party in the state of saxony. the youth wing chairman in lower saxony has claimed that those who try to assassinate hitler were traitors how radical is the f.t.'s youth wing. constructors portray him as a major problem. with his statement which has since been rejected by the f.d.a. later is silly and is hardly an exceptional opinion among youth wing members. before lots of them discuss and say things like that behind closed doors and. calling the anti nazi resistance traitors is a glorification of national socialism that's a little too far out the pocket of on dominance over you make controversial statements yourself and post in twenty fifteen you said the denying the holocaust was simply testing the limits of freedom of speech. and that is how about this what i actually said was that holocaust deniers used the speech restrictions to advance their conspiracy theories back then i thought that the restriction should be lifted so that we could bring those people out into the open and confront them directly to the med

an author of the inevitable party. attempts to kill the party system failed. i can't say much about it. i look forward to reading it. perhaps inevitably seth is working on a book that examines democratic party act to this from interpretation seven reactions to the 2016 election. but the talk today is entitled how parties interpret election losses and prepare for the next fight. [applause] >> thank you so much for the introduction. i'm looking forward to the 10% commission on the receiving on that. thank you for coming out today. i appreciate the invitation and a chance to talk about the work i've been working on this summer focusing on how the democratic party is interpreting what happened in 2016 election, what changes to make and make a difference in the next election. so some of it is very focused on what is happening now, but some of it is very rooted in his oracle events and that's a lot of what i've been working on this summer. so, this talk is really giving me a chance to put together what i've been managing to collect and put it together into something

host: was he in the wrong party? there would bey, no place for him in the republican party today. arguably, he claimed that he was committed to fiscal discipline, and on social issues he was more progressive. he came out of this northeastern tradition of liberal republicans. office as ain politician in the 1970's or 1980's it would be an easy fit to see him in the democratic party. says in 1964 richard nixon we are rockefeller republicans, goldwater republicans, but we are all republicans. what was he doing as he had his on 1966 for the midterm elections to potentially run again in 1968? position was trying to himself as the one to bring the fractured party back together. because he supported goldwater, and it did not go after him as he managed toand maintain some association with the more liberal elements of his party, he was the one who positioned himself. it is interesting the extent of which the liberals had already been left behind. all of those people who thought that they could recapture the party from the extremists did not understand what hit them. , the governorrals of n

tea party tribe or has since left the a.f.p. and has warned about the party's policies. the a.f. . do you or do you see the party as a second target. i mean sick it has a sect like structure in what way. they put up a united front and everyone has to stick together it's us against the world against everyone else the media and other political parties there's the f.t.'s and then there's the rest of society they want to set themselves apart and create their own society and that's a strong second leg principle. was that why you join the party it's us against the rest of the world. can know exactly. it was this notion of sticking together and working together towards one primary goal. it was an exciting feeling at first made me feel like i was in good hands. it was like a feel good. you could be attacked from all sides but it didn't matter because the party sticks together like a family. i thought that was really attractive and that's what i'm from when i'm stuck in five. that's what i'm personally what was the big issue for you at the beginning to me a meeting so i mean i like the idea

and the party was -- as was the democratic party. but by 1968 even though it's three short years, that position was really no longer viable in the national republican party. which is why i said earlier it was hard to see a path for romney or rockefeller given their pro-civil rights view. given frankly the southern strategy of the idea that the republican electoral future was going to be through the south. so by 1968 we see in the negotiations with strom thurmon. if we see a party on the issue of race, even though there were still some voices -- pro-civil rights voice left, whether you want to call him concessions or not but his stance, for example, what he would call against bussing one example. that was really consistent with the party's view that the federal government had overreached in its efforts to enforce desegregation and integration and ensure the voting rights of all african-americans. >> our next caller -- go ahead. >> i think it needs to be noted that that legislation, those pieces of legislation landmarked very, very sig

the party was heterogeneous. as was the democratic party. by 1968, in three short years, that position was really no longer viable in the national republican party. that's why the -- that's why you couldn't see a path for romney or rockefeller. and frankly the southern strategy and the idea that republicans would have the electoral future would be through the south -- by 1968, i think we see for example the nixon negotiation with strom thurmond and reagan's victory in 1966 and his ascendance within the party. we see the party that on the issue of race, even though there were some voices opposed, they were really in the minority. nixon, whether you call it concessions or not, what you describe, mandatory or enforced busing, that was really consistent with the party view that the federal government had overreached in an effort to enforce desegregation and integration and assure the voting rights of all. >> i think it needs to be noted that that legislation, those pieces of legislation, they run the books. what we are talking about is the fallo

minority party, the party that's out of power, it's on our side.ally good and really bullish. in 2006, i was the executive directorfor the house democratic caucus. that was when democrats took back the house and took back the senate, when george w bush was in the second year of his second term. and so, many of the same things that i saw then are some of the similar things — trends — that i see now. ithink, again, democrats are in a good position as we move into the fall elections. interesting to look at those states — swing states, we've always called them — where races are always tight. look at ohio, for example. it's not clear exactly is going to happen when the final votes are counted in that 12th congressional district which so many eyes have been on in the last few days. but democrats just a day or two ago seemed convinced that they could take that particular congressional seat. and it looks like republicans have stemmed that tide. again, complacency is going to be a problem for you guys, isn't it? no, i don't think so. and listen, i'm pretty

he not only blew up the democratic party, he blew up the republican party, too. a lot of people liked that. a lot of people liked his willingness to blow them both up. they believed these institutions have been putting these beautiful, wonderful candidates out there for them, for a very, very long time but never got the results they wanted but they get great speeches. enough they get really sucky speeches but give something of the things they want. >> alan, we talked earlier that when you look at polling before the election, most americans, 60%ing are thought thought the country was going to the wrong direction. many liked obama but thought the country was be the wrong direction. since less than 40% of the americans who are republicans, that means a whole lot of democrats and independents didn't like the way the country was going. do you think that is -- i should mention, when you see the bernie sanders people and he got about as many votes in the primaries as hillary clinton -- do you explain that large group of democrats who were thinking the country is going t

but what we see in your party, let us focus on your party, what we see in your party today is, includingctors like alexandria 0casio—cortez in a nomination race in new york, they are describing themselves as socialist, and the party appears to be veering pretty rapidly to the left. is that going to win you national elections? what i'm seeing, and i know that there are a lot of folks that the media is covering, but what i'm seeing if folks going into districts and winning districts based on, it is that old adage that all politics is local, based on understanding the people in their districts. alexandria went into... hang on, hang on, you're slightly avoiding my question. do you think democrats going into elections describing themselves as proud socialists, is that going to be a winning strategy for the party? how many democrats do you see going into the elections, describing themselves as proud socialists? perhaps the woman who is doing most right now to inject dynamism into your party is this young woman, 23 years old, who won that extraordinary victory in new york in the primary race ag

the party., the fundamental anchors of our democracy, from freedom of the press, he goes after the judiciary, he goes after congress and their role, and he is blistering in that. at the same time, again, you talked earlier about him keeping promises, he went over and had this huge summit with kim jong—un and said we're going to do all of this stuff, and what has happened? nothing. he is foot buddies with putin. and all of these great things. i have never seen an american president who has kowtowed to russia as much as this president has. again, in the end of the day... interesting. sorry to interrupt. i am sorry to interrupt, but you got on to russia there and it does seem to me there's a very interesting proposition before the american people right now as they look at politics and the looming mid—term elections, they have to decide whether they want to vote for democratic control of the house and the senate, which could then lead to much, much ramped up investigation of donald trump, because we

like the libertarian party or the green party have been attacked by the establishment for electoral losses in two thousand when al gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote democrats castigated green party voters for choosing nader over poor in quote helping bush win in two thousand and sixteen when hillary clinton lost democrats pulled that strategy again blaming minor party voters and accusing libertarian party candidate gary johnson and green party candidate jill stein of electing trop and they added a whole new layer to their accusations rusa phobia r t was central to this accused of undermining democracy u.s. intel communities exact words for hosting a debate between johnson and stein and showing americans that they had other choices besides the two establishment candidates are horrible crime apparently and then when an old photo of jill stein sitting next to blatter we're putting out an r.t.a. gallow went viral all hell broke loose his jill stein crushing the u.s. wall in russia in december twenty fifth thing she attended a russian propaganda t.v. i'm sad t

is their slogan now no party for white man. crosstalk in the trials and tribulations of the left i'm joined by my guest so i color in seattle he's a writer activist and progressive you tube or in west hartford we have julio rivera he is editorial director for reactionary times and a newsmax columnist and here in moscow we have don de bar he's an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate soccer let me go to you first in seattle because you get up there early as for this program and it's much appreciated i mean i suppose you came . came across this walkaway movement that it is taken in a bit of. a flash on the internet here i found that to be very curious because i think i instinctively everyone on this panel and a lot of people in the in the and the country already know this and and the the inclusive eighty of the democrats that's what they say but in fact they're actually actively excluding people of all kinds

-- president and his own party.resident johnson narrowly defeats eugene mccarthy in the new hampshire primary on march 12, and that is a key thing to keep in mind, michael cullen. he did not lose the primary, it was basically his margin of victory. >> p1 by four points, it was extraordinary. i think he showed dissatisfaction within the party. bobby kennedy use that as a gain in the race. he said i don't want to divide the party by getting an, but the party is divided. he was right. there was a huge division. one thing worth pointing out about the new hampshire vote is that 20% of mccarthy supporters about it first -- voted for george wallace. it was not an antiwar vote that we think of today. it was not a bunch of hippies think we should bring troops home. they voted for mccarthy because they thought he johnson should escalate the war to get it over with. they wanted a way out of vietnam. they did not care if it was from withdrawal or escalation, they wanted to bring troops home. one thing about mccarthy is that he

parties, , would you party labos matter? andrew jack is a founder of the democratic party. q you have this eye-opening narrative unfolding before your eyes. notice the media staying away from the spirit why? it destroys their charlottesville narrative. it exposes him as frauds. it shows that fake news is built on fake history. fake scholarship. that's where you come in. at the end of the day knowledge is ally to the news of the date if you want to be a powerful activist now, you need to know something about american history. and about american political culture. abraham lincoln said the fiery trial through which we pass will light us in honor and dishonor down to the latest generation. and what lincoln means is that at the end of the day we are in a big fight. that was true of his time and that's true of our time. it's the fight fighter which we all perhaps by tragic necessity necessary participants. you have a role to play and your role is to use your influence, to expand your knowledge to become what i sometimes call a very dangerous american. the death of america is not

parties don't necessarily. parties are functionally immortal . i'll just leave this here. the democratic and republican parties have been doing what they'vebeen doing for more than 150 years , even when they been revealed they managed to come back and be competitive a few years later so they are trying to learn but they're trying to be competitive and when the next round and so those losses can be very important for informing what they do. one of the major books on understanding how parties make decisions and how they decide which candidates to nominate of course is a book written by hans knoll, david carol that came out about 10 years ago and the basic premise of that book is that party insiders, party elites whether we are talking about activist , donors, elected officials, they tried to reach some decision long before the election about which contact candidates to consider the election. this is long before anyone starts voting in iowa or new hampshire and if they can reach a decision to find a candidate with lots of support, endorsements, money and all the things they n

parties don't necessarily. parties are functionally immortal. i'll just leave this here. the democratic and republican parties have been doing what they're doing for 150 years, even when they've been massively rebuked by the electorate and still manage to come back and be competitive a few years later. they are trying to learn and be competitive and win the next time around. those losses can be very important for informing what they do. one of the major books on understanding how parties make decisions and particularly how they decide which candidates to nominate of course the party decides written by hans knoll. david carroll, marty cohen, a book came out about 10 years ago and the basic premise of that book is the party insiders, party elites, whether we are talking about activists, major donors, elect officials, they try to reach some decision about which candidate they prefer for the nomination. this is long before anyone starts voting in iowa or new hampshire or anywhere else. if they can reach a decision with that, they provide the candidate with lots of support, en

he told me in february some of the leaders of the party were in hungary meeting party leaders and it came up again about how the party is going to clean up the gangster controlled unions in the united states. i told him he was all wet. but i didn't use those words, i'm afraid these comies mean business so watch out. thanks for the free use of a copy machine it get the word out about this. >> another is an anonymous fake letter that the fbi is going to send suggesting that the communist international will be targeting the sicilian mafia. which writes, involved in things like the teamsters union, this is a lie. here's what the fbi says, with respect to the above letter it's a fact that three leaders of the communist party usa were in budapest hungary to attend an international consulting meeting of communist and workers party. and account of their scheduled attendance. two of these three leaders have returned to the united states. however, the information in the letter that in hungary it came up again about how his party is going to clooe clean up the gangsters has no basis in fact. a

into the tea party movement. idea that what we are going to reward are people who want to blow up the system, who are bomb throwers, who are firebrands, who appeal topp anger, whol to grievance. >> i'm not going to washington to seetheir good opinion. i'm going to washington to serve the people of this great country. s >> narrahe electrified the crowds with her own brand of "prairie populism"-- attacks on the washington establishment and those she labeled "the elites." >> i've learned quickly these last few days that if you're noe er in good standing of the washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone, but. (audience booing) but... >> she didn't talk like politicians. e wasn't careful with he words. she didn't make a lot of sense sometimes. >> i love those hockey moms. you know, they say the mofference between a hocke and a pit bull? lipstick. (laughter, cheering) >> sarah palin was whatever she needed to be to get attention and applause and money. she was an ent

to parties. parties last longer and they have more information but they try to make some decisions about what will happen next and help inform them about what candidate they should be nominating in the future. i also look a little bit at the changes in the rule that parties make, particularly focusing on democratic party since world war ii and the process of changing its own rules every four years in response to the last presidential election, and then i want to talk a little bit about another aspect of my book research which has been interviews with political activists in early primary states and to get a sense of how they are interpreting what happened in the 2016 election and trying to impose some sort of narrative and explanation for it. i want to start off by going a little bit further back in history, to this gentleman, senator henry clay who has been almost 200 years since he had one of his many runs for presidency. there are, in some ways fun and almost eerie similarities between him and

he told me that in february some of the leaders of his party were in hungry meeting party people from other countries and it came up again about how his party is going to clean up the gangster controlled unions in the united states. i told him he was all wet. i'm afraid they mean business so watch out. in other words, here is an anonymous fake letter the fbi is going to send suggesting that the communist international will be targeting the cicilian mafia. with respect to the above letter it is a fact that three leaders of the communist party u.s.a. were in budapest hungry in february and march 1968 to attend an international consultative meeting of communist and workers parties and accounts of their schedule of attendance appeared in newspaper articles. two of the three leaders have since returned to the united states however the information in the letter that in hungry it came up again about how his party is going to clean up the gangsters has no basis in fact. a few types errors would also be inserted into this letter. should the bureau approve this letter it will be typed on statio

you lead the party for a long time . have been there don't know this but the rnc when you're leaving the party as you did and as a staffer as i was, people don't fully appreciate the level of neutrality. i literally knew we were going to have a candidate and that's all i needed to know and my job was to go to work every day and say no matter who gets the most votes in the party i will support you the promise i made to our party, that's the pledge you made when you lead and with the exception of people who go way out of line to committing a crime, my view is that when the party, when the voters in a state or a district for the country come to the polls and vote for somebody, as a republican guy that believes in the system and believes in the will of the people, my view was then to go out and support through the people that chose and work as hard as i could do that. but i think that's very consistent with the values and with respect to the president's administration, i have a strong social and fiscal conservative that beli

of "inevitabler party. attempts to kill the party system failed." i just spotted and -- bought it and i look forward to reading it. perhaps inevitably seth is working on a book that examines democratic party act to this from interpretation seven reactions to the 2016 election. but the talk today is entitled "how parties interpret election losses and prepare for the next fight." seth, the podium is yours. [applause] mr. masket: thank you for the introduction and for purchasing the book. i'm looking forward to the 10% commission on the receiving on that. thank you for coming out today. i appreciate the invitation and a chance to talk about the work i've been working on this summer in my capacity at the library of congress. i am in the middle of the book project right now. the ultimate book is going to be called learning from loss, 2020.ats 2016 to some of the focus is on interpreting what happened in the loss and trying to make a difference in the next election. so some of it is very focused on what is happening now, but some of it is rooted in histor

of the opposition party m.d.c. but she contested this election as an independent candidate welcome jesse mcgill mobs of a turbulent days there mustn't mungo what has been declared as the winner by the then bob greene election commission do you think he bring about democracy in the country as he's promised. you know what it's for me it's difficult to tell what exactly it is mind but i can tell you what it is that he's expected to do as a new president he has to obey defend and fulfill the constitution so he has to do that in order to quell all these doubts about the capacity of zanu p.f. . to actually transform itself because this has been underlying issue that has been . for the last fifty years and even in the past elections there's a tremendous amount of skepticism about whether. an african problem transcends across the continent about how. change its spots so in this case he has to he's got to show that indeed he does have good intentions and have the capacity to deliver what was one of his close to deliver. zim

i want labour party to change. i wa nt i want labour party to change.mps. —— local thuggery thatis control local mps. —— local thuggery that is going on. the payday lender wonga is going into administration putting 500 hundred jobs at risk. a landmark court ruling that could affect thousands of unmarried parents around the country — a mother who's partner died is told she can claim bereavement benefits. also this hour — scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says it's important allegations of sexual misconduct against alex salmond are properly investigated and not just swept aside.

exactly the kind of change of party represents. i want to be honest with you, many of these activists do not see political parties as vehicles for change, for progress. and we needed to connect with them. we need to tap into their energy. we need to make sure they are seen and heard. we need to toss out the welcome mat and invite them into the house to walk with us, to walk door to door with us, convincing them that our party is their natural home, all of us need to do that. that with thedo status quo. cannot do that as long as they believe insiders hold all the levers. we can't do that with the current system of unpledged elegance. -- delegates. and i say that as a superdelegate myself. and president of one of the largest unions in the american labor movement. we have got to change. rules and bylaws committee undertook a rigorous process and has come up with an evenhanded proposal, i believe. it does not disenfranchise anyone. it does not dilute the diversity that has been essential to our strength and our vitality. if it did this

his hospital take over of that party and remember this is the party of lincoln.e 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. they are turning from the party that free the slaves to the party of white nationalism. there is still a chance to prevent it from happening. that has to start now. >> and if you are serious republican, you have to vote democrats this fall. >> evan, how much of this conversation is the grass root conversation or is this again one of those times as we have so often in politics where the national and quote on quote conversation is different than people thinking of jobs and healthcare on the ground? >> well, look people are thinking of pocketbook issues and economic issues and you know they're focused on their families and getting their kids through school and to school and all of that. that's true but i do want to comment on something that jonathan said. you know i don't look at this, the republican party, i don't think it is not quite fair to say that this is the republican or the party of lincoln. it was once was the party of lincoln. >> it was once. o

as the parties drifted apart. with respect to the policy privy impact, one moderately interviewed said he would appoint a delegation to the speaker and save say i've got 40 votes in my pocket unless he banned the policy. we are forced to be reckoned with if we didn't go with them they didn't have the majority and we could influence the policy on a daily basis. this is a member that served in the 1990s and he was touting the influenctalkingthe influenct that time compared to ten years after that another member said you can't go across the aisle like you used to to get things done. people came here to help their community and create a better quality of life. you can't do that now. it does change the reward for the sacrifices yo they make to e there. with respect to the rewards over time, one moderate senate the next time comes around and you want a better assignment you are given little attention. i didn't have a chance getting the ways and means of energy and commerce because i needed to much from the party positio

as you know i think it's a very good thing that we're in the democratic party ok i want to go back to why you think it is later in the program who you know basically the same thing to you because i mean i've been very very critical of the identity politics but it seems to me that since two thousand it did more to do thousand sixteen and it's not working now but they've doubled down on it i mean it just you know if that's the definition of stupidity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome ok i find it really breathtakingly stupid to be honest go ahead julio and west are exactly it's the definition of insanity and they're going to continue to do it because they have hope for and quite frankly are right on i mean they can't really criticize the results of the truck because for a traditional democratic governor graphics the last two you know those the blocked unemployment has been you know at historic lows or near historic lows the entire time and i think that people the of color and you know women and some of those other demographics right now or feel t

growing the party. was there anyone, yourself or others impressing upon the president of donald trump himself that no, this party is here and you need to move into our space and i'll back the talk of mexicans as rapist and all of that. we are in communities with hispanics building the party. was there any of that or did you just move itself out? >> during the primary process, we were not regularly sort of working with the candidates talking about messaging. we were truly neutral. after the primary and he became our nominee, there was much more regular conversations about tone, tenure, and messaging that occurred on a regular basis. >> trump himself, how did you find him? when he sized him up from that first meeting right through the campaign and you're coming on board and working with him, what was your assessment of him? you know that the campaign was different in the first and in the beginning and throughout they broke the rules. they were very much intended on that. folks would give advice and it wou

party in the state of saxony. the youth wing chairman in lower saxony has claimed that those who try to assassinate hitler were traitors how radical is the f.t.'s youth wing. non-strikers portray him as a major problem. with his statement which has since been rejected by the f.d.a. leader is hardly an exceptional opinion among youth wing members. before lots of them discuss and say things like that behind closed doors and. calling the anti nazi resistance traitors is a glorification of national socialism that's. the part that. you've made controversial statements yourself and post in twenty fifteen you said the denying the holocaust was simply testing the limits of freedom of speech. was tested and that is how about this what i actually said was that holocaust deniers used the restrictions to advance their conspiracy theories back then i thought that the restriction should be lifted so that we could bring those people out into the open and confront them directly the medium and large the holes that they have never

the republican party really became the party of white working-class americans. disrupting the lyndon johnson national electoral coalition and became the party essentially opposed to civil rights in most instances. and i think on those two central fronts at least, and the party of law and order, at least for a while. i think in those areas, domestically and overseas, the republican party was able to gain a kind of for several decades, a lock on more or less on the electoral college and national politics. >> matthew dalleck of george washington university, serving as associate professor. and robert americay, the editor of the "american conservative" to both of you, thank you for an insightful conversation as we reflect on 50 years later from 1968. we appreciate your time. >>> new hampshire is one of the few places where people have a chance to meet the candidates, as well as read about them. the new hampshire republican presidential primary, the start of the 1968 campaign trail. from the beginning, the candidate who really has been seen and heard by the people of

their standing within the party. host: nelson rockefeller was the governor of new york. he was in the race come out of the race, back in the race. what was this all about? ande had run before, twice, the most important moment of up8 was that in 1964, he got on the convention stage and denounced extremism. but what he was doing was denouncing the direction of the republican party under goldwater, and he was detested by conservatives. he was seen as the leading, the embodiment of moderation in the republican party. enactedro-civil rights, big initiatives in state government in new york, building jects, he wanted to use the government as a catalyst, and he refused to reject civil rights. he said i have to be true to who i am. so he announced after martin heher king was killed, thought robert kennedy might become the nominee and that he could be the one viable republican who could actually capture the presidency. but he miss read where the party read where the party was, the strength of the conservative movement, and he

he left the party in the 1950s. it's over five years old. if you are in intelligence you know it's probably not very useful. comes from two informants. the fbi attempted to recruit him to be a informant so how much of a threat could this person be? hoover insists for years that king was secretly a communist. here's the head of the operations. william sullivan, shortly after the march on washington and the famous i have a dream speech, we must mark king now if we have not before as the most dangerous in the future of this nation from the standpoint of communist and the national security. robert kennedy approves wiretaps in king's home in the offices in the fall of 1963 after the march on washington. the fbi will also tap king's hotel rooms which kennedys maybe did not know about. unclear. in 1964 the fbi goes after king by feeding tips to the press about his alleged communist ties and encourages the irs to harass him and the sclc. shortly after he is named the nobel prize winner in october 1964 the fbi compiles a composite tape from king's ho

parties don't, necessarily. parties are functionally immortal. democratic and republican parties have been doing what they've been doing for 150 years even when rebuked by the electorate they come back and be competitive a few years later. they are trying to learn, trying to win the next time around so those losses are very important, informing what they do. one of the major books on understanding how parties make decisions, how they decide which candidates to nominate is the book the party decides written by david carol which came out 10 years ago. the basic premise of that book is party insiders, party elites whether we are talking activists, donors, elected officials, they try to reach a decision before the election about which candidate they prefer, this is before anyone starts voting in iowa or new hampshire or anywhere else. if they can reach a decision, lots of support, endorsement, money and expertise to prevail in the primaries. generally that candidate is on to become the nominee. it doesn't always happen but that is a pretty good descr

the labour party. other main stories on bbc news at 5. an unmarried mother—of—four has won access to a widowed parent's allowance in a landmark supreme court ruling. it wasn't ever about me it was a lwa ys it wasn't ever about me it was always to do with the parents allowa nce. always to do with the parents allowance. with regards to the children it is all them i was fighting for. alex salmond resigns from the snp over sexual assault allegations, and faces criticism for setting up a crowdfunding page to fight the claims. this should be and must be allowed making sure that whoever it is concerned, no matter how senior or powerful, or the political ideal legions of repression, that people feel that their concerns are treated seriously. children in england could be banned from buying energy drinks under new plans by the government. and prince harryjoins the cast of hamilton, very briefly, after watching the hit musical in london's west end. it's 5 o'clock. our top story is that breaking news tonight that

, secretary of the labour party.should encourage people to change their views, obviously this is all about getting changes within the labour party. but i don‘t think anybody is happy with some of the people that have been able to get back into the labour party, some who have been expelled previously for being part of militant and extreme left grou ps being part of militant and extreme left groups that fought against the labour party, back in the labour party again. of course people can change their views. just quickly, do you wantjeremy change their views. just quickly, do you want jeremy corbyn change their views. just quickly, do you wantjeremy corbyn to put people out? when mps put in complaints and when party members put in complaints about the bullying that they have been subjected to, i want those complaints to be seriously investigated. not like the ones i have been putting in over the last 18 months to learn on breakfast tv this morning that it has all been done and dusted. i have never been told that. i have

i want labour party to change. i wa nt i want labour party to change. want it to be seen as a clearly anti—racist party and i want the party to be clearly seen that the locals agree that going on will not control local mps. —— local thuggery thatis control local mps. —— local thuggery that is going on. the payday lender wonga is going into administration putting 500 hundred jobs at risk. a landmark court ruling that could affect thousands of unmarried parents around the country — a mother who's partner died is told she can claim bereavement benefits. also this hour — scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says it's important allegations of sexual misconduct against alex salmond are properly investigated and not just swept aside. it follows his resignation yesterday. today he's launched a crowd —funding appeal to pay his legal costs. music. and for the second time this week, the prime minister dons her dancing shoes as she ends her tour of africa. hello, good evening. the veteran labour mp, frank field, has quit the party's group in parliament saying

the white christian party. there is a lot of talk increasingly in progressive circles that if they will play constitutional hardball the democrats will play tit for tat. it will be an endless series of sucker punches. and democrats are learning how. they used a filibuster last week for their own major government shutdown. straight out of the republican playbook. now running on a platform of impeachment. as they control the senate denying president trump for any vacancy. fighting like republican as legitimate as it is inevitably reinforced the process. but that sort of escalation number and swell. these days forbearance is seen differently in reality it takes great political courage and strength. sometimes sometimes standing up to the angry base you will do what is best for the country and the country's institution. democrats should not fall in those footsteps. but now i am out of time. [laughter] spee17. [inaudible] you know the statistics 23% of the electorate. this is not democracy the table stay home. bernie

let's not forget there was a third party that year. george wallace, the governor of anbama who was running on openly segregationist campaign. but not just in the beach south where he was favored in several states. wallace was running in the north as well, trying to poach on a lot of traditional labor votes that would normally go to the democratic candidate. that would be assumed to to go to the democratic candidate for you wallace was a threat to nixon in the south and humphrey in the north. mr. masket: talk about the platform -- host: talk about the platform. guest: there was a peace plank supported by the mccarthy and kennedy forces. a the way, the last minute senator from north dakota joined the race for governor and tried to rally some of the kennedy followers on antiwar platforms. but the party establishment certainly with the support of the white house, they managed to prevail over the antiwar forces. drama, it is hard to beat. it is the most tumultuous convention in modern times. what it led to is fascinating -- the commission,

becoming the party not of conservative principal, but the party of president donald trump.s own promotion and protection, no matter how much damage may do to the country. john in mccain was a man who put patriotism above party. >> he has tweeted on the death of senator mccain, the president, my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator mccain, our hearts and prayers are with you. we understand that senator mccain does not want the u.s. president, donald trump, at his funeral. >> he doesn't. because he believes donald trump is tearing down his beloved country and destroying his longlong conservative principals. anyone could have written that tweet. it did not say anything from the heart or remarkable. what i would harken back, when he signed the john mccain defense bill. he thanks a lot of people, and guess whose name he never mentioned, john mccain. we have such a petty man in the white house and we have in his passing john mccain just standing over him like a giant. >>> the life and legacy of senator mccain certainly stands tall. keeping in mind, and p

you are not our supporters. or the name of my party.faced in our party is clearly actually wrong and contributing to the problem. shame on you! to the problem. jewish groups are angry about the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism that the labour party has decided to adopt in its code of conduct. that the labour party has decided because it doesn't include all of the examples that come with it spelling out anti—semitic behaviour. labour says it is trying to make the code easier to enforce, but now the party's deputy leader has joined the chorus of disapproval. has joined the chorus tom watson told the observer that labour risked disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over the row. another senior backbencher said mr corbyn‘s video changed nothing. and she didn't feel at all reassured by more words. he seems to have difficulty understanding that this is a very serious situation that won't go away with warm words. he seems to hold thejewish community in some kind of contempt and to treat them in a w

the democratic party is a big tent party, the republican party is a big but narrower tent party these the primary process is important, this is a way to about to party leaders where the rank-and-file of the party wants to go. it would be bad to lose that. policyd to have vigorous debates, but it should not be personal or overly negative. i have to say that in the middle of the process, everyone gets heated and upset. by and large, both clinton people and our campaign handled the public presentation of their candidates in a civil way. walter is an independent in florida. weaver,good morning mr. i would like you to consider the of the different groups. it seems to me that the andcrats are much younger the younger people who are turning voting age are not being inspired by the leadership. and the candidates and south, i think mr. trump is 72, i'm not sure how old bernie is boat where is this going to be -- it is, but where's the going to be in two to six years when trump is no longer in office and bernie is probably the elder statesman, if that's possible. guest: it is true that younger