michael: personally, i am a national people's congress deputy.is the right of every citizen in hong kong to go and -- into a peaceful protest. so, as far as i'm concerned, if my staff takes a day off, all leave,and we grant that whatever that person does is on his or her own, all right? so, but a lot of my friends have come to ask me, you are in the national people's congress. don't you worry? if your staff ends up joining a demonstration and he got arrested, and suppose he was not charged, was released, all right, but obviously it would be aade public that he is employee. do you feel pressure that you have to do something or fire him? iends isnse to my that i will abide by the hong kong law. if he is not charged and he is released, there is no problem. friend says you are a national congress deputy, are you sure you will not get any phone calls? my answer is, i do not think so. i am not in a strategic business. i'm selling clothing or die not doing airlines or oil or gas or whatever. my friend says, why can you be so sure? i don't know. a lot of

to his campaign when he was running for president of the african national congress on the public protector and said that the president as should be referred to the ethics committee within parliament he that he had violated the executive ethics code and also she believes that there was enough evidence to indicate that there were this potentially money laundering involved in the movement of these campaign funds now this is something the president has denied he sought this interdict to prevent the remedial action from being implemented but is also wanting that report to be reviewed by the court he says the courts will decide whether or not the sir report should stand now the public protector has had difficulties in the past and some of our other reports with the constitutional court has also said that she's acted a conducted her in in an improper conducted herself in an improper manner and is in fact also lied under oath no the the spat between the public protector and him up or so is one that's dominated the public debate a here in south africa there are a lot of questions being raised aroun

questions around donations to his campaign when he was running for president of the african national congress on the public protector it said that the president issued to be referred to the ethics committee within parliament he that he had violated the executive ethics code and also she believes that there was enough evidence to indicate that there were this potentially money laundering involved in the movement of these campaign funds now this is something the president has denied he sought this interdict to prevent the remedial action from being implemented but is also wanting that report to be reviewed by the court he says the courts will decide whether or not the sir report should stand now the public protector has had difficulties in the past and some of our other reports with the constitutional court has also said that she's acted a conducted in in an improper conducted herself in an improper manner and is in fact also lied under oath no the spat between the public protector. and i'm up or so is one that's dominated the public debate a here in south africa there are a lot of questions be

and 2014 bolivia's national congress pass laws that legalize child labor ever since children as young as 10 have been allowed to work it's estimated that the country know how some 850000 child laborers. was these 4 children are singing to honor the dead. but not because the deceased is a loved one. they're doing it for money. at the end they chant our father. to the earth or is that it that for god. and kevin this cemetery is their place of employment they're hired to sing for the relatives of the dearly departed. they receive 20 bolivian as each time worth about 2 and a half years that's a lot of money for children who are growing up without a father. 10 year old kevin longs to buy a football but he has to spend his earnings on medical treatments for his mother who's ill. it's strange working in a cemetery that drowning cats and barking dogs all around and garbage everywhere. these children who come every day after school are known as the graveyard kids every 4th child in bolivia has some kind of job that's about 100000 working children. starting at 10 every night 15 year old energy

in 1958, congress created nasa, passing the national aeronautics and space act. congress cap of hundreds of major issues from childcare to retirement to disease eradication to national defense. congress has drafted thousands of bills, most of them going nowhere, with hundreds of laws running the gamut of legislative activity, from the creation of new constitutional amendments and government agencies -- i don't know if we had eliminated many of those -- to ratifying foreign treaties. in 1964, congress passed the civil rights act and subsequently the age discrimination act in 1960 seven. furthermore, in an effort to end workplace discrimination, congress passed the americans with disabilities act in 1990. history unfolds. trade is another area that has been so important to human flourishing, the flourishing of the american people. congress passed the trade expansion act and the trade and tariff act. nafta came in 1993. usmca may come soon. in the end, it is important to remember that those who came before us in certain that the united states would take the lead on e

thus congress's extraordinary ability to create the national emotionally, rhetorically. ongress is the american people in assembly. , congress is the nation's beating heart. giving voice to the popular will and allowing conversations to happen within this institutions, all of this is the lifeblood of democratic governance. i am about to do something that is really counterintuitive and wherever alexander hamilton is, forgive me.ll i'm hamilton scholar, but i am about to describe the man who killed him, aaron burr. his politics were sometimes equivocal. he was something of an adventurer. he killed hamilton. he was tried and acquitted. but he was apparently a very , and hee president understood the profound significance of congress. with the end of his vice presidency, he said the following -- and i think it's so the essenceaptures of congress that i want to close with the words of ehrenberg. this house is a sanctuary, a sza dell of law and liberty. if the constitution be destined ever to parish by the sacrilegious hand of the demagogue or the usurper, it's its expiringies -

the african national congress or a.n.c. was founded in the township of mongol poverty and segregation are still an issue. the free says he music on houses the mungo string program in the wealthiest city center. ok. c over 500 children have lent violin viola cello or double bass here since 998 the program receives funding from the state as well as private donations mainly from europe and the u.s. . pisa guy is very proud of the program's development and have the students have progressed so many more children now have access to learning a string instrument you know in the bad days of apartheid the government would tell you what you could learn and went and spent you could play and what your interests were so i mean just the fact that we could introduce string instruments to young people who've never had the chance that was obviously a big big success. came the children's families pan attendance fear of a 1000 runs some 60 euros a year and this includes classes transportation and a borrowing fee for the instruments the rates a

questions around donations to his campaign when he was running for president of the african national congress on the public protector and said that the president as should be referred to the ethics committee within parliament he that he had violated the executive ethics code and also she believes that there was enough evidence to indicate that there were this potentially money laundering involved in the movement of these campaign funds now this is something the president has denied he sought this interdict to prevent the remedial action from being implemented but is also wanting that report to be reviewed by the court he says the courts will decide whether or not the sir report should stand now the public protector has had difficulties in the past in some of our other reports where the constitutional court has also said that she's acted a conducted in in an improper conducted herself in an improper manner and is in fact also lied under oath no the spat between the public protector and him up or so is one that's dominated the public debate a here in south africa there are lot of questions bein

appalled by the treatment of blacks and people of color he created the armed wing of the african national congress to fight against the apartheid regime that i many people feel that it is useless and free theater for us to continue to talk of peace and nonviolence against the government was a black is only a savage attacks. under defenseless people. in 1962 mandela was arrested 2 years later he and his fellow accused were sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and conspiracy he was 46 years old. during his incarceration and social unrest spread and intensified among the black people who represented almost 3 quarters of the population in the state who responded with increasingly savage repression. in the 1980 s. the country was subjected to the iron fist leadership of peter both or head of the national party regarded as a hard liner he was nonetheless aware that profound change was inevitable among his most influential ministers was frederick vellum declare an ambitious afrikaner who entered politics in 1971 f. w. as everyone called him came from an influential conservative family. one must re

. >> reporter: inside city hall the tough conversations of what the nation, congress, president and american people should do next. >> i just want to see politicians listening, listening to everybody what needs to be done instead of having their own agenda. >> reporter: this town hall called by eric swalwell, drew a big crowd. the opinions wide ranging over how to stop the mass shootings that have become too familiar. >> i'm looking at what the root cause of gun violence is and it's a disease. it's something the cdc needs to step in, the surgeon general needs to declare a state of emergency. >> we don't want to take the guns away from people who them n't in the military. >> reporter: congressman swalwell said he wants senate majority leader mcconnell to call a vote on the two bills passed by the house. one on background checks for private and online gun sales. and another giving the fbi a longer period to investigate potential gun buyers. >> work very hard in the midterms to change the composition of the congress postpartum so we won 17 seats where an nra endorsed member of congress had held

reconciliation the steps that have been decided on the following the prohibition of the african national congress the pan african as congress the south african communist party in a number of subsidiary organizations is being nice and people serving prison sentences merely because they were members of one of these organizations will be identified and released i think the clark when he took over as president in 1009. i was faced with a choice he knew that the country's economy was in really deep trouble he knew we were almost facing a civil war inside the country and here suddenly the thing landed on his lap was he going to do more about it more oppression more police more military and destroy the economy get into a civil war or was he going to be the sturrock a figure that ended the war and i think the berlin wall helped him a lot because it was a strong argument to use to say we had to fight against the a.n.c. because they were communists but no communism is dead sanaa we can talk to them which made their message easier to accept by the white people however what is very crucial to make the point

questions around donations to his campaign when he was running for president of the african national congress on the public protector and said that the president as should be referred to the ethics committee within parliament he that he had violated the executive ethics code and also she believes that there was enough evidence to indicate that there were this potentially money laundering involved in the movement of these campaign funds now this is something the president has denied he sought this interdict to prevent the remedial action from being implemented but is also wanting that report to be reviewed by the court he says the courts will decide whether or not the sir report should stand now the public protector has had difficulties in the past in some of the other reports where the constitutional court has also said that she's acted a conducted in in an improper conducted herself in an improper manner and is in fact also lied under oath no the spat between the public protector and him up or so is one that's dominated the public debate a here in south africa there are a lot of questions be

details around a donation he received when he was running for the president of the african national. congress is there t. hadn't been honest with parliament the public protector then said that he should be further investigated he should be referred to an ethics committee but also potentially an investigation by the national persecuting authority in that they she has reason to believe that they may be issues around money laundering when it comes to those campaign donations amounting to millions of dollars now the president has said to their to any of the remedial issues remedial action that the public protector's asked for shouldn't be implemented because he wants the report reviewed and so this interdict allows now for that to happen so what are we expecting to happen next. well now that that into date has been issued nothing can be done based on what the public protector wants the president now as an opportunity for that report to be reviewed he said that it was factually flawed he says there were a number of issues raised that were in accurate and also one of the things that he's wanted to

while the trump white house as well as dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence are urging congress to renew the freedom act of 2015 and this ability of the national security agency of the united states to conduct spying on individual citizens now essentially dan coats in his letter argued that even though the program is no longer in effect it's necessary or could be necessary at some point to reinstate it and that it would be in the interest of the country overall for congress to renew the free. this is what dan coats said as technology changes adversaries tradecraft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt. to these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well now civil liberties groups have argued that it is necessary for congress to not renew the freedom act of 2015 they argue that there are sections in the act specifically the spying and surveillance section of the law that put the privacy and civil liberties of millions of americans into jeopardy the government's implementation of the cool detail records program f

congress is a real pussy when it comes to national security agencies they will you know maybe you'll have an in full of probably civil liberties democrats and libertarians flake rand paul who will raise a fuss about it but basically the vast majority of congress is going to support renewal of this horrible law and you know they'll continue gathering these. terabytes of files on people the act itself it's been on ice for months apparently according to the n.s.a. it's not been used the wall street journal said the n.s.a. even full might as well scrap it is just too much of a legal burden anyway so why does donald trump want to extend it. well it's an interesting question i mean the n.s.a. is largely what it wants to do for years it was doing a lot of illegal surveillance as well as ed snowden reported long before it was even authorized and so you do wonder why they feel likely need these laws saying that they can do them since they do things that they can't do anyway. and you know as you mentioned the they were surveilling for 3 years massively beyond what the c.d.r. was allowing them t

terrorists in taqiyya with one death reported there but it seems to be quiet on the ground the syrian national congress has confirmed that there is a cease fire or they're very skeptical about what is going to happen next because there has been a history of cease fires being agreed at talks like these before and they have of losses and that's because of high at atari or all sharm what russia syrian regime described as terrorists large grouping of fighters of being in the buffer zone which is a 20 kilometer section between the opposing forces and that is really still a problem no one has control over this faction a very large faction so in this statement the joint statement simply refers to reaffirming ultimate the elimination of terrorist groups h.g.'s and others and also goes on to say that they have to all sides have to follow the morals set down the regulations set down in the socially agreement back in september 2800 but what does this all this mean well the opposition who say they're only here for one reason and that's to try to stop the killing the bombing in the province they're very skeptical t

so as this other national congress. i'll leave a generation to finally make a change. but even as this change look life. is this futuristic vision a delayed or delusional version of ourselves why our blog buddies so obsessed with the west and. is it because perhaps the black gays doesn't put food on the table or knows nothing about worshiping its own reflection or. even the worthy of our own worship. hello there we have had quite a run of very windy weather across the southeast of australia across into tasmania and it's a similar story over the next 24 to 36 hours you can see the cloud on the satellite that's probably where the worst of the winds will be really pushing across into tasmania the 10 degrees celsius little bit cooler in sydney. we could see. a few in perth 21 celsius but you will this line of cloud and rain and that is heading through through thursday on friday and as it does so it'll bring the rain but also to bring a slightly cooler fails of things so 15 degrees is the warmest you'll see on friday but it's a sin to 15 across into. been 20 wanted to go on

so is this other national congress. we've a generation to finally meet the chinese. what even as this change look life. is this futuristic vision a delayed or delusional version of ourselves why our blog buddies so obsessed with the west and. is it because perhaps the black gays doesn't put food on the table or knows nothing about worshiping its own reflection or. even the worthy of our own worship. violence and discrimination are all too familiar to many women in india a reality too often reinforced by bollywood. but its leading star is throwing his weight behind the cause of the region dr julie and using his celebrity to advocate for gender equality. the snake charmers aamir khan witness. on and. it's my privilege to name al-jazeera english the broadcaster of the year the country has a fighting each other that we've been told that we can still hear these is the largest demonstration that's been held by will into refugees since over $700.00 meeting on why we're seeing some of the emergence rules of the apartment here all they think of it could be put the to. al-jaze

robert: the nation and congress at a crossroads. i'm robert costa. welcome to "washingtonk. deadly shootings in two cities leave the nation shaken. president trump says he ispen to tougher gun laws. president trump: we need intelligent background checks. robert: but makes no commitments, and the n.r.a. pressures him to back off.cr des insist the targeted attack on latinos in el paso is a reckoning. >> this president has fanned the flames of white supmacy i this nation. trump offers no moral leadership. robert: aocus on domestic terrorism as tensions continue between the president

appalled by the treatment of blacks and people of color he created the armed wing of the african national congress to fight against the apartheid regime that i many people feel that it is useless and for the future for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against the government was a black is only a savage attacks. and under defenseless people. in 1962 mandela was arrested 2 years later he and his fellow accused were sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and conspiracy he was 46 years old. during his incarceration and social unrest spread and intensified among the black people who represented almost 3 quarters of the population in the state who responded with increasingly savage repression. in the 1980 s. the country was subjected to the iron fist leadership of peter both or head of the national party regarded as a hard liner he was nonetheless aware that profound change was inevitable among his most influential ministers was frederick vellum declare an ambitious afrikaner who entered politics in 1971 f. w. as everyone called him came from an influential conservative family. one must

district of texas in order to pursue opportunities outside the halls of congress to solve problems between technology and national security. the headline from the hill, congress men will heard is the sixth gop lawmakers in the last two weeks to announce retirement. his congressional district stretches along the u.s.-mexico border between dantonio and el paso. dave wasserman tweets. "huge news for democrats. representative will heard to retire in 2020. he is probably the only republican capable of holding the seat. former vice president joe biden was in detroit following wednesday night's debate. he spoke to supporters. we will bring you both presidential debates hosted by cnn this weekend. will air --t's wednesday's debate will air sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. here on c-span. [crowd talking] >> how are you, sir? a pleasure to meet you. i thought you did a great job last night. >> i'm 16. [crowd talking] >> a pleasure to meet you. >> how are you? good to see you. in my house, mom's rule. [crowd talking] >> you would be such a good president. [crowd talking] >> hi, how are you? [crowd talking] >> you hear that, mr.

reconciliation the steps that have been decided on the following the prohibition of the african national congress the pan african as congress the south african communist party in a number of subsidiary organizations is being nice and. people serving prison sentences merely because they were members of one of these organizations will be identified and released i think the clark when he took over as president in 1009 was faced with a choice he knew that the country's economy was in really deep trouble he knew we were almost facing a civil war inside the country and here suddenly the thing landed on his lap was he going to do more about it more oppression more police more military and destroy the economy get into a civil war or was he going to be the sturrock a figure that ended the war and i think the berlin wall helped him a lot because it was a strong argument to use to say we had to fight against the a.n.c. because they were communists but no communism is dead so now we can talk to them which made their message easier to accept by the white people however what is very crucial to make the point t

reconciliation the steps that have been decided on the following the prohibition of the african national congress the pan african as congress the south african communist party in a number of subsidiary organizations is being nice and. people serving prison sentences merely because they were members of one of these organizations will be identified and released i think the clark when he took over as president in 1009 was faced with a choice he knew that the country's economy was in really deep trouble he knew we were almost facing a civil war inside the country and here suddenly the thing landed on his lap was he going to do more about it more oppression more police more military and destroy the economy get into a civil war or was he going to be the sturrock a figure that ended the war and i think the berlin wall helped him a lot because it was a strong argument to use to say we had to fight against the a.n.c. because they were communists but no communism is dead so now we can talk to them which made their message easier to accept by the white people however what is very crucial to make the point t