but bottom line is coming out next with steve clemens. ah hi, i'm steve clements. i have a question. what can florida tell us about the u. s. presidential elections next year? let's get to the bottom line. ah, it's officially america's fastest growing state and it's bleeding democrats, right. and left. florida might be home to not one, but 2 republican presidential candidates, donald trump and just maybe governor randa santos. what used to be a swing state is now deeply conservative and the state legislature there has a super majority of republicans. so they literally don't need any democratic votes to pass whatever laws they want. and they've been using that power to troll the democrats with one bill, calling for the outright banning of the democratic party because it supported slavery 200 years ago. it's a jap against what they call liberal woke ism more than a serious plan. so what's going on with the democratic party in florida and what can that tell us about the parties chances? nationwide in 2024. today we're talking with one of the florida pop democrats, for

he also thank cattle for assisting my colleague steve clemens, host of al jazeera, the bottom line, interviewed rondon at president porter, got the twice in recent months. he has more on the government's decision. but a remarkable change of the turn of events. in december i interviewed president, could guy, may you said he would not be bullied into making a decision and that it would take an invasion to get paul recess of begin out of prison. in march in doha, he, i asked him, i said, hows that position going. and he said, you know, sometimes you have to forgive the unforgivable and i got goosebumps on the back of my neck. i said, wow, they are going to release paul recess, begin him. and i said to him on stage it in the interview, if, if you make that decision, will you give me a call? and they did. and so i think that the united states, with a lot of assistance from cutter, was able to get to an understanding with for wanda, about how to get paul recess, beginner in 20 others released without removing or pardoning his conviction. so the conviction remains on the books is sent and is commuted.

more rain is expected in the coming days of those, the headlines this hour, the bottom line with steve clemens coming up next the . ready hi, i'm steve clements, i have some questions. 20 years later was invading iraq, a major mistake, and should the u. s. apologize, let's get to the bottom line. ah, was strong support from the american public and both political parties. the u. s. government launched a massive invasion of iraq in 2003. it removed its president at the time saddam hussein and occupy the country directly for years. the official reasons were that iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and was supporting al qaeda which had carried out the attacks of $911.00 on american soil. both of these accusations quickly turned out to be really false and the you and called the invasion illegal under international law. the iraqi people launched a resistance to the occupation and also fought each other in a bloody civil war. hundreds of thousands of iraqis had been killed since then. along with more than 4500 american troops and thousands of military contractors, millions of iraqis have

and my colleague steve clemens host developed here is the bottom line has interviewed rwandan, president polk gum a twice in recent months. and he shared what he learned during those interviews. a remarkable change. the turn of events in december i interviewed president could guy, may you said he would not be bullied into making a decision and that it would it take an invasion to get paul recess of again out of prison in march in doha. he's i asked him, i said, how's that position going? and he said, you know, sometimes you have to forgive the unforgivable and i got goosebumps on the back of my neck. i said, wow, they are going to release paul recess to begin. and then i said to him on stage it in the interview, if may, if you make that decision, will you give me a call? and they did. and so i think that the united states, with a lot of assistance from cutter was able to get to an understanding with or wanda about how to get paul recess begin at 20 others released without removing or pardoning his conviction. so the conviction remains on the books, his sentence is commuted. he is going t

for more on this, we're speaking to steve clemens. he's the host of al jazeera, the bottom line. he's joining us from washington, d. c. steve, you also scoop the story and you recently spoke to the ruins and president polk. a guy may at a security for him. and at the time he had hinted to you at the possibility of releasing recess, a bingo. just tell us how best has come about it and what you know, if it a remarkable change the turn of events in december i interviewed president, could guy make you said he would not be bullied into making a decision and that it would it take an invasion to get paul recessive again, out of prison in march in doha, he's, i asked him, i said, how's that position going? and he said, you know, sometimes you have to forgive the unforgivable and i got goosebumps on the back of my neck. read that. wow. they're going to release paul recess, begin, and then i said to him on stage it in the interview, if, if you make that decision, will you give me a call? and they did. and so i think that the united states, with a lot of assistance from cutter was able to ge

my colleague steve clemens is a host of outage areas at the bottom line. now he interviewed are one and president polk army twice in recent months. and he has more on the government's decision. well, a remarkable change. the turn of events in december i interviewed president, could guy, may you said he would not be bullied into making a decision and that it would it take an invasion to get paul recess of begin out of prison in march in doha, he, i asked him, i said, how's that position going? and he said, you know, sometimes you have to forgive the unforgivable and i got goosebumps on the back of my neck. i said, wow, they are going to release paul recess. begin. and then i said to him on stage it in the interview, if may, if you make that decision, will you give me a call? and they did. and so i think that the united states, with a lot of assistance from cutter was able to get to an understanding with or wanda about how to get paul recess begin it in 20 others released without removing or pardoning his conviction. so the conviction remains on the books, h

in december, he told steve clemons al jazeera steve clemens. it would take a foreign invasion to free arossi by bingo. fast forward to march. he said his government had begun discussions about freeing him what's behind the change of heart and why now into having me so. well, what has been happening has been dialogue with the very constructive dialogue with the u. s. we have been able to, to discuss this issue. everyone knows that they are very concerned about this case . we have maintained or serious concerns about this case, especially as we regards non political violence. but i'm groups including those that are led by people operating from developed countries. but we have a now agreed on the fundamental principles and we're able to, to, to move forward with this sir humanitarian release. when you said there's been dialogue taking place, sorry to understand that there was a lot of pressure on the rwandan government by the u. s. government to free this man as well as his associates. i mean, as you very well know, research begin, i became a glob