that was sued is now the party that is moving to intervene and the same party that is bound is the party moving to intervene and it is in the commonwealth of kentucky and that's why the jurisdictional issue couldn't be ignored. >> i thought he said it could be construed as a way of sovereign immunity. >> in a voluntary intervention it's a waiver it has waived its sovereign immunity irreversibly. i also want to go to this point because i think that it makes jurisdictional rules there are only two official capacities and personal capacities. does it matter how many job responsibilities you have and it would make if the attorney general could say with my left hand i'm exercising my authority to defend the constitutionality of state law so that with my right hand i can and force the same law and claim that he is to separate legal personas, one in you and and one not. your client opposed prior to the opinion on the basis of the secretary adequately representing the commonwealth and in the papers you said you criticized the concern about the hearing and as speculative i wonder if that's puttin

we should just have a conservative party and then a liberal party the other groups and parties have toin and be on the ballot. >> i want to talk about the point of money and politics. heag is correct the average congressional campaign cost over one.$5 million. so who can get that kind of money? so how do you change that? now the ideal solution and what i propose is that every american gets $100 of democracy dollars. 10000 people get together now you are competitive. right now it's very difficult to get anyone to donate to a political campaign because who has that kind of money? if you give them democracy dollars it would be a huge effort but you do have leaders to all come from the same financial background. host: kentucky republican line. >>caller: hello. i have a comment. a couple comments. the first one is there is too much corruption in politics no investigations but the other comment that i got is his idea on primaries. the situation he talks about supports where a democrat gets elected year after year. when republican or independent party has a better idea of what to do and then

don't forget two years ago the party did not support him as leader of the party.sts section of the spd. there's all sorts of uncertainty. you ask about something i asked myself. one thing is certain with the absence of britain who was always a face for germany in terms of economic management and so forth in line with the northern european countries, that country is now missing where britain used to sit. who is he going to pick? i think he will move closer to france. and additionally closer to italy as well. italy is in safe hands, the president of the economic bank in europe. i'm looking forward to a new arrangement of berlin, rome and paris coming together and to agree on things. personally, i like scholz to be in charge. he is an understated man like merkel was and some of the other days that he reminds them of attlee — a modest man and has much to be modest about. underrated, he is a smart man. very on top of his financial remit. he will do all right. except don't lose too much time negotiating, i'm just hoping that they won't need another five months before a

party. i still work within it because i think america needs two parties that are open and reflect the widest array of opinions and are willing to negotiate. there are democrats in congress today who clearly are trying to do it now, and the infrastructure bill. host: one thing you point out in your book, you write "the problem now is that centrists in both parties may have trouble getting renominated in their party, and most also have no viable third-party option in the general election. changing both parts of that political reality is one of the great challenges for american politics in the years ahead." guest: i agree. listen, what's happened, this party has changed over time. people ask me all the time and i'm sure they want to talk with you over -- all the time, how did we get here? how did the parties become so divided in washington so unproductive and nasty? we've always had differences of opinion and some of them have been intense, going back to the founding of the country. but when it

host: with your own experience you left parties and had parties leave you with your entire political career is on in search of not necessarily a comfortable place but that center that place of compromise. >> it is true from american government that got me interested as a young man and going into politics but i also got into politics in connecticut where it was rough-and-tumble that the largest number of voters were independent with the balancing effect so at the state legislature in 1970s was a very young man but to work across party lines and they were good friendships we trusted each other and we got a lot done and i write about that but that was a very devotedbe democrat jfk and my hero as he was for so many in my generation that that got to be less inclusive and more demanding of 100 percent loyalty and i ranwi straight into that with the majority members of thehe democratic party whether we should define the american military in iraq when things went bad there. and the primary that i lost and was paying for which was painful that i have the right under state law to mine is an in

it’s make of this change in tactics by the tory party?— the tory party?tory party? it's been a few weeks ago actually that - the tory party? it's been a few weeks ago actually that they i the tory party? it's been a few- weeks ago actually that they signal that they were going to climb down on this planning rule which did allow for much more liberal planning system and allowed people to basically build in a much more liberal weight, a much easier way and there was a huge backlash in your recall the violation injune that the tories lost to the liberal democrats over this very issue was up democrats over this very issue was up and i think borisjohnson inc. ministers were quite shocked and taken aback by that is they thought they had a strong mandate to basically do what they wanted after winning in a landslide and have had to roll back in quite a serious way. so whilst over the last nearly two years he has been appealing to the red wall in northern seats, this was actually a shot from the south and i think what he needed to do today and what he did do and i

party and the wealthy. how can your decision help? guest: this is a reaction you get a lot from a particular side , let's call it democrat. cheers, if you do anything independent it is going to hurt democrats. but if you look at the numbers, there is a higher desire for a third-party or independent party among republicans and there is among democrats. if you were to actually draw it out, you are more likely to have voters from every alignment or even from the republican party then you are democrats. when i ran for president as a democratic candidate, 42% of my supporters then, in a democratic primary, were not sure they were going to support the democratic nominee if it were not me. i have a record of appealing to people of every alignment, and structurally you are more likely to draw in independent republicans than democrats. host: as far as your run for the presidency, he wrote an op-ed about what that did to you internally. could you talk a little bit about that, that impact on you? guest: i called a rea

kuhn: that's correct, but only a party or who becomes a party can file an appeal. justice sotomayor: you could have filed one if you wanted, but you reserve the right. mr. kuhn: we reserved our rights, claims and defenses. justice sotomayor: but you did not file a notice of appeal on time. mr. kuhn: we had been dismissed from the case without prejudice. we were not mentioned in the judgment. >> can i ask you the stipulation concerning being bound by a final judgment. what do you understand final judgment to mean? seems to me the number of things , the district court ruling as a final judgment for purposes of appeal. on the other hand, there are subsequent proceedings that could take place. an appeal and so on that would undermine the fidelity of the judgment. when you signed that stipulation to be bound by final judgment, what are you being bound by? mr. kuhn: the language is we are bound by the final judgment in this matter disposing of all claims in the exhaustion of any and all appeals that may arise in this action. we did the benefit of any favorable action on

ah, i mean, you will a party divide? no, i think this is a big 10 party, i think bad to be a governing majority. you have to have people from west virginia and new york. chuck schumer is a great leader for the democrats. that's why he has mark warner and joe mansion and leadership, and he also, as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, because he wants to listen to both sides. here's the thing was with warren, can't get elected in west virginia. joe mansion probably couldn't get elected as a democrat in massachusetts. that's why we need, i think that is probably the most truth. i have her. i think that that's accurate, but i think that's why we have to have a big tent party and bring everybody in. and i think the democrats are doing that, you know, look, you know, i know the senator and i know a lot of folks across the way and, and when i have spent time with him, i've had other democrats come to me and say, are you gonna go take a shower now after, after your time with the senator mansion. ah, my question is, do you think

you only have 17 houses districts that voted for a party for president, one party for the house. there's not as much crossover in congress as there used to be. and it is reflected in these numbers, too, that the partisan camps are well divided and if they do not like each other. host: political polarization is the topic. republicans, 202-748-8001. it democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. this is kyle kondik. i should also note he's the author of "the long red thread." i want to get to the booking a little bit, but returning to the findings on political polarization. a strong majority of trump voters see no difference between democrats and socialists. a majority of biden voters agree there is no real difference between republicans and fascists. that's one finding. 41% of biden voters agree that it is time to split the country into parts, red and blue states seceding from the union. does that worry you? guest: i think it is worrisome. i do not think it is that people will act on those actions, but if you are basically willing to say that we should split the country b

biggest opposition party. i know his face, but i don't _ biggest opposition party.n party. i know his i face, but i don't remember his name. are you interested in the election was yellow actually, no. young overnights don't vote and don't know who to vote for, but even if they did, their vote would count a lot less if they lived in the countryside. today the vast majority of japanese voters live in big cities like this one, but the voting districts have not been modernised to reflect this huge shift of population from the rural to the urban. that means it today, you need a lot more votes to get elected in an urban constituency than you do in an urban constituency than you do in a rural one. all of this is good news for prime minister ishida, who can remain... before we go, i want to bring you this story about astronomers having spotted signs of a planet in a distant galaxy that is confirmed, would make it the first planet discovered outside the milky way. the planet candidate orbits a star other than the sun and is located in a spiral galaxy called mercy a 51. it a

historians taught one important wing of the democratic party. like silicon valley, tech people who are saving the world, that is one very wealthy democrats who are democrats. they are not necessarily a natural alliance with the working-class people of color a lot of people also assume is an important phase of the democratic party. he raised a real possibility. i don't know the answer. part of what's so interesting about the moment right now is it is still being written. i don't think we know indirection politics is going to move in in two years, four years. think there's a lot of theories, there's a lot of jockeying and posturing from republicans and democrats for the soul of the country is and who has the momentum. you do raise an important possibility of white democrats like joe biden have taken latinos for granted because latinos get lumped in with other people of color and american working class is having some natural connection to the democratic party. how could they possibly vote for anyone else. part of what happened with joe biden is tha

we have over parties, green party, libertarian. nonreally viable if you will but fall considered spoilers, especially to democrats in the elections. is that something you're concerned about, launching another party. >> the u.k. has five political parties that are considered major. germany mass seven. sweeden as eight. the netherlands has 18. that's a more robust sustainable system than our current did you amelie where if one party has bad little, it can result in a rise of authoritarianism in a way that would be shocking to many of us so we need to moder modernize our system. the spoiler system you're talking about the gets completely eliminated by rank voting. you can rank a democrat number one, an independent number two and not rank a republican. right now the minor -- cast because of the process. this is the yum grade we've been waiting for a long time. kristen: do you eventually plan to run forward party candidates? >> most of them will be running as democrats or republicans but after we get to a point then people will be runni

free democratic party.ger voters, and another million and a half of merkel's party votes went to the two parties. they became the king makers. whichever of the top two parties they support becomes the ruling coalition. against this backdrop was another notable change, the far right populous anti-immigrant policy, afd, lost its place as the main opposition party, falling from 12.6% of the vote in 2017 to 10.3% this year. princeton political scientist explains candidates who turned away from the divisive topic of immigration to focus on issues like pensions, taxes and climate did better than those who tried to co-op the far right xenophobic language. the liberal-free democrats, for instance, told a german news agency that migrant workers could contribute to the shrinking pension fund. the social democrats ran more candidates from immigrant background than ever before. consequently, this would be the most diverse bundes dug in history, reflecting the increasing multi culture society. just over a quarter of the

it is the time of year when political parties get together. where their money comes from is not on the agenda. parties can take as much as they like so long as the donor is on the electoral roll or as a uk company doing business here. you would have thought that there should be some sort of obligation placed on them in law to enquire a little bit into where that a large sum of money comes from. in fact, there is nothing like that. nothing at all. we have been investigating political donors. first up is manometer mercy —— mohammed amerci. he is very well—connected. here he is talking about corruption. corruption is a very, very heinous crime. every stolen dollar robs the poor of an equal opportunity in life. you might have heard of mr amersi because he recently revealed he paid the meetings of prince charles. ~ ., paid the meetings of prince charles. ~ . , charles. we are interested in the money — charles. we are interested in the money he _ charles. we are interested in the money he has _ charles. we are interested in the money he has given -

party. he writes powell's personal journey from potential and much-coveted presidential candidate in the mid1990s to pariah in the trumpified gop. talks about how the party went from the changing face of america and the need to adapt its policies. as to one organized around the often intolerant use of a single man, who spent less time as a republican than powell did. at the time of his death, in an acknowledgment of how far the party moved away from his views, powell, quote, i can no longer call myself a republican and i'm just a citizen who's voted republican, voted democrat throughout my entire career and right now i'm just watching my country and not concerned with parties. that's colon powell. front page this morning of the "wall street journal" and their reporting on the death of colon powell. a trail blazing general and top diplomat dies at the age of 87. as the country's first black joint chiefs of staff chairman, white house national security advisor and secretary of state has die at

opposition party.pposition party. once or twice, i know his _ biggest opposition party. once or twice, i know his face, i biggest opposition party. once or twice, i know his face, but i or twice, i know his face, but i don't remember his name. store i don't remember his name. are ou i don't remember his name. are you interested _ i don't remember his name. are you interested in the election? are you going to bother voting? actually, no. are you going to bother voting? actually. no— actually, no. young urbanites don't vote _ actually, no. young urbanites don't vote and _ actually, no. young urbanites don't vote and don't - actually, no. young urbanites don't vote and don't know i actually, no. young urbanites| don't vote and don't know who to vote for, but even if they did, their vote would count a lot less than if they lived in the countryside. today, the vast majority of japanese voters live in big cities like this one, but the voting districts have not been modernised to reflect this huge shift of po

cliff, no party is perfect.hen it comes to party business, we should come together and discuss on all topics, not the ones we agree on. dorothy in cleveland. caller: i would just like to say that colin powell was a great man. my affiliation is democrat. i do see some time that the democrats have a hard time pushing what they want through. when i look at this republican party, i would never feel republican as long as i live. i don't want to be affiliated to no party that tries to obstruct my right to vote. another thing about it is when the republicans are in office, the tax cuts they give to the rich. the constitution says for the people. we have a planet that is on fire. we have so many problems. the roads need replacing and everything. these people that vote republican, what do they get out of it? nothing. they are paying taxes, but the rich get the money. we have so many issues in this country. we need a makeover. we are behind. a lot of nations have bypassed us. we used to be number one. we are too busy figh

there is not a fight for the heart and the soul of the party. it's trump's party. i know everybody says this, but i want to say it again this morning. it is a cult. that party that i belonged to my whole entire adult life until last year is a cult. if you don't support the cult leader, you have no future in the party. my friend and former colleague, adam kinzinger, realized that. he's got no place in this party. i realized that a few months ago, a few years ago, ali, and here's the scary thing. the more you embrace the cult leader, the more enthusiastically you embrace trump, the better you do. so if you embrace the big lie, your future in the party is much rosier. >> so what do people do? what do conservatives do at this point? there are threats to leave the party. i had marjorie -- i'm sorry, i did not have marjorie taylor greene on the show, i had with it knee taylor on the show talking about what happens if you don't follow the cult. what do you do? >> it cannot be reformed, it cannot be fixed and saved. so what do people like me do? well, plenty of people like

no two parties _ consisting of three parties. no two parties can— consisting of three parties. ago and the time of— marathon. four years ago and the time of the — marathon. four years ago and the time of the last election merkel took five — time of the last election merkel took five months to create a government, five months of negotiation, germany went into — in those _ negotiation, germany went into — in those days — negotiation, germany went into — in those days i— negotiation, germany went into — in those days. i wonder, can we afford to do— those days. i wonder, can we afford to do the _ those days. i wonder, can we afford to do the same shenanigans again and lose such _ to do the same shenanigans again and lose such valuable time to form a government? indeed it is difficult. he will— government? indeed it is difficult. he will have to use the services of the market— he will have to use the services of the market party and the green party which _ the market party and the green party which is _ the market party and the green party which is on _ the market party and the gree

the far right populist party lost near position as the main opposition party.rned away from immigration to talk about pensions and climate did better. the liberal free democrats, for instance, told a german news agency that migrant wokkers could contribute to the shrinking pension fund. this will be the most diverse in history reflecting germany's increasingly multicultural society. although refugees have become politicized in the past, about three quarters of all german refugees say they feel welcome. . they may be backing away from their hardline stance. they found that campaign posters on immigration used softer language. they tapped into an antilook down con tstconstituency. over the last few years main stream parties like those in austria and denmark have co-oped some language to lure away their voters. even the republican party borrowed the lock, stock, and barrel term knowledge of president trump. thank you for being part of my program this week, i'll see you all next week. >> now is the time for cleaner air. you notice for car pet cleaning. . they drove

that means bringing more people into our party. that means working together to advance the president's agenda. that means asking yourself with every tweet, with every resolution, everything you are doing or saying, am i making the democratic party stronger? am i bringing people in, am i putting candidates in a stronger position to win? am i embodying the democratic best? if we let the small disagreements get in the way and forget our larger responsibilities to the people who elected us, we will lose in 22 interludes our ability to deliver for the american -- in 22 and lose our ability to deliver for the american people. we cannot falter. he will end up with speaker mccarthy and later mcconnell. stop the squabbling, let's work together and get a winning game plan folks. the dnc has already committed $20 million to organizing across the country, $23 million to shore up state parties, $25 million to protect the sacred right to vote. last week i announced $5 million for voter registration for the first time in 30 years almost, the dnc

in power and then you add on top of that with the party of power and then the support he had in thetate winning well over 50 percent of the vote last year his job approval in virginia is now in the forties and underwater. i assume the president would come in in the closing days of the governor's race but i'm not sure president biden will give terry mcauliffe that much help because but that is a warning sign that you are looking to get enthusiasm at a time when that was nondata challenge at all. it is a lot harder to see democrats showing up in the off year elections. >> if he were to show up it would be doing a busy time. and the finalat number on that should be. how long will the state to the president get the budget reconciliation bill through the house and senate? >> usually the notion in washington is something that important is too big to fail. so the trillions of dollars of proposeded spending may be too big to pass. 50/50 senate with joe mansion and kyrsten sinema is not partyline voters so these are notes easy and then you look at house and policy and biden can only afford t

the ng them together make this new party in d.c.that getting any in the joe lieberman ticket i supported. an honor. d maybe not surprisingly i him. i give them a credi fcreating a new party and exactly what i and a lot of other democrats andlo republicans and not as many in the old days tried to political party that you have an obligation to do what's right if your rty d'telieve it's good for the country or your constituents and you have a responsibilityt voter is changing and the average on issue they said i'm a democrat or i'm a republican. i think constructive. here's that is realism i gue there'ss not much of a track record of succe elect people. the th was created in america natio that was successful was the in 1856 and 1860 they elected lincoln so we are a two-party country and incidentally the two parties are the constitution or in the law. they use the law to tryí1g-o one harvard economist called theirlly of the hasn't happened when they are then effective third-party movements and the most recent was ross 1992. it had littl

she was pigs by the veteran party members and criticized for being old school. now the form of foreign minister is leading japan's ruling liberal democratic party. he set now to become prime minister. casita was seen as a safe choice for the l. v. p. as it faces general elections in november, he's challenged with leading the party to victory author, it's popularity declined, but he's got to win public support to. it wasn't the most favored contender among young party members, nor among the japanese people. because she has pledge to counter china's growing influence and promised to narrow japan's income inequality gap, florence louis reports. julio kisha is the new chief of japan governing liberal democratic party. he's also set to become prime minister as his party and coalition partner control the houses of parliament is the 2nd time the former foreign minister has run for the leadership after competing against outgoing premier yoshida suga last year. in his acceptance speech, he should have promised to leave the party to success in next month general election.

party.hat is what i believe. it is a shame he is not working for the people. host: the first hour is democrats only. (202)-748-8000 if you are in eastern or central time zone, (202)-748-8001 for mountain and pacific. article in the hill about joe manchin and the ad campaign to pressure manchin on biden spending plan. a coalition of progressive groups unveiled a six-figure television advertisement to ratchet up pressure on joe manchin to support president joe biden's multitrillion dollar build back better agenda. it is focused on an estimated 30,000 new jobs that would be created in west virginia if biden's full human infrastructure passes. [video clip] >> two daughters and they will not stay here. >> my son was a welder and he had to travel two hours from here just to have decent pay. >> my children are new to a big city. they can survive here. >> the last years we have seen 60,000 leave. joe manchin, we need permanent longtime jobs. this state's depending on him to do something right. host:

>> yes, the party is in a mess so basically, merkel leaves a big hole in this party and i think many people will miss her, because what -- the whole winning of the conservative party was basically due to her personality and her authenticity and her integrity so people -- and her stability so she always went for stable issues so -- and they don't have, really, a successor that is really convincing. so there is very much infighting and it's possible that shed, who ran for the conservative party as successor for angle merkel, he might step down because there's a lot of infighting and it's not clear whether he's going to survive it's probably unlikely that he's going to survive >> dalia, it's been a pleasure speaking to you and hearing your insights >>> turning to the uk, the country has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers. amid the continuing fuel shortage, the government says it will continue issuing temporary visas to recruit nearly 5,000 drivers into next year starting today the military will also be deployed to help with fuel delivery to petrol stations which have s

assisting the republican party as a party, as an institution, in any capacity is enabling trump's attempts to subvert american democracy. the never trump conservatives argue the short-term goal stopping donald trump means refusing to cooperate with the republican political project at all. quote, rational republicans are losing the gop civil war. the only near term way to battle pro-trump extremists is for all of us to team up on key races and overarching bill goals. miles taylor is one of the co-author, along with christine whitman. he served in the department of homeland security under president whose leadership he criticized in an anonymous essay and book. miles, this struck me as an interesting point. but also for christine, who is a, you know, republican in good standing. had been a republican in good standing, even if critical of donald trump, i think she still considers herself a republican, but it's not enough to criticize and effectively neutral, but this is zero sum and you have to work for one entity over the other. >> yeah, look, chris. i'll be honest with you. this is not an ea

party, a centrist and populist party.at the centre of government for the past for years, and they have done it, and it is a remarkable victory for them at the other opposition grouping which is now in parliament and will now, together with the largest opposition group, have a majority in parliament. that cuts off the path for andrej babis essentially to form a new government. the only fly in the ointment, the only glimmer of hope for andrej babis is that the country's president has said previously that he will only appoint the leader of the largest party in parliament, not the largest alliance or the largest coalition. so that would mean that andrej babis would have first dibs at forming a government, but really his chances success this evening look pretty slim. lebanon has been plunged into darkness after its electricty grid shut down, leaving the entire country without power. an official said the closure of two big power stations due to fuel shortages was to blame for the power cut. there was a similar massive outage la

it is by far the lesser of two evils to have the democratic party versus the republican party. i mean, the republican party is, like, you know, the police have done nothing wrong and they're doing everything possible to stop people from voting. so this talk of the democratic party abandoning black voters and being against abortion is about killing black babies and all of this, this is all manipulative right-wing stuff. it's not like the right wing is suddenly going to help the black voters. it's not like the right wing is going to say, you know what? we're going to start investigating these police and get something done. black people aren't that dumb. so as the democratic party good? at best, yes. but at worst, the lesser of two evils. >> staffers want to pull the party in a more conservative direction, probably not going to get a chance to do it anytime soon as long as you have people like trump and others with their grip on the party. >> let's be clear. the republican party has taken itself from an organization that was built on some very specific public policy issues, things

the majority party is abusing its oversight party to spy on the minority party. that, too, has never happened in the history of america. we have a plan to fight it and a good chance of stopping it. we've been sending letters to the telecommunication and social media companies, if they don't do the right thing, what they're legally obligated to do, we'll hear from them under oath soon. speaker pelosi has done more damage to congress as an institution than any mob ever could. not just in other assault on 230 years of oversight precedence, but also in her assault on the biden administration's assault on the democratic process itself. as i mention the biden justice department is threatening to sue states that return to their pre-pandemic voting laws. remember, those laws were changed illegally without the consent of state legislatures to give democrats an edge in the 2020 election and now they're threatening to sue states that follow the constitutionally prescribed process. speaker pelosi's first bill in this congress, hr-1 aims to rewrite our voting laws and have th

two parties no more. two parties no month. that democratic party is not one party. they can say we've always done this, paul begala tonight. no way. i've never seen the democrats run the train like they are. no criticism, it's just the state of play. they better be very clear how they'll pay for it because there will be a big push from the right about this being the most epic spending of all time. socialism. >> this is when the dramatic music plays in the movie. that's where we are at this point now in real life. thank you, chris. >> i look forward to watching you at 3:00 in the morning. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." we are awaiting a promised house vote on president biden's infrastructure bill. in a new dear colleague letter to her caucus, nancy pelosi writes, and i quote here, discussions continue with the house, senate and white house to reach a bicameral framework agreement to buy back a reconciliation bill and they tell me there won't be a vote tonight. the president you see there remains in the west wing, getting updates from his team. this is all up in the

we talk about the state of the republican party, the idea didn't leave the party, the party left me.is an example of that. i think about his endorsement of president biden, as well. biden is somebody we note delivers a eulogy. we don't know the plans for the service, who exactly is going to speak, but i would expect, if the president is one of the speakers, hear him speak on something he campaigned on, lowering the political temperature of country above party, of of self. and that would be a meaningful opportunity for the president to reflect on a true statesman, a giant of our time. yamiche: and jake, where did general powell fit into today's gop? could he have had the success that he had in today's gop? >> no, i mean i don't think so. you saw what donald trump said about general powell. it's not even worth repeating, but he was not praising carol powell. -- general powell. listen, i think that in this republican party, you see a lot of republicans not respect the military and its brass as they did in the past. i think that's just the reality of it. it's an unfortunate reality read

i think the democratic party - an agreement? i think the democratic party are - an agreement?e probably come to terms with excepting god. they will probably raise the debt ceiling alone. they are not going to necessarily get the republican support to do it. there are two options available to them that they could potentially look at. the first one is a simple majority vote. they do have a simple majority in the senate with budget reconciliation is not really not quite it drawn out process i don't have enough time to get into what that means there's the nuclear option which is getting rid of the filibuster. this is essentially something that exists which allows the opposition party to have a say our laws being passed. the filibuster is an incredibly controversial, getting rid of it would set a precedent. but there is some optimism that they will get it through. how they'll get it through, they have got some options remains to be seen. time is ticking as you said at the start of our discussion.— you said at the start of our discussion. ., ,, , ., ,., . discussion. thank you so mu

al sattar's party, like ny protesters, is calng for the boycott of the elections.y the playing field isn't level because the incumbents draw on state funds and their armed wings to succeed. >> ( translated ): we in the streets are unarmed, we have no money, we don't have the experience to organize the protest in the face of authority, which during the daytime tells us "come and organize yourself and take part in the elections," while at night, they go around the houses and kill us. >> reporter: the lack of organization is evident. at the protest, the attendees argue over how it should be run, and the turnout is disappointingly low in the hundreds. two years on the protest movement is still struggling to unite, and even arranging a small demonstration like this sparked disagreements over what the goals and messages should be, highlighting the deep rifts within the protest movement. and this lack of unity is one reason why protesters have failed to translate the momentum on the streets into political capital. 167 parties and 3,200 candidates registered to run for ira