oh scott lucas is an, a meritus professor at the university of birmingham in the u. k. he joins us live from there. thank you so much for being on the show. a 1st of all, what do you think a chinese law says about the trump effect? his ability to, to continue to hold huge sway with conservative voters in the us. well, at a starting point in the area like why, why homing, which is not very densely populated, it says that trumpets can win at local level, that they can unseat their perceived foes, such as lead shanie, despite all the prestige. despite all the headline of political background that she brings, however, i think we need to be conscious here. it does not necessarily mean that the trumpets have taken over the republican party, let alone america, at a state level. it is much more difficult to mobilize all those forces to deny the election to say that trump was wrongfully removed in 2021. and is especially difficult at the national level for trump to run it for president 2024. in other words, this mythical base of tempest does have a local effect and we should not

so no, i don't think that's the path less training to take professor scott lucas. thank you very much. thank you. now let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines. u. s. presidential biden has signed into law. the inflation reduction acts calling it a win for the american people. the new legislation includes an investment of $369000000000.00 in climate policies. $64000000000.00 to reduce health insurance costs and the 15 percent minimum cooperation tests for large company the united states and the e. u. r. studying iran's response to a final draft of the renewed nuclear deal. negotiators have been meeting in vienna for more than a year to revive the agreement from 2015 that would limit rance nuclear development . it collapse when for me, he was president. donald trump withdrew his support. turkey as reportedly carried as an air strike in the aleppo region of northern syria, killing at least 11 people. syrian state media reports at 3 government soldiers were among the victims. turkish forces have been targeting the kurdish y p g militia in norther

scott lucas is a professor for american studies at the university of birmingham. he says there are still a possibility that the former president could be prosecuted over the findings for the espionage act is quite a long standing act, which of course would cover, for example, spying for a foreign power. but the espionage act also covers the handling of top secret material. you know, the material relating to national security. and one of the provisions of the espionage act is that no one should take classified material for their own private possession. especially if they have no permission from a government agency to have that. so in this specific case where the espionage and what has happened is that a monks or is that the warrant was issued on the suspicion that amongst the material that donald trump had taken without permission from the white house, there was top secret documents. and indeed, what the f b i as found is those 4 set of documents that are not only more top secret. they're more secure compartment and secure. compartmentalized means that you can only

scott lucas is an ameritas professor at the university of birmingham in the u. k. he says there was happened to las cheney doesn't necessarily mean donald trump will be president again, very like why, why homing, which is not very densely populated. it says that trumpets can win at local level, that they can unseat their perceived foes, such as lead shanie. despite all the prestige, despite all the headline or political background that she brings, however, i think we need to be cautious here. it does not necessarily mean that the trumpets have taken over the republican party. let alone america, don't trust the president 2024. it's only the time to get the announcement that we wait for. now, the bigger question here is, does he succeed? does his spectacle overtake reality? and there are 2 factors to watch here. the 1st is, is that a lot of republicans are not really persuaded that donald trump is the way to go. you might call them establish republicans mainstream republicans. but with all his baggage, he is not necessarily going to be back say by the senate republic

scott lucas is an meritus professor at the university of birmingham in the u. k. he says, what's happened to liz cheney doesn't necessarily mean that donald trump will be president again. the area like why, why homing, which is not very densely populated. it says that trumpets can, when at the local level that they can unseat their perceived foes, such as lead shanie, despite all the prestige, despite all the headline or political background that she brings. however, i think we need to be cautious here. it does not necessarily mean that the trumpets have taken over the republican party. let alone america. don't trust the president 2024. it's only the timing of the announcement that we wait for. now. the bigger question here is, does he succeed? does his spectacle overtake reality? and there are 2 factors to watch here. the 1st is, is that a lot of republicans are not really persuaded that donald trump is the way to go. you might call them established republicans mainstream republicans. but with all his baggage, he knew not necessarily what do you back say by the s

welcome back to al jazeera, scott lucas. so while it's not really known, what exactly is in the documents themselves, the words does indicate that one of the things that f b i, agents were actually looking into is potential violations of the espionage. or can you just provide some context to that? well, the espionage act is quite a long standing act, which of course would cover, for example, spying for a foreign power. but the espionage act also covers the handling of top secret material. you know, the material relating to national security. and one of the provisions of the espionage act is that no one should take classified material for their own private possession, especially if they have no permission from a government agency to have that. so in this specific case where the espionage and what has happened is that a marks for is that the warrant was issued on the suspicion that amongst the material that donald trump had taken without permission from the white house, there was top secret documents. indeed, what the f, b i a

well, for more perspective let's now speak to scott lucas, a professor of american studiess at the university us live from there. welcome. just front all on the story of these documents, with the national archives saying in february they wanted them recovered. worthy quite clear on what was taken? the national quite clear on what was taken? tue: national archives quite clear on what was taken? tte: national archives is the collection of documents for the house committee investigating the attack on the capitol on january investigating the attack on the capitol onjanuary six, investigating the attack on the capitol on january six, 2021 investigating the attack on the capitol onjanuary six, 2021 which may be linked to donald trump and is part of that general search they were trying to call in white house documents from around that time. they could not get the documents. so they did not quite know the extent and then they started to go through everything and see where the gap was and it was discovered there was a 15 boxes of documents that had been taken away to mar—a—lago, florida. how many of t

lucas will say a best. because they tell me it's not like they don't know. my name come well, scott kemati, evidently these are confusing talks and making sense of it all might be asking a little much. it does make you wonder though what garcia marquez, kind of funny and wolf would have made of the fake news phenomenon. today. the blending of fact and fiction meant to confuse, rather than in for you've been watching a special edition of our program on journalism from off the beaten track. we'll see you next time. here at the listening ah no, i'm mariam demise in london with a quick look at our main stories now and a series of drone attacks have been report.

and one thing that my dad a lot less on k, lucas will say a best because he, i me, it's, well look at all knowing my name, come all, scott kemati. i believe they with these are confusing talks and making sense of it all might be asking a little much it does make you wonder though what garcia marquez, kind of funny and wolf would have made of the fake news phenomenon. today. the blending of fact and fiction meant to confuse, rather than in, for you've been watching a special edition of our program on journalism from off the beaten track. we'll see an extra here at the listening post drank assessment. how much support is there that st. protests that we've seen in hotels across the rest of the country. the street has been, has been very good. that's happening into the core concerns of people across the country. informed opinions we will say more of it. what is happening is that climate change it making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines draw. he is credited by some way where they were storing italy's credibility. this critics would say he couldn't play the part of a politician. what do you think went w

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