he has been criticized with being undemocratic and authoritarian. >> reporter: without lee kuan yew singapore as the world nose it may not have existed. the fourth generation saw his homeland occupied. first by the british and then by the japanese. after training as a lawyer in britain, he became leader. a post held for 35 years. he was no independence leader. singapore became independent against its will - kicked out of malaysia against a black drop of racism. a fearful lee contemplated a bleak future. >> people connected by geography, economics, and ties of kinship. >> reporter: sentiment gave way to pragmatism. he was unflimpinging in his determination to bring prosperity to his new country. under his leadership singapore was transformed from a tiny island to a high metropolis. lee's leadership had a dark shied. opponents found themselves in court, some bankrupt. freedoms micromanaged. famous bans like those on chewing gun were recently relaxed. his action party was returned to power again and again with his older son as prime minister. after stepping down lee kept working in an annex of t

despite this is vital contribution, he was also criticized for being undemocratic and authoritarian. nicole johnston looks at his life and legacy. >> without him singapore as the world knows it may have never exhausted. born in 1923, the fourth generation chinese singaporean saw his homeland occupied. after training as a lawyer in britain, he he became prime minister in 1959 a post he held for 31 years. despite a ruthless style of politics, he was no independence leader. singapore became independent against its will, kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a backdrop of racial tension. at the time, a fearful lee considered a bleak future. sentiment gave way to practicing when actively. he was unflinch be in his determination to bring prosperity to his new country. singapore was transformed from a tiny impoverished island with no natural resources into a high tech metropolis. his strong leadership had a darker side. political opponents often found themselves in court. some ended up bankrupt. freedoms were micro managed along with the economy. famous answered like those on chewing gum w

credited with transforming the island into a global financial center and criticized for being undemocraticuthoritarian as nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: without lee kuan yew it may not be what it existed and he was a chinese singapore saw his home land occupied first by the british then japanese and after training as a lawyer in britain he was prime minister in 1959 a post he would hold for 39 years and with a ruthless style of politics singapore was independent against its will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a back drop of racial tension and a fearful lee kuan yew contemplated a bleak future. >> with geography and economics and ties of kinship. >> reporter: sentiment gave way to pragmatism and he was unflinching to bring prosperity to his country and under leadship it was transformed from an island with no resources into a high-tech metropolis but often found themselves in court and often bankrupt and micro managed along with the economy. famous bands like chewing gum were recently relaxed and lee's power was returned to power again and again with his oldest son now prime m

abraham and says they are corrupt and undemocratic so is your award making a difference to the continent do you think? >> i think we need to change the narrative a little bit. let me just question your statement if i may say. unfortunately the media is focusing religion the few that others have in africa every now and then people roll out certain people as a roll model for bad governors and bad leadership. today we have some interesting questions at the press conference and fortunately we had a number of african ex presidents sitting there and, you know i challenge people and i said this is talked about before and the president before and among our kenya friends 4% only who recognize those people. and i think the role of the media itself and providing a balance coverage of africa somehow bad leadership makes news and i thank my friends in the media who say we need a war, we need somebody killing somebody and need somebody stealing millions of dollars to have an isolated story and people are doing a good job. >> let me just interject there. >> find a more balanced story. >> let me interje

decidedly undemocratic turn. if we were constituted they are today turkey would not qualify as a member. nato is not just a security that coalition of countries to share values. authoritarian leadership and is no longer describing -- is ascribing to western ideals and will govern its own direction. a serious question about the us turkey alliance. >> let's talk about the possibility of the kurdish state. the viability, the political obstacles i would have to be overcome? are we any closer to that now? and you see the dynamic in northern iraq playing out? what are some of the signposts we should vote for? >> we have this conversation engine on the verge of independence. falling apart. he cannot control its territory. when isis turned and attacked iraqi kurdistan that changed the whole dynamic. two elements for independence or security and economic viability. security has been restored in iraqi kurdistan but it has not been restored as a result of us weapons provided to the pittsburgh. when and deliver weapons. the

this is something that i think demonstrates his undemocratic -- amy: this is one of the videos producedthe joint list that features a variety of israeli voters is pining why they support it. >> i am voting because i think it is the only democratic option. >> they need to look inward and ask themselves what they are afraid of. i'm sure you want to live in a state of social justice and equality. >> i feel totally confident and comfortable as a ms. right he -- as a mizrahi jewish feminist two o vote for the joint list. >> it is the first time that i feel i am going to vote wholeheartedly. >> it is the only list that represents both of us. >> the joint list is my political home. amy: one of the videos produced by the joint list. dr. jamal zahalka, can you explain what the joint list is, and how it came into being? jamal zahalka: it is comprised of four parties. my party is a democratic national party, and a moderate movement. the arab movement for change. and i think that we became a major force in the knesset by joining together, and we also have many supporting us, and because we have als

singapore from a small port city into a financial centersent died at age 91 and criticize for being undemocratic authoritarian and nicole johnston looks at his life and legacy. >> reporter: singapore as the world knows it might not have existed and the fourth generation sin pore saw his home land occupied first by the british then the japanese and training as a lawyer in britain he was prime minister this 1959 a post he would hold for 31 years, despite a ruthless style of politics lee was no independence leader and singapore became independent against its will and kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a back drop of racial tension, at the time a fearful lee contemplated a bleak future >> people who elected by geography, economics, and ties of kinship. >> reporter: sentiment gave way to prag pragmatism and under his leadership singapore was transformed from a tiny island with no national resources into a high tech metropolis but it had a darker side and opponents found themselves in court and some ended up bankrupt, freedoms were micro managed along with the economy. famous bands like chewing gu

a remark aides to the president blasted as racially tinged and undemocratic. >> that cynical electionwas a pretty transparent effort to marginalize arab-israeli citizens. >> reporter: netanyahu insists arab israelis will always have the right to vote but they're not buying that at the white house, where officials are threatening to allow votes at the united nations in favor of a palestinian state, a measure the u.s. has blocked before. >> what about the administration's sort of lukewarm reaction. >> lukewarm? >> the obama administration and benjamin netanyahu need to wake up understand the realities of what they can and cannot achieve, and try to restore some adult supervision. >> reporter: jim acosta cnn, the white house. >>> negotiators meet again in switzerland to discuss iran's nuclear program. and some compromises are being reached. two western diplomats say the parties are closing in on the number of centrifuges that iran can keep. but american and iranian officials deny that a draft agreement is under review. our nic robertson caught up with iran's foreign minister monday. >> h

netanyahu that the voters head to the poll in drones officials blast blasting racially tinged and undemocraticalled that a cynical election day tactic aimed to marginalize voters. he tried to walk back, flip-flopping on his flip-flop but on the palestinian issue, he said he supports a two-state solution but judging by the president's phone call, that's not enough, anderson. >> president obama said the u.s. needs to reassess aspects of the relationship. that doesn't sound like rosy times ahead. >> it does not and officials are threatening to allow votes at the united nations in favor of palestinian state. that may not sound like a whole lot to people out there but that's a measure that the u.s. has blocked time and time again. republicans who invited netanyahu to speak before congress before this went down, had talks with iran. republicans say get over it, but anderson, all indications are here at the white house the president is not over it. he will not be over it for some time. >> jim acosta, thank you very much. >>> ahead, did the v.a. do enough to save this veteran's life? richard miles str

it's pretty undemocratic what he had to say about voting. his true colors are being revealed.r someone that may be a potential presidential candidate, it's sad all the way around, ed. >> and who would benefit from compulsory voting? i mean if there was mandatory voting in this country, and you're a united states citizen, you got to vote. who benefits? >> the people. the people benefit, ed. the more people that vote the more we have folks who represent their wheel. if you care about wages being increased, you need to vote. education for your children paid sick time, you have to vote. women making the same dollar as a man. you got to vote. the citizens o f the country would benefit. >> you think the republicans are scared of that? >> absolutely. you know exactly what they did in the state of ohio. they put up barriers to democracy all around this country in states like ohio was no different as they took away golden week, as you know took away opportunities. sued all the way to the united states supreme court to take away the last three days of voting. they are scared of the peop

heading to the polls in droves a remark aides to the president blasted as racially tinged and undemocratic. >> that cynical election day tactic was a pretty transparent effort to marginalize arab israeli citizens. >> reporter: netanyahu insists that israelis will always have the right to vote but they're not buying that at the white house, where officials are threatening to allow votes at the united nations in favor of a palestinian state, a measure the u.s. has blocked before. republicans who invited netanyahu to speak before congress against the u.s. nuclear talks with iran are saying, get over it. >> what about the administration's sort of lukewarm reaction -- >> lukewarm? ha-ha ha-ha! >> the obama administration and benjamin netanyahu need to wake up and understand the realities of what they can and cannot achieve and try to restore some adult supervision. >> a white house official says the president also discussed netanyahu's comments about arab israelis. the president's posture at this point is that it matters much more what the prime minister said right before the election than how

there was a hue and cry about that was undemocratic. that there ought to be a requirement for an election. a number of people came into my office and i said, well i we can accommodate that. we'll require to make sure that as every one of us can do, you can get the names of the voters you can get their addresses you can even get their history of voting. and you can perhaps call them on the phone. we can all do that. in elections. but the fact of the matter is and everybody on this floor knows it procedurally so many employers who do not believe that they are going to prevail take the steps of delaying and delaying and delaying. they want elections tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. mr. speaker, what the nlrb is trying to do with this rule is to make sure that there is an election. that it is fair. and that it will be held in a timely fashion. i hope this house defeats this bill. it would prevent the national labor relations board from implementing the rule if promulgated in december to modernize worker representation elections. but ther

feel comfortable with the united states supporting a country that was known for being thoroughly undemocratic and autocratic. there was also a large population of german descent in the united states, many of whom were not prepared to advocate that united states joined on the german side, were not willing to see the united states fight a country for which they still had a good deal of affection. as the war broke out, there was division in public opinion. fair to say, this was before public opinion polls probably , the majority of americans hoped the united states could stay out of the war. they looked at what was happening in europe with horror, particularly as the war developed. it seemed what had been promised to be a short war was going to turn into this hideous war of attrition that was going to drag on and on and on. a lot of americans looked at europe and thought why are they doing it, with a sense of bewilderment and shock and horror that the europeans seemed intent on destroying their own civilization. i think initially at least in , the first year of the war, if you can gauge american

feel comfortable with the united states supporting a country that was known for being thoroughly undemocraticnd autocratic. there was also a large population of german descent in the united states, many of whom if they were not prepared to advocate that united states joined on the german side, were not willing to see the united states fight a country for which they still had a good deal of affection. as the war broke out, there was division in public opinion. fair to say that probably the majority of americans hoped the united states could stay out of the war. they looked at what was happening in europe with horror, particularly as the were developed. it seemed what had been promised to be a short war was going to turn into this hideous war of attrition that was going to drag on and on and on. a lot of americans look to europe and thought, why are they doing it, with a sense of bewilderment and shock and horror that the europeans seemed intent on destroying their own civilization. at least in the first year of the war, if you can gauge american public opinion, i think the feeling was the unit

the nlrb's ambush elections rule is unfair and it's undemocratic. i hope congress will pass the joint resolution of disapproval that we're considering today and i hope that the president will sign it. the rights of american workers and businesses should not be sacrificed to the demands of unions. mr. president, i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum

so i would say that beginning with -- [inaudible] 2012 turkey has taken a decidedly undemocratic turn. if we were constituting nato today, turkey would not qualify as a member. nato is not just a security alliance, it's a coalition of countries with showered values, and turkey -- with shared values and turkey has demonstrated repeatedly under this authoritarian leadership of erdogan that it's no longer scribing to western ideal that it's going to go its own direction. and as a result of that there's serious question about the u.s./turkey alliance. >> okay. let's talk about the possibilities of an independent kurdish state for a minute. what would be its viability what would be the political obstacles that would have to be overcome? are we any closer to that now than we were before this conflict? how do you see the dynamic in northern iraq playing out? and, you know, what are some of the signposts we should look for in the future? >> if we had this conversation in june after isis invaded iraq, i would have said that iraqi-kurdistan was on the verge of independence. iraq was falling apa

what i want to say basically ghm that in 1901 the state government of alabama became an undemocraticre's some 65 students who are in jail who have been on a hunger strike since last thursday. about 75 more students who are on the hunger strike got out yesterday extremely famished and physically unable to continue the hunger strike. so as we hear the presentations today and make this dramatic witness, let us not forget those people and let us also remember that two weeks ago yesterday, some 350 students from tuskegee alabama and alabama state made a dramatic witness here until 1:30 in the morning waiting to present a dpomt to the governor and he refused to see them. some of them rode horses and beat down people from booker t. washington and alabama state and tuskegee because they were trying to maintain the totalitarian government in the state of alabama. and you do that through police force. the question of police brutality is something that the nation must address itself. there's one man in the united states notwithstanding all of his greatness who must address himself to that probl

because ironically, as unpopular and undemocratic the current government is in iran domestically, theyre the only ones that have done anything in the past 35 years. it is the effort led by republicans that has put us into two wars that are not ending and cost trillions of dollars, thousands of americans dead, and hundreds of thousands of locals are dead or injured. host: if you're from kc on our republican line. westminster, massachusetts. caller: good morning. first-time caller, super excited to be on c-span. i just want to remind the nation, and anyone else, congress is a coequal branch of government. i think of seen the president lately asked -- acting with total autonomy and little respect for the bounds of power in the country. host: casey, do you think ultimately congress should have a say in these talks, even if there is not a deal that comes out of it? caller: without a doubt. people elect congress and it is a coequal branch of government. the president needs to be reminded of that. the letter may be partly that reminder. host: you heard our guest talk about the senate version

brave man or woman, happening in our lifetimes, the danger now, either the jewish state becomes undemocratictime peace. hopefully i'll live a long time. make sure i win that bet. david, thank you so much. as always love having you. read david's op-ed in "the washington post" today. very important. >>> ayman, stay with us. coming up next who has the most power in washington? "elle" magazine reveals its list on who's top in the nation's capital. i'm thrown off by snow in march. supposed to read this and i'm seeing snow coming down in front of the lego capital. and it's just all a little too much for me on a friday in late march. >>> we'll be right back. ♪ if you're running a business legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years we've helped one million business owners get started. visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to start and run your business. legalzoom. legal help is here. you pay your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance c

the nlrb's ambush elections rule is unfair and it's undemocratic. i hope congress will pass the joint resolution of disapproval that we're considering today and i hope that the president will sign it. the rights of american workers and businesses should not be sacrificed to the demands of unions. mr. president, i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tillis: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i come here today to stand in support of senate resolution 8. my friend and colleague from tennessee, i thank him for bringing this to the floor. and disapproving a rule that the national labor relations board has set forth that basically creates what are called ambush elections. and that's for forming a labor union. the concern that i have with this legislation is that it's jus