one of the most undemocratic systems in the wir entire world. and a chance to escape that system is thrilling. and particularly on scotland, particularly the right wing brand of economics we want to get away from. huge numbers have voted to create an equal and better society and in a system that is so u undemocratic, it will never give it to us. >> i knodon't political pendulums swing back and forth. leaving a country because you don't like the current government in westminster? >> i think it's not just the conservative party. if that was the case, i think more and more people in scotland and across the u.k. are beginning to realize the thing that is broken is the system. what we have is a collection of northern european country stuck in this parliament built for a previous era, stuck in a government system that was built for the age of empires. but we don't live in an age of empires any more. we live in the modern world. having our own place on the international stage is much best for us rather than hiding behind the big bully on the world stag

we have one of most undemocratic systems in the world. it's that system that has made britain the most unequal count country, and it's the right winged brand of economics that we want to get away from. huge numbers of people in scotland by that send ha want more. >> don't political pendulums swing back and forth leaving the country you've been a part of for 300 years because you don't like the current system of government in westminster? >> i think it's not just the conservative party, as you say. if that was the case, the party presided over a massive increase in this country, and more and more people in scotland as across the country, as across the u.k. realize the thing that is broken is the system. what we have is essentially a collection of normal northern european countries stuck in a government system built for the age of empires. we don't live in the age of empires any more. we live in the modern world. joining the network of nations and having our place on the international stage is it much better for us than hiding behind the bi

for some people who grew up in undemocratic environments, when the level of unfreedom was pretty high, crossing the border there was the world that has constitutions and elections. it's usually an attempt to find democracy. where there was no democracy before, now people... a person like myself try to find it. and then i realized very quickly that democracy cannot be found. there's nothing to... >> hinojosa: there's no nirvana. >> if they took away democracy, then i thought someone would give it back. no. >> hinojosa: you were looking for the easy answer. >> i realized that democracy is something that has to be made. it is something that will never be fully achieved. it's a continuing process of chasing after this phantom of democracy. >> you also say you like the part of peace that is difficult. >> you cannot make peace being peaceful. >> hinojosa: you have to create a lot of angst, change. >> because peace for me has something to do with inclusion of many voices, and more of a democractic concept. because peace that is achieved at the expense of democracy is actually horrifying peac

are intolerant of the media's role in reporting these events and are resorting to unjustifiable, undemocraticcts. the attacks on geo represent an attack on pakistan's media. demonstrate orders have come out in support of the network. they call it working the graveyard shift, working at the one desk in the newsroom that editors check in with whenever somebody famous checks out. we are talking about the newspaper's obituary desk. those extended obits don't get written after somebody dies. the obit desk is supposed to have them ready at a home's notice. it's not as if the only obits ready to go are about people who are elderly. it doesn't matter how old you are. a good obit editor is supposed to be prepared for anything. nick muirhead on obituary writing, the dos and don'ts of the craft. >> it's journalism's open morbid secret that news organizations around the world have thousands of prewritten obituaries just waiting for when the time comes. >> we do have many, many obituaries, at least in some stage of pre-writing. we do try to write as many as we can in advance. we have right now about 1500

so-called concession they may be allowing will not change the nature of the whole system, the undemocraticinate by the chinese communist party the kind of system you cannot even call that democratic. >> there's another way here, because being a bit of a cynic, playing devil's advocate, let's say you get full democracy, the type you want. then 30 years down the line, we get the special status of hong kong removed, and it reverts to the mainland proper and it will be totally undemocratic again. >> no, i don't think so, because according to our constitution and basic law, is it t does not mean it will end in 2047. e can continue our system. also, talking about 30 years from now, china may have changed quite a lot by then. so i think we have to look at it this way. >> now, how fun is it do you think for you to get a senior lawmaker at the moment to come and join you? >> well, it's important, because i think in this movement, one very important thing is we resist the position, and we need them to support the hour decision that we can -- that we can do it. and actually in june this year, we have

undemocratic,very but i am of the view in my country that ordinary people should be much less engagedn discussion. and advocating of their international affairs. , if youy conservative want. that the quantity of the public engagement into the discussion of international overreaching the acceptable limit. recused.to be paper, i must our say that this might be considered as one of the rakes -- breaks which can help to build the relationships which are not touching the hearts of keep the potent issue of national survival on the level of intergovernmental and lymphatic dialogue. dialogue.tic i'm sorry my english is not enough maybe -- >> your english is excellent. ,art of what we are advocating you speak of a disappointment and resentment, and the reset that we are talking about is not a reset to the fantasy of warmth in the relationship the twin united states and russia. to the realism about the coldness of that relationship which will reduce those expectations in many ways, but normalize relationship based on strategic interests so that it does not lead to that kind of resentment and ho

doesn't this strike you as strange, as undemocratic, as more befitting an ancient monarchy where one to war with another and the people honor their wishes. what purpose does it serve that the congress abdicates its congressional power to represent the people in matters of war? i'll give you a motive. it makes it easier for them to get re-elected. i've heard it said that harry reid and mitch mcconnell don't get along. what's worse, they don't get along or they're in a quiet mutual agreement not to utter those two words "let's vote" that would make this government seem more like the constitutional republic it was designed to be? that's "hardball" for now. thanks for be with us. for those honoring rosh >> tonight, will the president's plan work? and at the british parliament is called back to vote on war. what about our congress? >>> then no indictment for the police who shot and killed a young black man in a walmart. the state has released the surveillance video. we'll get the latest from ohio. >>> plus big news on the star-studded concert to end extreme poverty and the protester polar

it is messy and may seem undemocratic, but i think in this environment it is essential to forge a national concensus based almost on an intuitive sense of being representative. i think it can be done. andas happened in the past even in the palestinian context. >> thanks. michael, stepping outside domestic politics, i wonder if you could address the relationship between israel and egypt and the way it has been managed over the cease-fires. there was an interesting piece in "the wall street journal" that talked about the closeness that has developed such as the united states is almost being cut out of the discussions. what is your perspective of egypt's role and will it impact politics in israel at all? >> i think you have to say it is constructive if for no other reason than egypt was the one party that brought the sides together to brokered the cease-fire. so in that sense it was certainly constructive. the first couple weeks, the fact egypt had no creditability with hamas and that egypt didn't want to do much to do with hamas at all was a factor in extending the fighting. in contrast to 2

angry with the changes to the system which the protesters say are undemocratic. >> we've had successust want democracy. and nothing more. >> reporter: beijing has warned the international community that this remains an internal chinese issue. taiwan house has given to to support of the protesters. they were originally a pro. >> referee: pro-democracy group. but the real danger is this situation could spiral out of control. >> if it hasn't already. david piper thank you very much. >>> and ronald reagan who says what happens in hong kong won't stay very long in hong kong. why not, sir? >> this is a whole thing on economics, ever, neil. they've got a 15% flat tax on income. they've got a 16.5% on corporate trar riffs. they are an open world global city and they don't want to see the government change bit chinese government. so they have a model that really works and they don't want to lose it. and if i were chinese in hong kong, i'd riot, too. >> you know what i'm wondering, though, how does china deal with this, because the crackdown in tiananmen square in 1989. we have the media now t

game because you don't like the people who are participating, not only is it unfair, but it's undemocraticat krystal was saying is right. it's not talking about the letter of the law, not modernizing the election system, how do we make sure the majority of americans are voting? it's basically because they don't want participation. and what we're seeing, unfortunately. you mentioned ohio, north carolina, texas, arkansas. these are increasingly swing states, where you have a huge boom, not only in the african american vote, but a huge boom in the latino vote. what you're saying to young people, people of color is that we don't want your participation. and what we have to do is to ensure that we hold their feet to the fire and make sure that we're having these conversations. because at the end of the day, the only way that you maximize participation is that you make voting easier, not harder. >> well, i've been looking at supreme courts a long time now, this is the most partisan supreme court bench i've seen. i mean, the five conservatives here are like the political guardians of the right, i

so it's messy and may even seen undemocratic, but in this environment, it's essential. forge a national consensus based sort of on an intuitive sense of being representative. and i think it can be done. it happened in the past in many context. but even in the palestinian context. >> michael, stepping outside the domestic politics for a moment, i wonder if you can address -- one was the relationship of egypt and the way it was managed over failed cease-fires. there was a really interesting piece in "the wall street journal" a few weeks ago that talked about the closeness that's developed. it seemed like the u.s. was being cut out of these discussions. what's your view of egypt's role here. was it constructive and how -- will it impact politics in israel at all? >> you'd have to say it's constructive if for no other reason it was the party that broke the cease-fire. in that sense, it was constructive. the fact that egypt had no credibility with hamas and that egypt really didn't want to have much to do with a mass at all was a factor in extending the fighting in contrast

unaccountable and undemocratic.s was very important factor contributing to extremism and terrorism. my point here would be we need to see a much broader political strategy. if anything, i think the policy that we have seen articulated by the administration over the past several weeks puts too much emphasis on the military side. we need a much broader political element to that strategy. >> almost pie in the sky. you have a syrian situation that is just chaotic and out-of-control. you are dealing with nations that like pakistan that simply won't do the right thing. but i agree with you, that you can't annihilate every single jihadist and they are going to reconstitute. like the drug cartels you knock one down. here comes another one. but you can't hold back your defense of america because you can't get them all. all right. that's what i'm trying to say that president obama, he is selling a bill of goods like the syrian free moderate people are somehow going to defeat isis. both you and i know that's never going to hap

at all, become more democratic, and move closer into the east and away from the corruption and undemocraticystem, which has plagued it for the last 23 years. >> david stern, thanks very much indeed there for the latest in kiev. >>> thousands of people are still thought to be stranded in indian administered kashmir, nearly two weeks after devastating floods there. at least 200 people have died and many, many are missing. there are fears of disease now spreading, as criticism grows of the government response. andrew north sent this report from the worst-hit area of srinagar, the kashmir capital. >> reporter: the center of srinagar, after its worst flood in memory. some camming it kashmir's katrina. and the government is totally overwhelmed. we found a way in on foot as the waters begin to recede. it's just incredible the devastation around here. this whole road has been completely washed away. and up ahead, i'm hearing things are even worse. this was once a better off neighborhood. many have lost everything, and mohamed dar says he feels abandoned by the government. >> translator: we made a m

bush recognized that illegitimate undemocratic, unaccountable governments in the region where a driverextremism and empowering extremist groups, i agree with that analysis. the point is that you need to have a broader strategy to address the grievances and some of the factors that contribute to young men traveling great distances. >> wow. wow. >> to join up with groups like isis. >> are you suggesting that we need to sit down and figure out what's making them mad at us before we fight back? let me throw this in here. ever hear of the rattle snake rationale? a guy from texas said this he has shrubs outside his ranch. every time a rattle snake comes on to his property he kills it. he doesn't ask a rattle snake why are you coming on to my property. why are you so mad at me and want to bite me? he kills the rattle snake when he comes on to the property. i would say isis could be considered the rattle snake here now, no? >> sure that's the antidote. broader view why people join up with isis, take account of the grievances that cause young men to join up and want to fight. >> matthew, what a

it is patently undemocratic for the nonprofit sector to be silence this way.and going back to the risk that our forefathers and foremothers did, we need to embrace the same risk. not reckless, but calculated risk. the law, i believe, is on our side. i will have a conversation with anybody about this. i am living proof of this reality. no matter how efficient i make my business, and i am really good at what i do, no matter how efficient i am, i should never be in this business. i love my work. i hate my job. the reality is, i feed poor people leftover food. that is just not america. that is not the america i was born into. that is not the america they taught me and my history book. that is not the america i see in the future. we must fight for something very different. we have to consider being employers ourselves. historically we train them, send them out in the broader economy, they are supposed to embrace them. it is hard to get someone to hire a felon, a working mom. what is the incentive? there is no incentive. we are the ones. we need to start the busines

it is patently undemocratic for the nonprofit sector to be silence this way. and going back to the risk that our forefathers and foremothers did, we need to embrace the same risk. not reckless, but calculated risk. the law, i believe, is on our side. i will have a conversation with anybody about this. i am living proof of this reality. no matter how efficient i make my business, and i am really good at what i do, no matter how efficient i am, i should never be in this business. i love my work. i hate my job. , i feed poors people leftover food. that is just not america. that is not the america i was born into. that is not the america they taught me and my history book. that is not the america i see in the future. we must fight for something very different. we have to consider being employers ourselves. historically we train them, send them out in the broader economy, they are supposed to embrace them. it is hard to get someone to hire a felon, a working mom. what is the incentive? there is no incentive. we are the ones. we need to start the businesses. that wa

its connectivity is uneven and undemocratic. we witness the rise of isil, a barbaric sunni force composed of foreign fighters that manifest the discontent of the sunnis. isil's leader has been a leader inside iraq, recognized for the most part iraq's huge sunni population has been ignored and purposely excluded in iraq's mal arch ki-led government. and the sunni tribe not affiliated with isil that have dug in for the long haul and exist in key provinces in iraq. it is to america's peril if we miscalculate and fail to understand their importance. it is to america's peril if we underestimate who the enemy is, what isil is fighting for and against and what it will take to defeat isil. never place our military between two warring fractions is legged end dare and lethal. if america is pulled into a civil war on the lands of iraq and syria with having taken sides, we will be on the wrong side of history. our military has already lost over 6,000 americans with 50,000 more brave wounded or incapacitated. our nation has spent over a tril

it will sound very undemocratic but i am advocating the view that ordinary people should be much less engaged in the end -- in the discussion. the advocating of international affairs. i am very conservative, if you want. i'm afraid that the quantity of public engagement into the district -- into the discussion isinternational affairs overreaching the acceptable and needs to be reduced. paper, my big our is -- which could help relationship while touching the hearts of the people and keep the important issues of national survival on of dialogue. to say.sh is not enough semi-your english is excellent. -- >> your english is excellent. you speak of a deed disappointment and a resentment that is born of disappointment. reset we are talking about is not a reset towards the fantasy of warmth in the relationship and the united states. realism ofet for the the coldness of that relationship. normalize a relationship based on strategic interests so that it doesn't lead that kind of resentment hostility. in many ways that is a product of the gorbachev thinking end of the cold war expectation that

this is utterly undemocratic and it needs to stop. congress has tried to stop this tidal wave of unlimited money but this supreme court interprets the first amendment not as a guarantee of free speech but of who can pay to speak. as a result, our democracy is in peril. campaign finance limits don't limit our free speech, they increase it by ensuring that every citizen can be heard and that no one gets unfair access to our government at the expense of everyone else. campaign finance laws don't stifle democracy, they enhance it. we need to fix our broken campaign finance system. we need a constitutional amendment that overturns the citizens united and mccutcheon decisions. our democracy is based on the fundamental principle that all voters and each and every vote cast are created equal. people, not dollars, are the true currency of our constitution and democracy, and that's why i will be voting for senate resolution 19, to support a democracy for all attitude in the united states. and i also rise today in support of another principle th

does that mean that we would think that the person should be moved, pushed out undemocratically? i think there are a lot of hard choices and regrettably, i think obama's legacy, unless he acts now, would not be one to at least put some precedence out there, even if they're not totally successful about the fact that the u.s. is going to take a new look at its relationship with the region which does mean our allies have to be primarily responsible in the region for what they do but which also means that we are going to be really strong on the things that they do that are devastating. we're not going to look the other way when slaughter takes place of the magnitude that its taken in egypt and also more recently in gaza. >> we have one minute left. we're in the lightning round. i'm going to take two questions -- the discussion on the twitter sphere is really interesting. i'll take two questions and ask for quick answers. for john, what about the question of isis recruiting, for example, somalis in minnesota, how should the u.s. be dealing with isis recruiting in the states and for sh

this is undemocratic, unlawful and unacceptable. the epa proposal is also insupportable because it violates the basic tenants of cooperative federalism. our constitution constitution and trusted states with most topics in states should be able to make policies regarding the two city generation and efficiency without being second guessed by the epa. although the epa and supporters of the proposal has touted have touted its flexibility, this proposal makes state permits subservient to the epa. with states having to seek approval for the policies on the topics ranging from how electricity is generated to state tax policies related to energy to how the companies and households use electricity. even more disturbing, at a recent testimony before congress about the epa administrator confirmed state legislators would have to obtain signoff on the legislation that they adopt through normal democratic means. making state legislators accountable to peta for every aspect of energy and electricity policy makes a mockery of the founders conceptio

abuse and power as one of the most effective ways to effectively counter human rights abuses and undemocratic regimes for a number of reasons. number one, there's no excuse for corruption in any political cupttur or society. everyone claims to be against -- there are regimes who do have excuses for arresting journalists or shutting down the internet or doing a lot of other terrible things. but no one can excuse eevement that's number one. number two, opposition to corruption has to be a unifying factor amongst the very populations the dictators try to divide. so whether you're sunni or shia in bahrain or iraq, this is something that brings them together. whether northern nigeria or southern nigeria this brings you together. national lists, liberals in russia, they all are connected by corruption of the government. i think most people around the world recognize the international action against corruption is something that's legitimate. it has flowing through the international banking system and for example the russia public opinion polls consistently have shown that most ordinary russians are

it will sound very undemocratic, but i am advocating in my country the view that ordinary people shouldh less engaged into discussion. and development and advocating of the international affairs. so i'm very conservative, if you want, very orthodox. i'm afraid the public into the discussion of international affairs is -- is over reaching the acceptable limits and needs to be reduced. coming back to our paper, i must say it might be considered as one of the breaks which will help to -- which can potentially help to build the relationship which are not touching the hearts of the people but keep the important issues of national survival on the level of interest and intergovernmental dialogue. i'm sorry. my english is not enough to say something on this. >> your english is excellent. i would say that part of what we're advocating -- you speak of a deep das poiisappointment. the reset that we are talking about is not a reset towards the fantasy of warmth in the relationship between the united states and russia. it's a reset towards a realism about the coldness of that relationship which will

states participating in federal or partnership ararngmentes have been largely been able to undemocrat phi themselves for the future. interestingly, we have two southern states that illustrate both the opportunities and challenges involved in establishing insurance exchanges. these are kentucky and maryland respectively. one has held up as a model of success. that would be kentucky. another that has had struggles, of course, that would be maryland. in some, healthcare reform is more than politics, it's about fundamental economics that affect insurers, health okay providers, consumers and taxpayers. market conditions in demographic realities can acount for some of the turbulence that has emerged. uncertainty about the viability of markets and the abilities of states to manage exchanges may be contributing to opposition. in conclusion, a preliminary view of the south reveals that the opposition to the aca is turbule turbulent. there are different reasons and motives for opposition. partisan and political factors have influences action and reaction. so, too, have underlying factors relate

so, it's messy and it may even seem undemocratic, but i think in this environment, it's essential toe a national consensus based sort of almost on an intuitive sense of being representative. and i think it can be done. it's happened in the past. in many contexts. but even in the palestinian context. >> thanks. michael, stepping outside the domestic politics for a minute, one of the interesting things was the relationship between israel and egypt and the way that was managed over several attempted and failed cease-fires. there was an interesting piece in the wall street journal a few weeks ago that talked about the closeness that's developed such that it almost seemed like the u.s. was being in a sense, cut out of these discussions. what's your view of egypt's role here? was it constructive? and then how is that -- will it impact politics in israel at all? >> well, i think you'd have to say it's constructive if for no other reason egypt was the party that ended up bringing the two sides together and brokering a cease-fire. and in that sense it certainly was constructive. i think that

what we don't love is the european union and undemocratic bureaucracy governing us, we want to be free, the rest of europe to be free. >> you said we want to be free r you know, you can hardly blame them for giving voice to a feeling that we are seeing not just in scotland, not just in england, but frankly, across much of the world. >> well, they don't want to be free and the reason why salmon is a false prophet is he is saying, divorce ourselves from westminster but sign us up to brussels, so actually, he doesn't want to be independent at all, he wants scotland to be a province of a new european state, he would be left, if he wins tonight and gets the yes vote, with no option but to sign up for the euro and frankly, very little end pep dense at all. but i repeat the point -- his supporters, his supporters have behaved badly, behaved with violence and intimidation and he has refused any point to condemn such behavior. >> michelle, what have you witnessed while you've been there this week ahead of the election, in terms of the passions and the political rhetoric that's going on there? >

. >> is it inherently undemocratic that the iowans are kicking the tires for the person i get to choose as president. >> oh, yeah, it couldn't be any more unfair. these two states -- and when you're there, there's nothing more fun. you're standing in a little park pavilion with 12 people listening to whomever in those early, early days. and you think nobody else gets this. it's really unfair. although it's interesting. i had a great conversation with jennifer jacobs, who's the chief political reporter now at the "des moines register." and she said iowa actually is the purplest of purple states. there's no real way to know one way or the other. you go out west and you have the most conservative people in the state. i mean it is as conservative as it gets. you get into des moines, it changes. iowa city, cedar rapids, the cities along the mississippi river, that's a whole other deal. so you really have this super purple state in a way unlike new hampshire. it maybe really is that sort of ultimate test. >> stick with us, we're going to go to iowa for a moment just because, hey, maybe somebo

the fact is, people's house has become a very undemocratic institution. where bills are brought to the floor without hearings, without authorizing committee consideration, where a few leaders make all the major decisions. mr. nolan: and where the people's business is constantly ignored in favor of a legislation advanced solely for political purposes. the fact is, we need to return and restore regular order where every bill brought to the floor of the house is required to be considered by committee. with open rules. where every amendment, every idea is debated, voted on and fully considered. to do that, the congress needs to go to work five days a week, like everybody else in america. with that in mind, mr. speaker, i hope my colleagues will join me in support of my restore democracy act, house resolution 695. this bill represents a road map to change the way we do politics in america, take the corrupt of money out of our politics and return to regular order. madam speaker, it's about time we restore democracy right here in the house of representatives. th