elect the leadership by sigrid ballot? -- sigrid ballot? -- secret ballot? why not allow them to cross the aisle? >> the speaker did not use to be partisan, the speaker used to be the head of the chamber, not the party. why can't we see that that could be a good place to go back to? there is nothing that requires party control, it is not in the constitution. [beep] >> small request. [laughter] >> my answer to that is to answer the broader question, i think that the question here is one that goes beyond congress. congress is partisan in large part because the country is partisan, i do not think it is partisan despite the willingness of the country to operate in a less partisan manner. reflectshas -- or it this realignment that has occurred over the last 40 years. and as i said, i think there is a lot of studies on this, that the parties have come into greater parity and the consequences of one party winning or the other have become tic and competition has become greater. and i think that one has to look at institutions outside of the congress, whether it is t

a solution that respects the constitution as well as the sovereignty of a country a solution that sigrid will to and except to build to all parties. i'm joined now at the big table by isabel vera fellows from the german institute for international in security affairs right here in berlin she's a senior fellow specializing in north africa and the middle east it's good to have you on the show let's talk about what we're seeing right now i want to begin by asking how surprised are you at this move by the military stepping in i mean it's almost counterintuitive that an army chief would want to protect the constitution in the country well this is not the first time this is happening either now darian are nor in the arab world but i wasn't that surprised given the level of protest but also given the level of rumors in the past days i think everyone knew that the one person that could push beautifully come out would be the on the chief of staff however i would have not expected him to do the so openly i would have thought that they would try to nudge him out of the now the army is clearly a pos

a solution that sigrid will tool and acceptable to all will parties. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with europe's attempt to thrust the internet into the twenty first century that is how lawmakers in the european parliament describe the controversial internet copyright legislation which they passed today in short it requires online platforms such as google and you tube to pay a fair price to content creators now supporters of the legislation say giant platforms have been freeloading by not paying for the content the content that they use to generate advertising revenue but opponents including google say this is poison for creativity and that it will serve as a gatekeeper snuffing out individuals and small companies who would like to use the internet to grow their brand. four years of intense argument came to a head in strasburg on tuesday when the european parliament debated copyright reform german law maker x. and fast negotiated the deal on behalf of the parliament thank you. start this is about the rule of law

this comes just days after jared kushner travel to the kingdom for sigrid of meeting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman , th man accused of ordering the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal ashoggi. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen defended the trump administration's immigration policies wednesday, telling lawmakers border officials were on track to detain more than 900,000 migrants at the u.s.-mexico border this year. nielsen push backs and they routinely denies migrants a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s., claiming no one would be turned away adding was or to been true. the claim prompted democrats of the house homeland security committee to reply "you're either lying to this committee, or you don'know what is happening at the border." asked how many children are detained at the border, nielsen replied she did not have the number handy. and she denied migrant prisoners are being held in cages. this is new jersey congressmember bonnie

jason: sigrid to catch up with you. thanks for coming by.neral atlantic ceo. are you in the bracket? lisa: no. are you? alix: now. we are watching an auction of 5-year note. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: here is what i am watching. today it will be about bonds. you're taking a look at yields in the five-year. $41 billion of supply coming out later on today. the takedown for the two-year was good and i wonder they will be ok of buying yield. lisa: when you say pretty good we are talking about low to year treasury yields, the lowest since early last year. you saw the greatest indirect bidder participation in a year. you saw investors clamoring for these bonds, even though yields are so low. alix: i will watch what is happening with the 530. bit, what doesod that mean? lisa: the idea that if the fed holds out, you are seeing a curve inversion that people are getting worried out. the gap between three-month and 10 year treasury yield inverts further. is the indicator that the new york fed look set to indicate recession. that will be continuing to m

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i have spoken to the hl secretary ( sigrid secretary of transportation and to the ceo of boeing and these will be available shortly after our conference today. they are all in agreement with the action. any plan currently in the air will go to its destination and thereafter be grounded until further notice. so the planes in the air will be grounded if they are the 737 max. they will be grounded upon landing at their destination. the pilots have been notified. airlines have been notified. airlines are agreeing with this, the safety of the american people and all people is of paramount concern. our heart goes out to all of those who lost loved ones, to their friends, to their families and both to the ethiopian and alliance airlines , crashes involving the 737 max aircraft. it is a terrible, terrible thing. the boeing is an incredible company. they are working very, very hard right now and hopefully, they will very quickly come up with the answer but until they do, the planes are grounded and you will be hearing from the faa in a little while, probably a few minutes from now. into great deta