the national coalition is been around promised 44 years.ationaloalition of organizations, not just african-american, but labor and other kinds of civil rights and social justice organizations. the black women's roundtable is our women and girls power movement. it is like the glue for the organization. i sasay that because when you tk about the black vote, black women really need to move the black vote. that is because of our voting strength and the fact we influence our families and all of our significant others. when you say there's a big surge in the black vote, that is because black women did not just show up -- we are going to show up, but we're also going to encourage our families and communitieies to do that. many times we are leading a lot of the work and becoming more unapologetic about demanding respect for that, whether it is the democratic party or the progressive community, to understand we are not just a voting block, we are also leaders in this thing. appreciatearound -- -- i was going to say congresswoman. >> please, don't st

be sort of a number of decisions taken at strategic level among them whether to stay in the national coalition or not and where to position the party going forward but these 2 as i say have got left wing policies and obviously some people hope that that will be a fresh impetus of red blood for the s.p.d. going forward simon thanks very much for the analysis. and another german party the far right alternative for germany also elected new party leaders at a conference in the city of brown the pair include a 44 year old house painter turned politician from eastern germany is the same as a compromise candidate who's backed by right wing as well as extreme right wing supporters morton and incumbent was re-elected co-leader outside the conference whole large crowds protested against the party. is germany's biggest opposition party in terms of parliamentary seats and its main focus now is to gain control of local governments. they don't need to change political editor editor mahela has been covering the party conference and sent us this assessment thank you do you want to become more professional mor

government he failed the last time around the time before that and the his best way forward for a national coalition government is to bring back his old friend at the door lieberman who is even more to the right of prime minister netanyahu and he probably reckons a major escalation in gaza an assassination of this kind will probably bring him back in he already brought even a more extremists right wing politician if that had been it and assigned him minister of defense in israel so you can imagine you have this real march towards the right wing in israel and this sort of escalation house and then there is the strategic issue of there's a ticking bomb in gaza and damascus and everywhere so israel has to always preempt by carrying assassinations at it focusing on the political side because we really have seen political deadlock in asia just the inability to form any kind of government. looking at the past to do these kinds of escalations with does that tend to work does it do you think he will achieve assuming he does want to do that to sort of use it for political reasons you know some people call it

national coalition, and left of what he felt was lack of input on immigration.nd biden's campaign launched in april. and formerly left on the -- hispanic outreach is a priority of the campaign. rob: extreme weather. the first of three brutal stores making its way across the us as the thanksgiving travel rush begins. the west coast getting slammed with heavy snow, causing at least 270 car crashes in the state of utah alone. jillian: bringing traffic to a crawl and canceling 500 flights. janice dean tells us why this is so severe, the timing of thanksgiving week is going to be difficult. >> every year we get a big storm but this one, the second one could impact the macy's thanksgiving day parade. a lot of 20s on the map, 34 chicago. the first big storm system impacting the rockies and bringing unfortunately car crashes and big delays, that will eject into the plane states and bring potential for heavy snow, from the west all the way towards the great lakes. travel delay for tuesday. another storm impacting the west will move across the country for thanksgiving and

has been a ground swell of labor organizing in amazon warehouses, there's been a coalition, national coalitiona grassroots coalition that's designed to campaign for workplace stress test across the country. recently in new york we saw plans for amazon's hq2 headquarters, corporate headquarters get thwarted by a ground swell of public opposition. communities are waking up. consumers are waking up. and labor advocates and unions are waking up as well. >> michele, thank you so much more joining us on a very important shopping day this black friday. >> we take you black to london where police currently are responding to an incident at london bridge. i want to bring in erin mcloughlin who joins us by phone. what happened? >> reporter: i'm in a bit of a traffic jam at the moment on the way to london bridge. we just saw three police vance passing us, making their way to the bridge as well. we have a few more details from the metropolitan police, via their twitter account. let me pull up the tweet here and read it to you saying police were called at 1:58 p.m. to a stabbing at the premises near london

government he failed the last time around the time before that and the his best way forward for a national coalition government is to bring back his old friends i think believe a man was even more to the light of prime minister netanyahu and he probably reckons a major escalation in gaza an assassination of this kind will probably bring him back in he already brought even a more extremists right wing politician enough that he bennett and i signed him minister of defense in israel so you can imagine you have this real march towards the right wing in israel and this sort of escalation helps and then there is the strategic issue of there's a ticking bomb in gaza and damascus and everywhere so israel has to always preempt by carrying assassinations in lebanon a man has been shot dead after an altercation as he was blocking a road during ongoing anti-government protests in beirut demonstrators have been blocking traffic with burning tires after president michel aoun told them to go home earlier he said the next government of the country must be made up of technocrats and politicians the united nations of

that he failed the last time around the time before that and that his best way forward for a national coalition government is to bring back his old friends i think believe him and was even more to the white of prime minister netanyahu and he probably of reckons a major escalation in gaza an assassination of this kind will probably bring him back in he already brought even a more extremists right wing politician enough that he bennett and i assigned him minister of defense in israel so you can imagine you have this real march towards the right wing in israel and this sort of this collision house and then there is the strategic issue of there's a ticking bomb in gaza and damascus and everywhere so israel has to always preempt by carrying assassinations. coming up on this news from london hoping to keep the dream alive but america's highest court looks set to side with trump and kill the program which protects immigrants and his dream is being deported. and afghanistan's president wants to secure the release of these 2 university professors and he's released 3 senior figures from the taliban to tr

election they had to 55 seats to sort of the 61 and netanyahu would have needed to form a national right wing coalition government that was one of the main problems the other problem into his flaws as ever tayshaun of such a unity government it would have been a retainer a premiership and there was disagreements who would go 1st and also what would happen if the acting prime minister netanyahu would a possibility of be indicted on the way. mr gunn said he had made far reaching compromises but at the end it didn't work out and he would now focus on the coming weeks what step to come you know what you know what is going to happen next. well now the monday it was given back to the president and he would hand it now and that's quite interesting to the parliament now actually public members have now 21 days and any of those members of knesset could now say. they are able to form a coalition government if they get those $61.00 seats together to form subsequent issue government. and the guns has said you know there will still be and talks and also prime minister netanyahu that will still be talks and you know

yeah i think that's true i think moon's coalition against it and like the left this national coalition i mean represents for them particularly these issues of japan's behavior during the war that you mentioned and the prologue those are actually really really important the south korean right is going to sort of look a look the other way a little bit on that because they actually want a tighter alliance and they're more openly focused on resisting north korea but the south korean left really takes is very serious and brings up a lot and it's a major issue in their political campaigns and and so this is something that means domestic support really wants i mean this is something that the south korean lots is wanted actually for a long time and i think to a certain extent the way things sort of explode span earlier in the year over forced labor that sort of created an opening here for this but it just wasn't fortuitous because it kind of required some movement on north korean american issues that we mentioned before and that just wasn't there and there was just so much pressure from the am

government he failed the last time around the time before that and the his best way forward for a national coalition government is to bring back his old friends i think don't leave a man was even more to the light of prime minister netanyahu and he probably of reckons a major escalation in gaza an assassination of this kind will probably bring him back in he already brought even a more extremists right wing politician enough that he bennett and i signed him minister of defense in israel so you can imagine you have this real march towards the right wing in israel and this sort of escalation house and then there is the strategic issue of there's a ticking bomb in gaza and damascus and everywhere so israel has to always preempt by carrying assassinations russian airstrikes are reported to have killed at least 3 civilians in syria's last rebel held province dozens of air raids have been launched in southwest it leaves this week with activists saying hospitals and schools have been hit the government declared a cease fire in late august but the airstrikes have continue it. a man's been shot dead in leban

on april 24, 1971, the national peace action coalition, supported by welfare rights groups, labor unions, and others, held a massive demonstration in washington dc. some 175000 people from all walks of life, with differing ideologies and purposes, marched from the white house to the capital. washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshalls, and responsible leadership. the demonstrators'position on the war and dissemination and other issues were made known. officers of the metropolitan police were directed to maintain a low visibility profile. their role was, as always, to protect the constitutional rights of citizens, intervening only to meet emergency situations. there were few laws broken, few arrests. most who came in the name of peace returned to their jobs and schools. but some who came to break the peace stayed on in west potomac park. for them, the april 24 rally was only a prelude to mayday, an opportunity to advance their own well-defined aim, to shut down the federal government. >> the country

and your lombardo from the united national antiwar coalition believe is wrong the u.s. prosecutes those who expose war crimes rather than those who could but them. it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that the position was held by clinton it was held by bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump its position that can't be justified under any sense of justice and these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out however people that expose the crimes such as julian a son george will sing manning those are the people we go after and prosecute they're trying to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they didn't say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue it's not a very good policy. a british university staff union has declared white people are able to be black if they so wish you see you has a long history of enabling members to self identify whether that is being black disabled l b g t or women. our new c

someone with just the click of your mouse but we spoke to joe long bardot from the united national antiwar coalition he thinks it is wrong the u.s. to prosecute those who expose war crimes rather than those who commit them. it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that the position was held by clinton it was hold but bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump it's position that can't be justified under any sense of justice these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out and over people that expose the crimes such as julian a son george chills in manning those are the people we go after and prosecute either trying to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they can't see that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue it's not a very good policy. and ask about top top stories because the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over 50 percent hike in fuel prices the standard of honey said on sunday that the government would not compensa

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expose someone with just the click of your mouse but we spoke to john bardot from the united national antiwar coalition about this he thinks it is wrong the u.s. prosecute those who expose war crimes rather than those who commit the. it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world the united states has refused to be compared of the international criminal court because they wanted the international criminal court to not prosecute american citizens so it's a statement that we can't be lawless that a position was held but. it was held by bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump its position it can't be justified under any sense of justice these people who deserve to be in jail these were criminals are kept out however people that expose the crimes such as julian the son churchill saying manning those are the people we go after and prosecute they're going to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they didn't say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue it's not a very go

joan bato from the united national antiwar coalition believes it's wrong the u.s. prosecute those who expose war crimes rather than i've seen commit them it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that the position was held by clinton it was held by bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump it's a position that can't be justified under any sense of justice and these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out however people that expose the crimes such as julian assan george chill segmenting those are the people we go after and prosecute either trying to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they can't say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue it's not a very good policy push any company have an audience national don't get to check out a website for more stories had to come. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get off of the world of politics small business i'm show

coalition. joining me now is executive director for the national diversity coalition. for trump, and a civil rights attorney. bruce, you know all the things trump has done for the african-american community. getting unemployment and poverty down to a record low creating opportunity zones. criminal justice reform, the poll shows his approval is only at 10%. what can they do to bring that number up? >> just keep doing what he's doing, and judge, thanks for having me. i'm so excited. we just left the rally a few hours ago. like you said, lowest black unemployment since 1972 but here's something interesting, judge. the president understands, and the black community in terms of promoting business as well as creating generational wealth. remember, previous administration said you didn't build that. the president looked around and said, you know what? of all these great opportunity zones that came to fruition, that's a powerful tool, with all of these neighborhoods and communities that were just left behind, judge, the opportunity zones, it's a tremendous asset. it's a tremen

they had 55 seats, short of the 61 netanyahu would have needed to form a national right-wing coalition government. that wasas one of the main problems. the other problem, it appears, was the rotation of such a unity government. it would have been a rotational premiership. there was disagreement over who would g go first. . against -- mr.r. gantz said he had made far-reaching compromises. brent: what is g going to hapen next? >> now the mandate has been given back to ththe president. parliamement members have now 21 days, and any of those memberers could say they are able to forom a coalition governrnment if they get the 61 seats together to form such a coalition government. bennnny gantz has said they will still be in talks and also prime minister n netanyahu will stille talks and they will try to get a unity government together, but that is highghly unlikely, so it lookoks more likely that we migt head for a third election. brent: thank you. plastic waste -- it is one of the most urgent challenges in the 21st century. the problem has gotten worse since china stopped importing plastic

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dare to expose someone with just the click of your mouse jhelum bardot from the united national anti-war coalition believes it's wrong the u.s. prosecutes those who expose war crimes rather than those who commit them. it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that a position was held by clinton it was held by bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump it's a position that can't be justified under any sense of justice and these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out however people that expose the crimes such as julian a son george chelsea manning those are the people we go after and prosecute they're trying to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they didn't say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was it was untrue it's not a very good policy. that's a global news update for this hour that's attending in wherever you may be. and i mean i'm on the phone and i used to muck around when your bowl full of food. probably could still move it to yo

councils on f developmental disabilities, the national coalition for healthy national community development association, the national law center on the essness and poverty, paralyzed veterans of americans, he texas low-income housing information service, and many more. r. speaker, as i bring this to closure, i'd ask unanimous enter into the record a letter from the governors as legislation.o this the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: mr. speaker, with this said, i thank my again.ues, am i consider them all honorable eople, and i beg that colleagues would support this legislation that is 26 years in the making. if it fails, i know not when we ill stand in this position again. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the 3702, as amended. those in favor say aye. no.e opposed, in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- speaker, i call for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman request the ye

coalition. ce: this nation will always honor the service and sacrifice that they represent. [cheering and applause] pence: today, the tradition continues. 222,000re than african-americans are serving our country in the uniform of the united states, and in support of all the men and women of our armed forces, president donald trump is already signed the largest increase in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. [cheering and applause] largest pay raise for our armed forces in more than 10 years. [cheering and applause] on this eve of veterans day weekend, thanks to the leadership from president donald trump, our veterans including million african-american veterans, finally have access to the real-time, world-class health care that you earned in the uniform of the united states. [cheering and applause] v.a. andeformed the veterans choices now available for every veteran in america. [cheering and applause] i can tell looking at this crowd that there is more than a few men and women who have warned the uniform who are here. if you served in our armed forces, would

on a national level, she is also a board member of positively trans, a national constituent-based coalition with women of color living with hiv. positively trans addresses inequities, stigmas nationally and in our local communities. she's also the recipient of the gapa -- [ reading document ] this comes at a perfect time to commemorate her years of activism. in the time of 45, i won't say his name, in spite of the climate today, this supervisor salutes you. con on up. come on up. [ cheering ] >> thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. you know, i don't know how to start this. i didn't know this was a big deal. i should have worn my six-inch heels and everything. i want you all to move here in 1999 -- first, thank you for those wonderful words. i moved here in 1999. i had a choice to live in san francisco or banitia. not to diss folks or anything, but i made the right choice here, you know. i was welcomed by trans women of color, particularly african-americans, in their homes. they fed me. they helped me make it through, you know, those years. 20 years ago, we didn't have any places

the national government, but over the years we have often seen coalition is being formed at regionalel to start to be willing to form coalitions or more collaborative lines than they had in the past which should be feasible. 0ne disappointment for many people after the previous election was that you had socialists and citizen party, which as i say is broadly equivalent to the liberal democrats but are further to the right, they could have formed a government, they had the numbers but did not want to. for various reasons. and what we need to see is parties starting to be willing to find a middle ground and reach a solution rather than putting up blockades to forming coalitions. thank you very much for being with us this afternoon and talking about this fascinating election. we will be hearing after 4pm from a journalist in catalonia to talk about the situation. thank you very much. firefighters tackling around 100 bushfires in australia say they could now start to threaten sydney. at least three people have died in the fires in new south wales and queensland. helena wilkinson has the

national foreign trade convention in boston. in which he talked about the guiding principles of the united states during the war. the u.s. had forged a coalition of nations and peoples committed to the survival of freedom and the advancement of civilization. the united states and their allies, use the term united nations, not for the post-world war ii organization but for the alliance against the access to powers united nations, and a big advantage over the axis, because the commitments of the axis powers i am quoting. they were worthless, their tone policy consists of deceitful maneuvers, the insurances and pledges of their ambassadors and listeners are full. and they are delusive. raymond guist speaks to us tod today. history does not repeat itself but sometimes it rhymes. thank you very much. [applause] will be happy to take questions. >> using the mr. guist was able on a speaking tour is to explain nazi news into the american people. what if you could give us an essence of what he said. >> talked about hitler's personality, kawhi was completely self-absorbed. and how other people sitting around a table waiting for him to speak. and when hi

i want to place into record support for senate bill 1804 four three now, national housing coalition and next step without objection. >> no objection. >> i am a cosponsor of mr. scott and mr. menendez bill the co will bect and supporting hr 4300 as well. let me jump back to affordable housing because after my discussions in my state so many stakeholders about the need for a formal housing, we need to pass the affordable housing credit improvement act. we should expand the low income tax credit by 50% helping to additionalthan 3500 homes and nevada over the next 10 years and millions more nationwide. i have to say thank you so much for putting into perspective the distinction between a low income tax credit and the htf reedit everything has to work in conjunction. what i find after talking to the stakeholders is there is not one single financing piece. you have to cobble it together and work with local government, the private sector, the builders everyone to get that done and it requires stakeholders coming together to make that happen. i appreciate the conversation today. mr. yes, thank

coalition. these sident surprised nations, all 60 of them, with the pullout. out of our partners found about the pullout in which they re involved via tweet and via the media. as the counter-isis coalition i, ners come to washington, therefore, want to take a moment to recognize their partnership, their ontributions and commitment to the counter-isis fight. why is it important to have a coalition, why is it important together ions to come to fight this terrorist group? it's not just for show. or every airman or marine, soldier, or navy sailor, from france or spain or norway that comes to contribute to the fight, that is one fewer airman, marine, and naval officer that needs to come states. united for every piece of intelligence that they risk their lives to fewer piece 's one that we need to collect and risk our lives for. in most importantly, working coalition keeps the american homeland safer than it would to us to it was up defend. in an era of globalized threats anywhere, we from need a global coalition before shores.ats land on our s we know in michigan, o

to punish nations recognizing the island as part of china but china isn't the only coalition nations recognizing the island as part of china but china isn't the only country riding america's diplomacy swings nato ally turkey was sure glad to enter the writing america's diplomacy swings nato ally turkey was sure glad to hear washington was intent on lifting its sanctions on the country so the saying here washington was intent on lifting its sanctions on the country so the sanctions will be lifted or less something happens when that will be little or not to have it be worth the east or less something happens that we're not happy with the satisfaction didn't last long we'll probably right up until the moment the us satisfaction didn't last long we'll probably right up until the moment the us congress recognize the armenian genocide by the turks a century ago to scorn gress recognize the armenian genocide by the turks a century ago the barbarism committed against i mean people genocide the turkish president the barbarism committed against him i mean people genocide the turkish president

politico reporting national coalition director vanessa left over what she felt was a lack of input onach to hispanic voters. she had been with biden's campaign since it launched in april. she now lists herself as formerly with biden on her twitter bio. biden has since declared he is making hispanic outreach a priority of his campaign. then there is think a chihuahua goes for a joy ride. jumping on the gas pedal while their owner pumps gas. the suv went in reverse across four lanes of traffic before coming to a stop. the owner was slightly hurt while trying to chase down the puppy, a mechanical failure was found in the car. allowing it to change gears without pressing the brake. that's scary. brian: that really happened? there was a dog in the car moving the car backwards? elm. jillian: a chihuahua. steve: do you think she is making the. brian: how did it go in reverse. emily: mechanical failure. that's like race car status. jillian: i will follow it closely. steve: meanwhile let's follow janice dean in front of our world headquarters with a very special attraction for the big thanksgi

where that meeting of the foreign ministers for from the coalition to defeat eisel is taking place so roslyn this whole issue of repatch nation of citizens from western countries from europe and so on one of just some of the major points of contention at that meeting well it is a major up point of contention this idea that the u.s. military is in northeastern syria primarily to protect the oil fields and potentially to profit from those oil fields it's been clarified by the special envoy for the global coalition to defeat isilon basser james jeffrey that is not why u.s. forces are still in northeastern syria he has stressed to reporters this week that they are there to support the ongoing efforts to prevent eisel from regenerating and from retaking control of the territory as our viewers know i salute the revenue from selling oil from those refineries in order to finance its operations and that was one of the 1st key efforts that the previous administration undertook to what try to degrade isolate the fact of miss and control over both eastern syria and northwestern iraq it is a matter of focus as we heard earlier on thursday

i realize turkey has legitimate national security concerns regarding several kurdish elements of the u.s. led a or isis coalition but turkey's incursion into syria has been incredibly disruptive. he went on to say turkey has been a valuable ally and a member of nato. i'm hoping to salvage this relationship but only time will tell if that is possible. we also heard from new jersey senator and presidential candidate cory booker yesterday who said the u.s. should not be rolling out the red carpet. president trump is expected to meet with nato secretary general later on today. >> mark meredith on a chilly morning at the white house thank you. it spewing two very different takeaways from the first public impeachment hearing. shocker, wrote? democrats toting bombshell testimony and the public is dismissing it all is hearsay. mike turn is it was in the hearing it he will be our guest. >> sandra: also the socialist joe meeting up yet again. this time on the new greenville proposal. we will have the brand-new details on that straight-ahead he i'm embarrassed to even say i felt like i was going to spend my whole adult lif

coalition between social democrats. conservatives and so what this could lead to is a change in that in germany's national government what let's talk about that these people are critics of this coalition how what is this bill for the longevity of the government right what they have sadie's the they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement that is the basis of the government they want to see much more much. or a social democrat policies in that things like massive program of investment for the climate for infrastructure also increasing germany's minimum wage for instance and various other things like that they say if they don't get that they don't get those new policies then they are inclined to withdraw support for the coalition the conservatives on their side except their leader anyway has said the question of really go shading that coalition agreement pretty much seems this the 2 partners in government are on collision course and what we're going to see is probably at least a period of minority government for the conservatives next year and i would predict a. you know the next election if you're set for 2021 will be

and number three, accomplishing both by keeping the 64-nation global coalition to defeat isis intact. our allies are the keys to any hope of success here. however, working with allies and coalition partners is exceedingly more difficult due to the president's reckless actions of late and his constant denigration of u.s. allies. ambassador jeffrey and former special envoy bret mcgurk's efforts to build and maintain the global coalition to defeat isis are the primary reason we're able to convene allies, build and leverage relationships on the ground and mobilize resources to reclaim territory from isis through iraq and syria. finally you mr. president, i reiterate my call on the majority leader to allow for a debate and vote on an updated authorization for the use of military force, and i would say that again, plural, for iraq and also for afghanistan. and i also call upon the administration to present a clear path forward for u.s. engagement with syria and iran. mr. president, i would ask consent that the remainder of my remarks appear in a separate place in the record. the presiding o

nation's capital at and moral leadership abroad. i believe my unique set of experiences and philanthropy will enable me to both win and lead. i will rally a broad a diverse coalition to win. i will have the skills to fix what is broken and our great nation. there is a loft broken. that isan economy tilted against most americans. we have a health care system that costs too much and doesn't cover everyone. we have communities ravaged by gun violence. sure mass shootings has become almost routine. we have to put an end to this madness. make gun trying to islands a major issue of my campaign, just as i made a major issue of my life in government and philanthropy. and not stopping now. across the country we have schools that are preparing our children. we have an immigration system that is cruel and dysfunctional. we have climate change growing worse by the day. and we have special interest that corrupt washington and black progress on all of these issues. should -- i was taught to believe in the promise and potential of america. at its best when we work together to find meaningful and lasting solutions to our big challenges. we need a president who understands truth a