ivid and maxine or a couple met at the howard county fair in iowa. howard county is an interesting place. the only county in america that voted for barack obama by more than 20 points in 2012 and then to trump by more than 20 points, so it flipped. a lot of farming, agriculture, two stop lights a lot of places. and i was there at the howard ai they had a lot of and i went top, the pro-life booth, and i talked to david and maxine peered they were trump supporters, of course them and i tried to get them acknowledge that trump had some character flaws and not sort of thing. at one point, david stood up and pointed to a model of a late term abortion, and that was his way of saying, look, we are trying to save one million babies a year. we are not concerned about the president's manners. i understand that approach -- policy matters much more than personality. host: how did they view impeachment? this has been such a year, we forget that it began with the impeachment of president trump. guest: i was able to predict how anyone would come down on almost any

chairwoman maxine waters from the democratic caucus and one of the stakeholders section 342 of dodd frank would provide as a catalyst. and prior to the enactment the financial services stakeholders have access to performance data and in the financial crisis of 2008 disproportionately impacted low income americans and communities of color. congress recognizes the diverse role it plays to help prevent the abusive and discriminatory practices that stop the crisis from happening again. 116th congress i along with my colleagues that all diversity and inclusion is essential to buy gap it brings new life into the financial institutions to evaluate and access with inclusiveness. and without recent analysis of the diversity of a regulatory agency. appoints to systemic racism in our inclusiveness contrary to president trumps comments. systemic racism is a national crisis that diversity community. in june federal reserve chairman jerome powell acknowledged discrimination exist in the united te states and that the access managers who contract is the pandemic relief efforts mostly that performance req

through the leadership of our chairwoman, chairwoman maxine waters, members of the democratic caucus, and countless diversity and inclusion stakeholders, section 342 of dodd frank was devised to serve as a catalyst to enhance diversity and inclusion performance at a financial regulation agency. prior to the enactment of dodd policymakers and stakeholders lack access to performance data to transparently review diversity practices. 2008he financial crisis of disproportionately impacted low income americans and communities of color. recognize the important role diverse communities play in the united states action. took action to diversify the financial service sector to help prevent the abusive and discriminatory practices that helped cause the crisis from happening again. during the 116th congress, i along with my colleagues have reminded all diversity and inclusion is a business imperative. it improves the bottom line and is essential for closing the racial wealth gap. it breathes new life into how financial institutions and the agencies evaluate, access and expand inclusiveness. ae re

around now some other stories making news around the world bella receive an opposition politician maxine's now has been seized by masked men in plain clothes from his office that's according to reports police said they were not aware of his alleged detention as follows the disappearance of protest leader maria callas nicola on monday. at least 10 people. been killed and dozens wounded in a bombing in the afghan capital kabul of officials say the attack targeted the country's vice president who sustained minor injuries no group has claimed responsibility and the taliban tonight involvement. and rescue workers have recovered $22.00 bodies from a rockslide at a marble mine in pakistan more than a dozen miners remain trapped under the rubble in the northwest of the country the cause of the cave in which happened on tuesday has not been determined. british prime minister boris johnson says he will push ahead with legislation that could contradict the bragg's that agreement made with the european union including how northern ireland is approached now under that deal the u.k. province of northern

maxine has more. >> it is an extraordinary and disturbing site. 270 p pot whales,s, a type of oc janik -- oceanic dolphin, trapped off the coast of tasmanian. parks and wildlife service manager explaining that trial and error is the only wayy forward. a process of much trying to work out the best method, so we will be t trying this morning, and if we are memt with success, we will l keep dog that. if not, we w will adapt it and o better things. >> no one knows exactly what drew the animals so close to the shore. it is thought that at least one third of the pod has alreaeady died. the priority now is to focus on those most likely to survive. >> the triage is goi t to be key. you have animals spread over a large area in a challenging location. we are going to basicallyy take the animals with the best chance to start with and the ones w we are able to deal with. here are not uncommon, but the scale of this one is. tasmania's last recorded mass stranding in 2009 involved some 200 whales. officials say the rescue operation could take a number of days. anchor: time now for culture. thely con

joining me right now, congresswoman maxine waters, a democrat from california.reaction to the passing of ruth bader ginsburg. it's a huge loss. >> yes. it is a huge loss and i send condolences out to her family and, of course, she is recorded in history for the extraordinary woman that she was and the contributions that she made. it's a great loss but i think that in her potential death she sent a note. i think it was to her granddaughter indicating what she would like to see happen. that's the way that justice ginsburg was. she was always thinking ahead. >> indeed she was. we'll get to that because right now the tenor of what she was aspiring for, which was that she communicated in her last communique with her daughter that she wanted to have the next president be able to pick the next supreme court justice were she to pass or any scenario. with that said, just hours after ginsburg's death, senator mitch mcconnell vowed to vote on a nominee from president trump to fill the supreme court vacancy. it is, we should note in contrast to what the senate majority lead

we have top democrats nancy pelosi and maxine waters take to the streets.uess which year they began talking about that? i will give you a hint. it was not this year. fox news contributor david webb with his take next. >> i just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. maybe there will be. >> they asked me would i like to debate this gentleman. i said no, in high school, i would take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him. >> if they go low, we kick them i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or pow

i hope they lose and we get rid of them, maxine waters and all of them. houston, texas, republican. tooer: too big to fail and small to save. why are we bailing out banks and buying up junk bonds as we speak . explain that to the american people. i think we spent $7 trillion in buybacks. pass the cares act, stocks go up. people need to spend money. don't have any money, then what? we need relief from congress. host: do you think this may be a sense of what members would go home to hear if they do not get ifs done before november or they do get it done and it is $3 billion or $2 billion? it is not about billions, it is about trillions. it is not kitchen table amount of -- amounts of money we are talking about here. trillion,the $2 trump's signature achievement passed early on in the administration. there are signs that corporate tax breaks instead of being used to hire more workers were used for stock buybacks. there were talk -- was talk that that bill was -- would pay for has added a lot to the deficit. much onan spend that basically tax breaks for rich, corporate stock ceos, we sh

congresswoman maxine waters. >> thank you very much. february hearing today. --office of minority and women financial from the regulatory agency to discuss their progress and challenges in fulfilling their diversity and inclusion oversight mission. 10 years ago, i authored the language in the dodd frank reform. omwi to be champions. systemic racism. this hearing is long overdue. i want to thank you and miss wagner's for the work you have been doing, giving oversight. been taking on this responsibility and i am so appreciated to you. the financial services regulators play a role in removing systemic, racial, and theyr barriers to ensure are inclusive insensible for all. i yield back the balance of my time. >> chairwoman. today, we are welcome. we welcome the testimony of nine witnesses divided into two. our first panel of omwi directors will focus on the banking regulators. schofield is the executive director, office of minority and women inclusion of the office of the comptroller. sheila clark is the director of the office of minority women, inclusion of the b

>>california representative maxine waters from southern california releasing a statement saying quote want to express my sincere condolences to the family of justice ruth bader ginsburg, a titan and legend on the supreme court who is undeniably brilliant legal mind and dedication to justice and equality moved our country forward we've lost a champion tonight, but her legacy lives on. the california dmv has given the automated car tech looks to test driverless cars on public roads yet another one on the roads there. the tests are allowed within a designated area. >>of its foster city headquarters in san mateo county. the new permit allows the company to test to autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel. they are restricted to no more than a 45 miles per hour zoo says the 4th company to receive a driverless testing permit in california. all right it is friday night the weekend is upon us giving one final check on the 4 zone forecast as we. >>look live here at san francisco's embarcadero you can see there's a a bit of a breeze there beautiful shot here with that low layer of

that she will stay and fight for the rights of people and so the voters will have to leave it there maxine snack opposition leader there in dallas thank you so much for joining us. now to some other stories making news around the world a saudi court has given long jail terms to 8 people over the murder of journalists . the court overturned 5 earlier death sentences and instead handed down sentences of between 7 and 20 years casualty was killed at the saudi embassy in istanbul in 2818. a major wildfire tearing through southern california is believed to have been started by a firework more than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that started over the weekend the flames are being fueled by scorching conditions temperatures have reached a record 49 degrees celsius on sunday. wiki leaks founder julian assange has resumed his court battle in london to avoid extradition to the united states on monday the judge rejected a songes request to delay the hearing until next year as an faces 18 charges under the u.s. espionage act for publishing secret military documents a decade ago. commission pre

>>during the protests, congresswoman maxine waters met with kids these on and had harsh criticism. the sheriff's department and its deputies despite but clouds matter they are shooting and killing as if to say. >>they're going to show us that they're not going to stop. >>i was leslie moran, reporting for us tonight the sheriff's department says that the deputies involved have been removed from the field pending a review of the incident cell phone video shows deputies did try to save casey but he died at the scene no deputies were hurt. authorities say a handgun was recovered at the scene and we have some breaking. braun police confirmed. and a sergeant at the center of a confrontation with a black store owner has resigned as sergeant michael blasio was the supervising officer at the time of the incident. >>and video captured the interaction here, this is body camera video from the officers store owner, yeah mika leaf says he was racially profiled for simply being in his own store that he owns late at night is about 01:00am the confrontation. continued until a neighbor down the stre

are very clear that they they're doing this to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs and not a profit back say to me to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing your back same technology to maximise the supply of safe and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in the viability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe and effective saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble and many many people would dog i do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially russian and by the profits of pharmaceutical corporations. the weekly continues here on r.t. international after this short break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the

justice ruth bader ginsburg has died responses and condolences are pouring in california representative maxine waters, writing this on twitter quote i want to express my sincere condolences to the family of justice ruth bader ginsburg tightened and legend on the supreme court whose undeniably brilliant legal mind and dedication to justice and equality moved our country forward we've lost a champion tonight, but her legacy lives on. >>and back to our breaking news tonight, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died. she was 87 her death comes just 6 weeks before election day. this is sure to set off a heated battle over whether president trump should fill her seat or not the supreme court. confirmed tonight, the ginsburg died from complications related to pancreatic cancer. she died at her home and washington dc chief justice john roberts mourning her passing saying quote our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature with the supreme court have lost a cherished colleague. today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember ruth bader ginsburg as we knew her a ti

government crackdown on opposition figures appears to be ramping up the latest of a targeted was lawyer maxine's not who was taken into custody by masked men on wednesday according to an associate an identified people also try to enter the apartment of nobel prize winning writer. diplomats from different european union countries went to her apartment to show support. is now the only high profile opposition figure still sri. correspondent nic connelly is in the capital minsk for us hi nick what is the latest you can tell us on the detained opposition figures. well as you mentioned serious the 72 year old nobel prize winning writer the only major of this if you can still free and in her home country not been thrown out yet it was extraordinary scene of people out side who building today waiting for news off she had reported on it in fact people tried to call her door get into her apartment she been receiving calls from unidentified numbers but the real news big news of today is meticulously you remember she disappeared off the streets of monday and there was extraordinary story of the attempted de

barrie clear that they they're doing this to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit vaccinated we need to see. the breaking down of these barriers and we need to see open sharing your banks the technology to maximise the supply. and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of. the variability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa or brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe infant to sing until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble many many people would die who do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially ration and by the profits of pharmaceutical corporations. exactly 17 minutes past 10 pm here in moscow still ahead on the program the israeli prime minister is this the country into a 2nd long caused widespread anger even on the beach a story on war after the break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. so what we've got to

through the leadership of our chairwoman, chairwoman maxine waters come members of the democratic caucus and countless diversity and inclusion stakeholders section 342 of dodd-frank was devised to serve as a catalyst to enhance diversity and inclusion performance as a financial regulatory agency, and for the entities they regulate. prior to the enactment of dodd-frank policymakers, financial services come stakeholders, lack access to performance data to transparency review diversity practices and policies of regulated entities. and the financial crisis in 2008 disproportionally impacted low income americans in communities of color. congress recognizing the important role the first communities of plate in the united states economy took action to diversify the financial service sector to help prevent the usage and discriminative practices that help cause the crisis from happening again. throughout the 116th congress, i along with my colleagues have reminded that all diversity and inclusion is a business imperative. improve the bottom line and its essential, it is an essential tool for clos

are very clear that they they're doing nice to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs in not a profit vaccine and we need to see. the breaking down of these barriers and we need to see open sharing your vaccine technology to maximize the supply of safe and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in availability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa or brazil if these countries and not getting access to safe and effective vaccine until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble and many many people would die who do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially rationed by the profits of pharmaceutical corporations. israel just ended a 2nd national lockdown at last for at least 3 weeks the anti covert measure comes into force just hours before the start at sunset of the jewish new year that's made the decision deeply unpopular with an already pandemic weary public hundreds rallied against t

people phoning calling her door bell unidentified people and worrying signal after the arrest of maxine is not as you mentioned meaning that she is now the only remaining member of the castle in freedom in dollars the others are all other behind bars or happy for this country. most opposition figures have been forced out of the country or detained nic what impact does this have on the morale of the protesters. well i think this was to be expected the threats have come on time again and lots of top opposition figures like kalashnikov alike leaders have said that they have all refused to leave the country wolf used to follow these threats but these protests are wider these aren't led by smaller people these are organized by people by students by people living in various districts of minsk when i think there are protests leadership with everyone in jail these protests will be ending any time soon. stay with us for a moment because in the past few days hundreds of people have been arrested at protests in minsk the crackdown has been accompanied by widespread allegations of police brutality

accused russia and china of hiring the vaccines to market for political reasons we discussed the russian maxin and the findings in the lancet journal with lawrence young a professor of molecular oncology in the u.k. . i think it's a very important step on the way to developing an effective vaccine it's a very interesting study like many vaccine studies it's still relatively early days but it does demonstrate that the vaccine is safe and it doesn't juice a very good immune response this study published in the lawns it highlights some very important developments particularly in the ability to what we call crime boosts the response to give 2 doses of slightly different vaccines that give you an even better response and that is something that this article reports on which i think is a very important development but again we have to be slightly cautious because it's relatively small numbers and we look forward obviously to seeing more data particularly as this vaccine goes into phase 3 or understand there are going to be something like $40000.00 volunteers vaccinated but we're working together as a

maxine's normally require years of testing and time to build up production volume the w.h.o. said it doesn't expect widespread vaccinations against coronavirus until mid 2021 but even that is optimistic. germany's tough biotech companies and clinics are rushing to come up with a vaccine to defeat the novel coronavirus some are already carrying out human testing after the lengthy approval process was speeded up the stakes are that high and so let's take a look at how the trials work. a little pinprick but it brings high hopes with it inside the syringe a vaccine from the cure a fact company it's designed to imitate the corona virus in the body to provoke an immune response about 200 people have volunteered to take part in the trial. so this way i can do my bit to help defeat the virus. 10 companies in germany are currently working to defeat the virus by developing vaccines. to or already testing their vaccines on humans in trials that generally consist of a number of phases. after discovery in the lab there preclinical tests then comes phase one which is mainly focused on whet

are berry clear that they they're doing this to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit backs a real need to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing your banks in technology to maximize the supply of safe and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in the variability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe and effective saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble and many many people would dog i do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially ration and private profits of pharmaceutical corporation. meantime is nations vie to secure a vaccine israel and to the 2nd national lockdown on friday it's expected to last at least 3 weeks the measure came to force just hours before the start of the jewish new year prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it's in response to a soaring

very clear that they they're doing things to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit vaccinated we need to see. the breaking down of these areas and we need to see open sharing your banks the technology to maximise the supply safe and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in the variability of the vaccine if you think countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble many many people would dog do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially russian and far the profits of pharmaceutical corporations are. going to the middle east where the bid to stem rising code infection rates israel is entering a 2nd national lock down it's coming into force right at the start of the jewish new year is set to last 3 weeks it's. well without already pun weary public brits rallied overnight in tel aviv against the new re

solutions and that is to to get a cope with $1000.00 baxi it will not work this vaccine if we have maxine nationalism if richer countries decide they can on this vaccine if they get it 1st it's only going to be for their citizens so where we are we have a global solution we have a facility called the kovacs facility that has that has a member you know hundreds of countries around the world institutions scientists civil society who are coming together to build a vaccine and that includes also any future treatment and better diagnostics that are say that will be safe reliable and most importantly accessible available affordable for all this is our big push in the coming time. i have. just come here and it's my really really important it's something that you wanted to bring to the table i mean and it's code nations unite and it kind of burns together all of the big challenges that the u.n. has right now i'm going to share this with out what it is they can see a little bit of where you're looking away your focus is for the next. 10 years the decade of action let's take a look. this is a very

are very clear that they they're doing this to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit backside and we need to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing of banks in technology to maximise this applause and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible but the huge economic and human cost of it did lie in the variability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe and effective but staying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble and many many people would dog i do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially russian and far the profits of pharmaceutical corporations. still to come this hour the israeli prime minister is that decision to send the country into a 2nd a lockdown has caused widespread anger even on the beach that's why much more after a break this is the weekly archaean try. on this edition of the program we discussed the

government crackdown on opposition figures appears to be ramping up the latest to be targeted was lawyer maxine's knock who was taken into custody by an identified masked men on wednesday according to an associate and identify people also try to enter the apartment of nobel prize winning writer spent elective itch diplomats diplomats from different european union countries went to our apartment to show support alexi of it is now the only high profile opposition figure still sri. correspondent nic connelly is in the capital meant for us hi nick what is the latest you can tell us on the detained opposition figures. well as you mentioned. the 72 year old nobel prize winning writer the only major opposition figure still free and in her home country not been thrown out yet it was extraordinary scene of people out of her building today waiting for news after she had reported that unidentified people tried to cool her door get into her apartment she'd been receiving calls from unidentified numbers but the real news big news of today is maybe you'll remember she disappeared off the streets of monday and

we're joined live now by maxine vilest of director of center for crisis society studies maxime thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today. as our correspondent was saying look at her claiming if he goes better as would collapse perhaps using slightly colorful language there do you think this is just a scare tactic i mean surely the country can carry on with another leader at the helm. he is partly right now actually because 'd now we are not talking about the whole country but was talking about the collapse of the state institutions and if you go off now and the few goals if you lose under the pressure. system a collapse because he is actually the main designer of the main. system. what about what's going on right now and better as the president is blaming foreign interference for what's going on the disorder on the streets saying it's being orchestrated from a border at least encouraged and supported from abroad where is the evidence for that i mean we ask for evidence in the valley poisoning for example where is the evidence that western countries and poland czech r

conference shortly for countries interested in cooperation in the development of anti coronavirus maxine's we are ready to share our experience and continue cooperating with all states and international entities including in supplying the russian vaccine which has proved reliable safe and effective to other countries russia is sure that all capacities of the global pharmaceutical industry need to be employed so as to provide free access to vaccination for the population of all states in the foreseeable future. a dangerous virus kind of effect anyone the coronavirus has struck the stuff of the united nations its headquarters and regional structures just like everyone else russia is ready to provide the un with all the necessary qualified assistance in particular we are offering to provide other axing free of charge for the voluntary vaccination of the stuff of the un and its offices we have received requests from our un colleagues in this respect and we will 'd respond to these there are other critical items on the un's agenda the issues of both environmental protection and climate change s

now at the race for a vaccine which is ongoing russia has registered sputnik 5 as the world's 1st maxine against a chronic virus a lot of scientists say it is too early for widespread use let's take a look. washing his hands multiple times a day just one of a series of hygiene measures godparent undertakes the doctor doesn't want to take any chances with coronavirus but he knows a vaccine would offer the best protection against covert 19 that's why he's volunteered to take part in testing a new russian one. we should push to both of those and someone has to do it with. an interest without clinical trials and there are no medicines in the effectiveness of his vaccine can only be evaluated in the 3rd phase of clinical trials. the stage 3 trials began 3 weeks ago but the. exene which has been named sputnik 5 was already licensed in august before they began and mass inoculation in russia is planned for later this year something numerous experts have sharply criticized the russian government has rejected the criticism it says the vaccine has been developed from already known substances and do

crackdown on opposition figures appears to be ramping up the latest to be targeted was an attorney maxine it's not he was taken into custody by masked men on wednesday that's what an associate of him say he was telling us and i didn't fight people also tried to enter the apartment of nobel prize winning writer split lunna alexi of each diplomats from different european union countries went to her apartment to show support the legacy of it she is now the only high profile opposition figure who is still free in belo roots. what he found in economy is in minsk the capital bella ruse he gave us an update about the latest on the detained opposition leaders the real news today is many of you remember she disappeared off the streets of monday and it was extraordinary story of the attempted to deportation by the regime all the better than yesterday to ukraine stop that by ripping today we've heard that she is now to be charged with trying to seize power here in belarus it seems not one of the a colleague someone we interviewed on touch about just the other day and medical his personal lawyer all

barry clear that they they're doing needs to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit back saying we need to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing your banks in technology to maximize the supply. and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of it did in the variability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries and not getting access to safe in saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble many many people would dog i do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially russian and private profits of pharmaceutical corporations. still the come this hour the israeli prime minister's it decision to send the country into a 2nd lockdown has caused widespread anger even on the beach that story much more after a short break this is r t international. same wrong all. just don't all. get to shape out just being educated and in the

buried clear that they are there doing things to make a profit and they want to make money from this maxine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit back say to me to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing your bank same technology to maximize the supply side and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in the viability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa or brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe and a point to that saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble many many people would dog i do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially ration and by the profits of pharmaceutical corporations. still ahead on the program the israeli prime minister's decision to send the country into a 2nd to last dollar has caused widespread story and more after the break. to move to sea is driven domestically known internationally seen efforts by international can as asians and governme

ivid and maxine or a couple met at the howard county fair in iowa.oward county is an interesting place. the only county in america that voted for barack obama by more than 20 points in 2012 and then to trump by more than 20 points, so it flipped. a lot of farming, agriculture, two stop lights a lot of places. and i was there at the howard ai they had a lot of and i went top, the pro-life booth, and i talked to david and maxine peered they were trump supporters, of course them and i tried to get them acknowledge that trump had some character flaws and not sort of thing. at one point, david stood up and pointed to a model of a late term abortion, and that was his way of saying, look, we are trying to save one million babies a year. we are not concerned about the president's manners. i understand that approach -- policy matters much more than personality. host: how did they view impeachment? this has been such a year, we forget that it began with the impeachment of president trump. guest: i was able to predict how anyone would come down on almost any is

the chairman's legislation that they are putting forth and chairwoman's, and i want to acknowledge maxine waters is doing some very important work on this subject, not part of this package but part of preserving our democracy. with that i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished chairwoman of the government reform and oversight committee, madam chair, carol maloney. >> good morning, i'm proud to stand here with speaker pelosi and my colleagues in government, many of whom who are with us chairing committees that have produced this legislation and i'm very pleased to join them in introducing the protecting our democracy act to prevent presidential abuses of power and strengthen advocacy and transparency and accountability. former oversight chairman elijah cummings often said we are in a fight for the soul of our democracy. we are witnessing a president who retaliates against whistle-blowers and inspectors general, obstructs investigations to root out waste, fraud and abuse, and openly mocks the law. it must stop. we have an obligation to take immediate action to rein in this terrible behavio

and i want to acknowledge maxine waters is doing and report -- in -- very important work on part of preserving our democracy. chair woman of the governor oversight committee . maloney: i am proud to stand here with speaker pelosi and my colleagues in government. many of whom are producing this legislation. i am am very pleased to join them in introducing the , toecting our democracy act present presidential abuse and strengthen advocacy and transparency and accountability. former oversight chairman elijah cummings often said, we are in a fight for the soul of our democracy. a presidentssing who retaliates against whistleblowers and inspectors general, abstracts -- abstracts investigation to rule out fraud and abuse, and openly mocks the law. it must stop. we have an obligation to take immediate action to rein in this terrible behavior. this landmark legislation will strengthen protections for inspector general's by only allowing an ig to be removed for specific reasons, and prevent them from being fired for political retaliation. i introduce the inspector general independence act with majority

at the race for a vaccine which is ongoing now russia has registered sputnik 5 as the world's 1st maxineagainst a current a virus a lot of scientists say it is too early for widespread use let's take a look. washing his hands multiple times a day just one of a series of hygiene measures godparent undertakes the doctor doesn't want to take any chances with corona virus but he knows a vaccine would offer the best protection against covert 19 that's why he's volunteered to take part in testing a new russian one. we'll put the bulls in someone has to do it with. an interest without clinical trials and there are no medicines in the effectiveness has that seen or can only be evaluated in the 3rd phase of clinical trials. this stage 3 trials began 3 weeks ago but the. exene which has been named sputnik 5 was already licensed in august before they began and mass inoculation in russia is planned for later this year something numerous experts have sharply criticized the russian government has rejected the criticism it says the vaccine has been developed from already known substances and doesn't po

i look at areas like south central los angeles the 40 there in their shoes who's been governed by maxine waters for over 40 years i mean people have gotten comfortable without getting anything from their representatives which means they fell to hold them accountable which is why many more people stand up especially young people is that enough to run for these. office positions that where we don't have to ax these questions we can be the answer to these questions ok but they can what do you think what can donald trump to attract the support. of people of color black black communities where you are here i mean it seems to me that in there he seem it seems to me that donald trump is kind of lost his mind this touch because he couldn't he could fight off you know this russia impeachment need crain all of that nonsense he was able to do it but when it came to business here he seems to have lost his touch it seems to me and the administration is listless and you know what really angers me going to for a conservative to conservative is that he continues to listen to these libertarians around hi

i look at areas like south central los angeles the 40 there in their shoes who's been governed by maxine waters for over 40 years i mean people have gotten comfortable without getting anything from their representatives which means they fell to hold them accountable which is why many more people stand up especially young people is that enough to run for the office positions that we don't have to actually ask questions we can be the answer to these questions ok but they can't what do you think what can donald trump to attract the support. of people of color black black communities where you are here i mean it seems to me that in there he seemed it seems to me that donald trump is kind of lost his mind this touch because he couldn't he could fight off you know this russian impeachment need crain all of that nonsense he was able to do it but when it came to this here he seems to have lost his touch it seems to me in the administration as listless and you know what really angers me going to for a conservative big conservative is that he continues to listen to these libertarians around him yo

i thank my good friend congresswoman maxine waters and the financial services committee for their leadership and commitment to getting this bill to the floor. . bipartisan and bicameral support for this legislation. y good friend, congresswoman bonnie watson coleman's semi scentennial oin celebrating the 250th the united states is included in this package. i want that her for spear this issue. rios want to thank rosie who was instrumental in shaping this legislation years ago and work to raiseible the visibility of women in every to reinforce the critic critical role women have played history.nue to play in i'm deeply grateful for her leadership. finally, let me just my ifically acknowledge staff, my former director, emma, missing a n never beat with the diligence and strategic work in getting this floor. the and also my current director really adams, who has taken this bill to the finish line. h.r. 1923 will create a new of circulating quarters featuring trail blazing women in american history. of all hope that women backgrounds, diverse american omen will be chosen and depicted, celebratin

a couple weeks ago, almost 80%, maxine waters will be the last black person ever to represent -- that culture is gone forever. when white yuppies into the neighborhood, when massive immigration alters the character, had a long traditional culture, black or white to traditional american cultures and probably in that culture they are much different, white from texas is different from white from maine. and a few generalities. we never have that conversation. we are afraid of being called racist. you can't have a conversation. to talk about culture we break down all different studies about at, when you invoke mass diversity they do not accept it and what happens is social trust goes down not only among those, people -- your are willing to invest when the institution goes down. the least trusting people of america, we celebrate diverse city. not all immigration is bad and not all immigrants are bad and control over one period of time makes the fabric of our country but 1965 we have the immigration act and ted kennedy and it was high-speed rail and the constant narrative, 1924-1965 we put a

and arrested for criticizing the government crackdown lawyer and activist maxine snack is the latest opposition figure to be detained in belarus. no fires are again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze it's left south of asylum seekers without shelter but locals are blaming them for starting the fire people are reportedly fleeing the area again as the new bases take hold around $12000.00 people were housed at the maria camp on the island of lesbos officials say the fires were started by refugees forced to self isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus concerns of a public health crisis arising with the whereabouts of more than 30 migrants with coded 19 unknown. correspondent on surpluses in the lesbos forest so what is the situation there now. hello lauren as you can see over my left shoulder the fire is still burning well rather it's burning again because the fire that had been lips that destroyed the main morea camp was post house on wednesday morning but now with the high winds whipping up in the evening more funds have bee

the bottle, it is unfortunate this is the place we are in this country but we can name people like maxine said if you see a trump official get around, make a crowded push back, think about former attorney general eric holder says when they go high we go low. many officials have said things that have encouraged violence and it is a problem, certainly is a problem, one in which the, justice system really should come into play and the law should be used to the fullest extent to punish those who choose to do things meant to disrupt and be destructive when it comes to the american people. >> thank you for joining us, appreciate it. coming up in the next hour of "fox and friends first" prosecutors digging deeper into jeffrey epstein's past, details about his private island the rich and famous want kept secret. >> i promise you this. >> joe biden spent the last 47 years shipping your jobs to china. >> reporter: who has the edge on the economy. professor bromberg shares his analysis in the next hour. ♪ here? nah. ♪ here? nope. ♪ here. ♪ when the middle of nowhere... is somewhere. the all-new chev

government crackdown on opposition figures appears to be ramping up the latest to be targeted was lawyer maxine's knox who was taken into custody by masked men on wednesday according to an associate unidentified people also tried to enter the apartment of nobel prize winning writer step planet and the. diplomats from different european union countries fund to her apartment to show support for alexi of it is now the only high profile opposition think your still street in our. state of you correspondent nick connelly is in the belarussian capital for us what is the latest you can tell us on the detained opposition figures. well as you mentioned that experience a 72 year old nobel prize winning writer the only major senior this if you can still free and in her home country not been thrown out yet it was extraordinary scene of people out building today waiting for news after she had reported that unidentified people tried to cool her door get into her apartment should be receiving calls from unidentified numbers but the real news big news of today is maybe you'll remember she disappeared off the stre