the need for reform. and so we put together something called the smarter sentencing act. and that got a little support. and we decided we wanted to expand it. we got together with chairman grassley. and ironed out a series of compromises and put together the sentencing reform and corrections act. that passed out of the judiciary committee by a bipartisan super majority vote of 16-5 just two weeks ago. and so we're making progress on this. and this could be a big bipartisan win if we would just bring to it the senate floor. >> yes. and there is one key -- there are a few key actors in addition to some of the holdouts in the senate committee. it passed with flying colors and passed the committee and has many proponents in the broader senate. but the white house has had an uncertain posture on this bill. and i'm curious if you could take us for a moment into a room th

>> yeah, i mean, if the democrats had run the urban, liberal democrat, you and i wouldn't even be havingthis would be ciccone by 15 or 20 points. but the democrat democrats put a young, tell jeni telegenic conn. he wants to put the bad guys behind bars in a culturally conservative district, conner lamb is pro life, he's pro gun, he's pro military, he's pro union and he agrees with president trump on raising the tariffs on aluminum and of course in that district, importantly, steel. >> eric: let me talk about conner lamb. >for a second.you're right, he'y pelosi. he'll vote against nancy pelosi. you have a conservative, moderate type of democrat who backs the second amendment and he hunts himself. here he is with joe biden earlier this week. >> you all know this. we live in a time when everybody is so divided. i couldn't be happier to be on stage today with a leader that everybody likes. every likes him. [ cheering and applause ] >> eric: you're right, he's not one of the leftist, progressive type of democrats. ciccone, who is a state representative, here he is talking about the tariffs al

at the end of the day it was subsumed into the liberal democrat party with the exception of david owennything but it faded. i think you were right, the 2—party faded. i think you were right, the 2— party system faded. i think you were right, the 2—party system in the country, apart from the snp in scotland is extremely strong. it is about feeling. if you are a labour party supporter it is a feeling, if you are conservative, it is a feeling, it is not just are conservative, it is a feeling, it is notjust a party. i don't how this is... but that is right, the first part post system doesn't help small parties in the country. but i thinkjeremy corbyn continues to say what we need is a proper investigation, we have not seen the evidence and so on, and a lot of labour mps evidence and so on, and a lot of labourmps are unhappy evidence and so on, and a lot of labour mps are unhappy with that but are they really putting their name to anything as radical, notjust a new party perhaps but even a, i don't know, you leadership or election? the trouble is we don't have the story! i think it was noti

because the president himself said he doesn't want a liberal democrat in the senate. reliable vote for taxes for life. >> you'd rather have an accused child molester than a democrat? >> the president says something else you don't want to reflect the president said roy moore denied those allegations the president said you have to take that into account, too. to doug jones in alabama, folks, don't be fooled, he's weak on crime, weak on borders. he's strong on raising your taxes. he's terrible for property owners. >> joining me now cnn national politics reporter mj lee and contributor and former ethic czar norman eisen. mj starting with you, tell me more. >> well, it's not often i know we talk about the hatch act on air. it's just to remind everyone the hatch act basically prohibits federal employees from using their official position to influence and interfere with elections. they can do this as a private citizens, but when they're speaking in their official capacity, they cannot try to interfere the outcome of an election and the u.s. office of special counsel says tha

the time and i do this for 41964 there was more conservative democrats and more liberal republicans and they were talk to each other and they could compromise on things but since 64 goldwater's denomination they picked equally conservative bill muller and governs nomination and 72 with shriver is at the two parties had been moving steadily further and further apart so there is less room to negotiate and less room to compromise. there's occasionally when you get a democrat like bill clinton elected can negotiate with someone more right or center but traditionally the democratic party since 64 has nominated more liberal nominees with republicans have more nominated conservative nominees. it represents an honest choice to the american voter. >> host: next call is tony in winter, california. tony is not answering or responding. we are not hearing him. we will move to georgia. were going to try robert in stone mountain outside of atlanta. robert you are on the tv. please go ahead. and does anybody else -- i'm not hearing anything. i apologize something is happening there with the phones and

democrat. super liberal on cultural issues. that just doesn't play in certain parts of the country like this district in pennsylvania. >> san francisco democrat was the term from the year he was born. from republican standpoint, one thing that's interesting about saccone that i noticed. tax policy, business, not a republican necessarily in line with the labor background working-class district. >> in fact lamb was able to take the president's tariff announcement and run with it, painting saccone as more traditional republican mold for trade policy. really interesting. to your point about how he was able to navigate these waters. also think we have to consider with democratic candidates that conor lamb was chosen by the party as nominee. democrats are facing good thing for them, surge of candidate as and interests but will have primaries, battling each other out. ideology plays roll in that. and republicans have blaming the race on rick saccone. came as ally of the president. endeared himself to the president. wasn't as if he ran

they've done it among them the candidates for the communist party have felt good in as well as the liberal democrats. and the liberal parties in grigori yavlinsky. calls his ballot around twenty minutes ago here in moscow as in previous elections he went to the polling station the capital's russian academy of sciences asked what result he would consider a success which in responded and the results that would allow me to take office the journalist though didn't have a chance to fire too many questions at him as putin left soon after citing. a couple of appointments he cuts into let's show you some live video now from the capital's polling stations where voting speak taking place for a couple of hours now as we mentioned a little bit earlier on on any a busy day for the candidates six of them of course that. awaiting what happens come nine pm tonight. from the election we spoke to from all walks of life because we've been very hot about what they hope pull ahead of election day. joining us on this sunday here with the international suddenly a busy day action packed for election day across the country

here we go political veteran from the liberal democrats. while both the liberal parties comment on the communist parties seemed somewhat deep in thought. a couple of hours ago now in moscow in previous elections he went to the polling station to the capital's russian academy of sciences asked what result he would consider a success responded any result to take office the journalist though didn't have the chance to fire too many questions at him as putin left soon after a couple of appointments. with much of the size of his country so what a difficult task it is in order to be able to get these votes counted for more than one hundred million people eligible to vote this year for seven million of them it's going to be the first time voting as well as they turn out before the election we spoke with workers and voters from all walks of life. ahead of election day. you know. this is the more your. news i'm sure. you could be at a board meeting which of course or most korea. i know which are so good attitudes i mean you go in a group that's one mo

general ski from the liberal democratic party before heading over to his h.q. to address the crowd of supporters to have last minute pretend to give a speech at home said. it was mocking for years that since crimea has read the patient with russia correspondent dr david lynch that march eighteenth of course is important day for a number of reasons here in russia today of course is the presidential election but it's also the anniversary of the reunification with crimea it was four years ago today that the treaty was signed green card mia back under the umbrella of the russian federation and this concert was organized in commemoration of that just a stone's throw from red square star after star came on stage and sing a famous songs with everyone singing along and dancing but of course the main event was president putin himself he came out just after it was announced that he had officially you won and this is the first time you spoke after that announcement the crowd was extremely excited to see him and you first came out on surprising with a huge smile on his fac

. >> shut your ignorant mouth because a progressive liberal has something to say! finally, a democrat make me want to change the channel. daniel richards has been making headlines wrestling as a progressive liberal and rallying up small-town audiences all over the country. >> i should have done this a long time ago! >> how hard is it to pretend to have these liberal values? >> i'm not pretending. >> you're on the wrong side of history. shut up! >> even if the crowd hates him. the progressive liberal could teach democrats classic wrestling techniques for getting voters' attention. >> you want to stick to broad, brushstroke talking points. >> middle america would like to learn about politics from a mostly naked man than reading a book? >> yeah. >> politicians and wrestlers had one key difference. >> people in politics will say anything to get elected, whereas a good wrestler will only say things they truly believe in. >> we're seeing the level of political discourse in wrestling is actually higher than in politics? >> oh, yeah. >> with congress immobilized bipartisan politics, what advi

republican, strom thurmond at the democrat comes republican, john lindsay becomes the democrat and other cases where liberal republicans joined the democratic party. so, this starts a long process. now, it is extenuate if i mcgovern in 72 because again, mcgovern is the nominee and dictates that you should pic taa more conservative running mate but of course the convention is a disaster because of eagleton heec ends up with schreiber whos admittedly a wonderful man and wonderful family, but he was also a liberal and this sends the process of more conservative democrats out of the party and attracting more liberal republicans, so by 1980, and here they're after both parties pretty much nominated only the right of center or mostly right of center nominees and the republican party, the democratic party nominated mostly or all left of center nominees, so we have now the polarization of the two parties that didn't exist, use to have conservative e democrats and liberal republicans so they could talk to each other and compromised today you have these two polarized parties who really don't talk to each other except

because the democrats conor lamb who was attacked as a pelosi supporting obamacare trump hating liberalactually a republican. >> both of these candidates, the republican and democrat ran as conservatives. >> lamb ran against pelosi. >> >> he ran for the president's tariff policy. >> don't think we'll see a lot of democrats doing that in the paul. >> 90% of the voters don't want nancy pelosi to be speaker and they want a conservative message. >> conor lamb never identified himself as a democrat. he ran against nancy pelosi and said he would not vote with nancy pelosi. >> in this particular case, the lesson was run away from nancy pelosi and run -- with donald trump. >> to be clear, that is what you say when you are worried about moral and retirement and to be clear, conor lamb is not a trump republican but did run as a centralist democrat and democrats do have something of a crisis on their hands because of it. because the first headline from conor lamb's post eliection interview was him saying nancy pelosi needs to go. >> i will say and continue to say, that i think we need new leadersh

really only loose it's mainly mainers who are fighting for it and as i said mendham is and the liberal democrats are the only party and that would have to go through parliament a second referendum would have to be something that parliaments decides that this is going to happen so the liberal democrats the tiny party actually the only ones who really have that as as a program the conservatives and labor are not really advocating as the majority for a second referendum so the movement is a very long shot there could be for example no the nala and if the talks fail if northern ireland if that question can't be solved then it's an area where second referendum might come into play but at the moment doesn't look like it ok thank you so much did have a correspondent in london well here in the studio we've got john worth for with us he's a citizen with the u.k. passport he's a blogger who writes a lot about this like to pick up on a couple of issues the biggest mentioned john but first let's just open up the discussion by talking about these huge issues that were part of the brags that negotiations stil

well the liberal democrats veteran made quite a scene that's when the voting machine swallowed his ballot against a. that while both the liberal party and communist hopefuls seem to deepen fillets . calls his bought a few hours ago now as he did in previous elections he went to the polling station up the capital's russian academy of sciences the result he would consider a success and guess what he responded any cell that was in miami to take office and he left soon after citing a couple of appointments he hands this process going to be a busy day for all those that counter that before he left that was a bit of a misunderstanding should we say of the polling station with the polling station chief. and wanted to get back the plan that he was handed in order to mark his chosen candidate however the official refused adding i've got my own i just want. some of the votes have been quite out of this world we've been talking in previous hours about the difficulty of conducting an election when there's so much remote to write in you don't get much more remote than being in orbit russian cosmonauts

the epa is a big pet project among, you know, liberal democrats.anyone in this position, anyone that takes on the epa and tries to regulate it and tries to get it to rein in some of the bad practices that were going on within the epa, anyone is going to be scrutinized. i think they're putting him under a microscope. but i don't think -- you know, while some of the things he has done, they are shady, i'll give you that. but i do not think they're looking at him and saying they're going to dismiss him and get rid of him for these incidents alone because of the good work he's actually doing within the epa. >> that good work can be challenged by some, basil, as you're aware, i'm sure. there are some who suggest he fraternizes with, he's taken meetings with polluters. couple that with these reports of him paying $50 a night for a room in the capitol hill area that would go for at least $120 a night if not considerably more, how damaging is all this for the white house? >> you know, oddly enough, i actually don't think it's that damaging for the white ho

>> they were paid by liberal democrats to do that. >> somebody paid for half a million people go to d.cnternet. >> what about the parkland students themselves? >> paid actors to say that. >> it's hard to debate a subject when the opposite side -- >> got shot at. >> is shouting. >> shot at, not shouting. >> a lot of the guys are crisis actors. >> you don't think they're actual students of parkland? >> do you? >> nicholas cruz, how did he know how to target specifically the school where the cry sis actors were attending? >> okay, so -- ( laughter ) ( applause ) well, i'm sorry but you just opened up something that could be a conspiracy. i never thought about that before. >> trevor: that's what we need, more conspiracies. but the conspiracy i was on to was even though this was a pro-gun rally, something seemed missing. do you have your gun with you today? >> no. >> trevor: you go -- >> you go to a pro gun rally without your gun, like a sober on bud island. >> i did not bring my gun. >> why didn't you wear your gun here today? >> that is actually -- >> turns out the organizers told these fo

so there is a demand from the public for that vote on the deal, and that is in our view, the liberal democrat tom brake, liberal democrat brexit spokesperson from westminster. police say former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were probably poisioned at their home after high levels of a nerve agent were found at theirfront door. the pair were found collapsed on a bench in salisbury on march the fourth, and remain in a critical condition. police say inquiries will focus on their home address but the risk to locals is low. the head of the labour party's internal disputes panel has stepped down after it emerged she'd opposed the suspension of a local election candidate accused of holocaust denial. christine shawcroft sent an email calling for the reinstatement of alan bull, who was due to stand for peterborough council in may. in a statement she apologised and said she had not been aware of the abhorrent facebook post that led to his suspension. mr bull has said the article he posted does not reflect his views. the parole board is facing its biggest shake—up in half a century after a

in two thousand and ten the labor party rallies the opposition the coalition made of liberal democrats and conservatives led by david cameron take charge of the country very rapidly the debate of the jewish and fees arises on the political scene again this time the government intends to alter ised up to nine thousand pounds yearly all the while reducing the portion of public funding and catered to universities this new reform violently divides both members of parliament and public opinion that have been very difficult choices to make we have opted for a such of policies that provides a strong base for university funding which makes a major contribution to reducing the deficit and introducing a significantly more progressive system of graduate paper and stuff we inherited and i'm proud to put forward that magic to this. very. order. there is nothing a bank that chinee benefits to the lowest income graduates that justifies doubling or tripling the debt of the vast majority of right isn't it credible that the party opposite who actually introduced the principle of graduates paying and tha

the liberal democrat leader vince cable, says too many older people who voted for brexit, were "driven a world where "faces were white." speaking at his party's spring conference in southport, he said the voting of the older generation, had "crushed the hopes and aspirations of young people, for years to come." the water regulator, ofwat, is to investigate why thousands of people suffered water shortages, after the recent cold weather. homes and businesses faced days without running water, when pipes burst during the thaw, which followed freezing weather conditions. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. jonathan lewis in balham had no water at all for three days last week. he couldn't wash himself or his clothes. to make matters worse, he heard nothing from his water provider thames water. there was very little information coming through from the water company. total inconvenience. you used to just turning on the tapper but not having water to flush the toilets, have a shower, do you washing. he was one of at least 20,000 homes in london that had no water last week. thames wate

good place to look good measure and all that through all the political scene for me l b p the liberal democratic club the only six percent so called normal the vote counted people had to have that seat with a h.q. to address the crowd of supporters that i'm approaching gave a speech like homesteads that mocked for years that since crimea as we unification it with rochelle correspondent just going to go once again not to be crass. but it was march eighteenth of course is an important day for a number of reasons here in russia say of course of the presidential election but it's also the anniversary of the reunification with great media it was four years ago today that the treaty was signed green card mia back under the umbrella of the russian federation and this concert was organized commemoration of that just a stone's throw from red square star after star came on stage and sing a famous dogs with everyone singing along and danced. but of course the main event was president putin himself he came out just after it was announced that he had officially one and this is the first time he spoke after t

really got into that on their spot a lot emirs a one off ski as the leader of russia is that liberal democratic party and has run in all bar one in a presidential election since they began in russia in one thousand nine hundred ninety one he wants to introduce a progressive income tax system and head of the current all round flat rate as well as pledging to tackle poverty unemployment and illegal immigration his critics though say he's pandering to easy populism and that his party often votes in line with the kremlin in parliament anyway his ways year in office stands in his own words. it would seem to me we must be strong and young those in the present should be taught with such a foreign policy that will make everyone scared of others so is that and they can respect as usual and no one will dare to close russian schools there are still fresh russian language for me i will move death to stop arjun's xmas lawmakers turkeys and i will move it to kill our ambassador because i will do everything to make russians and our language respect your. yes i choose to go on russian citizens to be proud of o

two percent so a big margin there but pretty much as expected it's historically been that way liberal democratic party member. legend of course with six point seven percent and this was a crucial one. socialite turned politician said. she's come in a little more than projected but this is early days of course. with two point five percent of the pundits were expecting about two percent for her along the way so maybe doing a little better than she hoped they are just of course the exit polls so far very very early days at the moment we're expecting russia's official election body to announce the primary results in a matter of minutes the person covering that you can see a lot of her tonight she's going to be the star of the show. from the russian central election commission. i believe we can cross over there now i hope it's translated partner here ross telecom. but we also have. representatives of the ministry of communications. mr park is here. in the watch he works with us we're very grateful to them for their support for their assistance because almost then you get the kind of objectives we had

who really got stuck into that on the air spot vladimir zhirinovsky is the leader of russia's liberal democratic party and his only fail to run on one occasion since presidential elections began in russia in one thousand nine hundred one he wants to introduce a progressive income tax system instead of the current all run flat rate as well as pledging to tackle poverty all employment and the legal immigration his critics though say he's pandering to easy populism and that his party often votes in line with the kremlin in parliament anyway here's where journalist he stands in his own words. it would seem to me we must be strong the president should be tarred with such a foreign policy that will make everyone scared of this. close russian schools press russian language to stop our journey. and i will kill our ambassador i will do every. to make russians and our language respect your. yes as used to the russian citizens to be proud of our country not be proud of sausages or smart phones it's disgusting they're hearing overnight to buy a new phone it's not that's not what price even though i promise