later that year, -- became the first michael leavitt a lot -- democratically elected president.he secular leader is remembered by guiding the country to democracy. 10 years after the jazzman revolution, tunisia remained gripped by political deadlock. for many, hope has turned into dissolution. >> the slogan, employment, freedom, dignity is just a slogan, nothing more. it is what we called for during the revolution, but nothing came of it. >> tunisia's long-running economic crisis has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic crippling the tourism industry which had been suffering following a spate of terror attacks. the imf predicts the company -- country will contract by 7% this year. >> let's bring in the director of the institute for middle is -- middle east studies. has the arab spring changed things enough in your view? >> in some ways, yes. undoubtedly, the political situation now is different to what it was when the revolution began, but arguably there are still very serious economic albums -- problems and there is frustration amongst the general population about the s

were josh bolten and former utah governor michael leavitt. there are big names in the liberal democrat world, right? >> i'm just looking at ranking member-- am i given-- now that the time has run. so the center for presidential transition is part of the public partnership for service-- >> no, my question to you was, josh bolten and utah governor michael leavitt signed that letter. are they democrats to your knowledge? >> we're a nonpartisan organization and we have leaders from republican and democratic parties. >> i don'tnow what is hard out this, mr. stier. mr. stier, to your knowledge are they liberal democrats or republicans? >> chairman, as you know they're republican in party affiliation and americans in the treatment of transition. >> i understand that and i'm trying to make the point that you're trying to make if you'd cooperate. and that is, that is that republicans, as well as democrats signed at that statement. this wasn't the partisan statement. it was a recognition of the results of a free and fair election that was fairly decisi

michael? >> i don't know what the heck's gone wrong with glen leavitt, but the fall back for me is alcoholic podsp with that? they're putting this incredibly good alcohol in a pod that you kind of put in your mouth and you i guess eat it? suck it? drink it? what do you do with it? >> i would try this. >> i'm confused. why would you waste good alcohol in a -- then of course you get the person who forgets and they wind up doing their laundry with it or go grab a laundry pod and think it's glenlivet. >> it's intriguing. >> i'm very hypnotized. >> is it that it's fancy? >> a ripple in a pod. >> too fancy? too upscale for the pod? >> oh, absolutely. it should be served in a glass, quarter inch in the glass with one ice cube for 5 to 30 seconds. take that cube out, there you go, baby. >> that's a lot of time. >> do the olympians you work with, do they ever do the ice luge shots? >> i never have. i would. here's the thing, don't hit it till you try it. don't knock it till you try it. >> i don't need to try that to know it's bad. >> no rk, but i mean i think it could be good. >> is this still new? >> it