arms, and also the 14th amendment of the us constitution, and that is really about equal protection.is basically if you are an adult who is over the age of 21, you are able to buy a gun. but someone 21, you are able to buy a gun. but someone who is also an adult, between 18 and 21, they aren't able to buy a gun under this law that has been put in place in florida. they say that is unfair and a breach of the constitution. the other, as we know, is that long held argument about the right to bear arms inside america. and they say, particularly in this argument, that it is unfair particularly to young women aged between 18 and 21, because it says they are of low risk of carrying out any violent crime, and it is unfair particularly to them. at this is a very, very hot debate here, one that has really led to months and months of debates. but it is since that shooting at the high school, which has lent its name to this act, that has lent its name to this act, that has led florida to take action. and governor scott, in signing this into law today, made very clear that he has concerns about s

but the nra says it's a violation of the us constitution. and the right to bear arms.ke bushell at the bbc sport centre. with news of the uk's first medal at the winter paralympics. great britain have their first medal of the winter paralympics in pyeongchang, and it's gone to the visually imparied skier millie knight, who only last year wondered, if she'd be fit, in time to make the games. kate grey reports from south korea. the opening run of the paralympics. their moment in the spotlight didn't last long, the unpredictable adhere of the downhill proving too much, and they crashed out on the first bend. luckily, no harm done. 0verto the reigning world champions. millie knight, who only has 5% vision, and her guide brett wild, have had their own experience of crashing on the pyeongchang slopes last year. but those demons were clearly put to rest today as they negotiated the course and safely cross the line to win silver, britain's first medal of these games. we're just so excited to have a paralympic medal under our belts. it's also our best results this season, so we

america. the new legislation in florida. breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitution restrictions on gun sales. they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. to the visually imparied skier millie knight. the world championship title. kate grey reports from south korea. the downhill for millie knight and her guide, brett wild. her guide, brett wild. caught with them before they went to the medals ceremony. the medals ceremony. it is absolutely fantastic. absolutely fantastic. now cross the line as silver medallist is amazing. medallist is amazing. britain's wheelchair curlers were up against world champions norway. against world champions norway. brilliant result, great way to start their campaign. their campaign. action tomorrow, as is millie knight and many other british athletes. if results go their way, ireland will take the title. to the final weekend. game is all about experience, getting together and using it. of confidence after beating england. and victory for them would mean a whole new set of

america. the new legislation in florida. breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutionstrictions on gun sales. they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. in a street in south london by a group of men. in the knife attack on thursday. he remains in hospital. police say his condition is not life—threatening. of blood stem cells. in donations since 2014. steph mgovern has been finding out more. is probably not something you'll have given much thought. but it is exactly what actress and my mate kellie shirley did. so, kel, why did you decide to donate the cord blood? i found out that lots of places just end up chucking the cord blood away. for cells for people with blood cancer. was a match for somebody, which was really, really amazing. he's a little legend, louie, and pearl is. who is on hand to help mothers willing to donate. yep. it is a bit much to show on morning telly, but explain what happens. we bring the placenta up here and carry out a collection. and drain as much blood from the placenta. theyjust get chucked away. it does, it only gets thrown in the

author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate dan you let me go to you first you were calling this program missing diplomacy and let's look at two areas where a lot of diplomacy is next. north korea and syria in both cases there have been or still present some kind of diplomatic opening considering the very fierce rhetoric we've heard about a second phase when we look at it from the truman administration for north korea and then the u.s. sensually obstructing a number of peace processes and designs in syria where is the diplomacy daniel go ahead. is absent we have a very erratic individual at the top donald trump who has little idea what he's doing but it's very important to emphasize that the u.s. empire is vastly overextended it's gotten soft and in deep trouble the number of parts the

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russia has now meddled interfered with then to corrupted practically every single letter of the us constitution and they expect more the threats not going to go where the russians are but out that's a long time and i fully expect they'll continue to be at it do you have concerns that they might try and interfere in the u.s. midterms which are coming of course good thing the cia is on and watch putin now expect to taste his own medicine a little of uncle sam's own meddling woring been happening for years you'd never believe how obvious they are about it the us government's own broadcasting board of governors its cold war offspring voice of america radio liberty car and cetera these guys will apparently go pretty far to sow mistrust among russians. presidential campaign isn't going and people are saying some stuff today is valentine's day in russia it should probably be celebrated as more fun than when people try to organize a demonstration or something against putin they tend to get arrested crazy stuff and magine if someone on our team was this unprofessional it might be fair to say this would

this it into amendment of the us constitution guarantees americans the right to carry weapons. we know the congressman is due you had a meeting so we waited again. congressman anything else be on the second amendment it's not the way. you cry if there is a bill yet that's an anti trafficking bill would you vote in favor of lack of. would you like to have can i show you haven't even gotten to. this afternoon ok thank you very much we will do that we cool congressman faran holds office several times they're all he never did provide a response. but evan jenkins despond solve the proposed law which would limit the a.t.f. investigative powers sent a written statement he says he wants to stop government intrusion into the lives of responsible gun owners. with president trump my wind power. trafficking has become much less likely to get passed. here he is addressing the twenty seven thousand convention of the national rifle association who contributed over thirty million u.s. dollars to his campaign a rather true friend and champion in the white house no longer will federal agencies b

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from some arab states evading the bombs at the same time and the final challenge to throw the us constitution as far as possible a silly game that could be written by a programming suffer more during their bathroom breaks doesn't take much to sway an average american voter or at least that's what c.n.n. appears to believe and you know what it shows just how far russians are willing to go to meddle in our domestic affairs but for the sake of argument let's break down the numbers this game was reportedly played some nineteen thousand times even in the best case scenario if every game counts for a new person who was eligible to vote and actually showed up at the polls this not even two hundred ths of a percent is the share of voters the game no one's ever heard of until a few days ago may have swayed but direct influence was only part of the ploy claimed to c.n.n. apparently developers could track gamers behavior and then target them with specific ads on social media something that according to those networks themselves was almost nonexistent comments on facebook faceplant at the investigation.

russia has now meddled in to fit within the corrupted practically every single letter of the us constitution and they expect more the threats not going to go where the russians are but out that's a long time and i fully expect they'll continue to be at it do you have concerns that they might try and interfere in the u.s. midterms which are coming of course good thing the cia is on and watch putin now expect to taste his own medicine a little of uncle sam's own meddling warring been happening for years you'd never believe how obvious they are about it the us government's own broadcasting board of governors its cold war offspring voice of america radio liberty current cetera these guys will apparently go pretty far to sow mistrust among russians. presidential campaign isn't going and people are saying some stuff today is valentine's day in russia it should probably be celebrated as lawful. when people try to organize a demonstration or something against putin they tend to get arrested crazy stuff and magine if someone n r t was this unprofessional it might be fair to say this would be consider

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutiont out in florida's courts, but it's only one part of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. an eight—hour siege at a military veterans‘ home in northern california has ended with four people being found dead. police said the bodies of three women and a man, believed to be the 36—year—old gunman, were discovered in a room in the complex at yont—ville. tim allman reports. in the sprawling hills of the napa valley, a stand—off that ultimately ended in tragedy. holed away in a single room in this veterans‘ home, a man armed with a rifle and three women being held hostage. for hour after hour, police officers, investigators from the fbi and specialised hostage negotiators all tried in vain to talk to the suspect and convince him to let the women go free. but there was to be no peaceful r

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutiont of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. speaking to me earlier from washington, chris gave us more details of the nature of the new legislation. we should just explain exactly what hump stocks are. basically they can be used to modify semiautomatic weapons, essentially increasing the rate at which bullets can be fired and turning them effectively into fully automatic machine guns. and they were used to horrendous effect, of course, in las vegas last october when a gunman used them to kill 58 people and injure hundreds close to the las vegas strip. at that stage there was a lot of concern about bump stocks and their use of. and president trump himself has said that he wants to do something to try to ensure that bump stocks can‘t be sold in future. and what we‘re seeing here from

firearms industry has been largely shielded by the us constitution which allows people the right to own a gun but in the wake of the hash tag never again the investment community is also waking up to its role in the weapons economy because of been growing as well for wall street to dump gun stocks fund managers including black rock have said they are having another look at their relationship with gun makers and more than a dozen companies have ended partnerships with the national rifle association the program lobby the march in washington is led by students from the school in florida where seventeen people were killed last month and you got to reports on their journey to protest. i don't think you're not anybody if you're in the weeks since this community lost seventeen lives to one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history the push for change has been relentless the march for our lives demonstration will be the biggest protest to get one led by the students from marjorie stillman douglas high school you guys are the change that is going to be the tipping point to help that happen a

russia has now meddled in to fear with then to corrupted practically every single letter of the us constitution and they expect more the threats not going to go where the russians are better that's a long time and i fully expect they'll continue to be at it do you have concerns that they might try and interfere in the u.s. midterms which are coming of course good thing the cia is on and watch putin now expect to taste his own medicine a little of uncle sam's own meddling warring been happening for years you'd never believe how obvious they are about it the us government's own broadcasting board of governors its cold war offspring voice of america radio liberty current cetera these guys will apparently go pretty far to sow mistrust among russians. presidential campaign isn't going and people are saying some stuff today is valentine's day in russia it should probably be celebrated as more five lot more prudent and when people try to organize a demonstration or something against putin they tend to get arrested crazy stuff and magine if someone n r t was this unprofessional it might be fair to say

the public had used it and so now the constitution meant something different than it had meant when it was for it. now i love using this in debate with originalists. if you aren't originalists come you should in theory believe what james madison thought about originalists on should matter to your interpretation of the constitution. the most originalists don't. they do have any there. i don't want to be totally unfair. some will say it doesn't matter what a person who is their beliefs. it matters what the public meaning of the document was when it was first made. i want to acknowledge that argument. madison himself is not a pure originalists. he allowed the time in development and public consensus could change the meaning of the constitution. on the other hand, during the war of 1812 and was going very badly that the new england states decided to hold a convention in hartford, basically to investigate britain tidy and often forming their own country. everybody knew it. no other u.s. president in wartime would've allowed this meeting to occur. facing somewhat similar circumstances, habea

russia has now meddled in to fit within the corrupted practically every single letter of the us constitution and they expect more the threats not going to go away the russians have been at this a long time and i fully expect they'll continue to be out do you have concerns that they might try and interfere in the u.s. midterms which are coming of course good thing the cia is on and watch putin now expect to taste his own medicine a little of uncle sam's meddling warrick been happening for years you'd never believe how obvious they are about it the u.s. government's own broadcasting board of governors its cold war offspring voice of america. we've broken into that let's go straight president clinton is speaking i believe let's cross over now and get him in moscow and i was supporters throughout our huge country thank you very much for the result. that was the largest yes exactly the way national will pick you are a team on a member of your team. and all those people who voted today in our great national team but he said that in this case to me what this means is that people appreciate what we

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutionart of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at the headlines on bbc news, and home secretary amber rudd will chair a second emergency meeting of the cobra committee later as the investigation continues into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. a deal with north korea very much in the making, the words of president trump on twitter this morning after he agrees to a meeting with kim jong—un. and as we have been hearing, the 21—year—old nephew of actress liz hurley is in hospital after he was repeatedly stabbed on a street in london. syrian government forces are stepping up their offensive in the rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta. reports suggest forces loyal to president assad have now managed cut off the towns of douma and harasta, effectivel

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutionda‘s courts, but it‘s only one part of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. more now on the prospects between a summit between president trump and kimjong—un, we have heard of the telephone call between mr trump and the chinese president. joel wit is a senior research scholar at weatherhead east asian institute at columbia university in new york. what is your initial reaction to news of this summit? well, like eve ryo ne news of this summit? well, like everyone else i was quite surprised andi everyone else i was quite surprised and i think it was a pleasant surprise, at least for me. i know there are a bit involved, having beenin there are a bit involved, having been in the state department and having been in preparations for other senior level meetings but the opportunity is a gr

russia has now meddled in to fit within the corrupted practically every single letter of the us constitution and they expect more the threats not going to go where the russians are but out that's a long time and i fully expect though continue to be out to have concerns that they might try and interfere in the u.s. midterms which are coming of course good thing the cia is ordered watch putin now expect to taste his own medicine a little of uncle sam's own meddling warring been happening for years you'd never believe how obvious they are about it the us government's own broadcasting board of governors its cold war offspring voice of america radio liberty current time etc these guys will apparently go pretty far to sow mistrust among russians so cool presidential campaign isn't going and people are saying some stuff today is valentine's day in russia it should probably be celebrated as more for vladimir putin than when people try to organize a demonstration or something against putin they tend to get arrested crazy stuff and magine if someone on our team was this unprofessional it might be fair

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutionts, but it's only one part of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy, they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's ta ke let's take a look at the headlines. home secretary amber rudd will chair a second emergency meeting of the government's cobra committee later as the investigation continues in to the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. i deal with ideal with north i deal with north korea is very ideal with north korea is very much in the making, those are the words of president trump as he agrees to a meeting with leader kim jong—un. the nephew of actress liz hurley is in hospital after being stabbed repeatedly in london. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with mike bushell. it may be the winter olympics, but mike bushell is in his summer suit. inafew mike bushell is in his summer sui

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitution debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. we can speak to chris live from washington now. just going back to that latest development from the us justice department, just take us through the details of that, it concerns the "bump stocks", and in the same way as we've seen in florida, is there likely to be a legal challenge on this as well? yes, i think you cannot rule that out. although we're very much at the first stage of a proposed change to the law. and we should explain what "bump stocks" are. basically they can be used to modify semiautomatic weapons, is essentially they increased the rate at which bullets can be fired and turn them effectively into fully automatic machine guns. and they we re automatic machine guns. and they were used to horrendous effect, of course, in las vegas last o

buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutiony end up being fought out in florida's courts, but it's only one part of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy, they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. we're getting reports from northern california saying three women have been found dead after they were taken hostage after a staff party at aus taken hostage after a staff party at a us veterans facility. the body of a gunman was also found, he is understood to have killed himself. police were called to the veterans home in the napa valley region at around 10:30am friday morning. media reports say he had until recently been a resident at the home, which treats veterans suffering from post traumatic stress. there are mixed messages coming from the white house about what conditions need to be met before president trump can meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. in a tweet

raising the age at which someone can buy a gun breaches both the second and 14th amendments of the us constitutionght out in florida's courts, but it's only one part of a wider debate, and before the end of the month students will march in washington to demand new countrywide restrictions on gun sales. the campaigners say they no longer want just sympathy — they want change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. here it 15 euros 0i and... the man in his 20s was stabbed multiple times ina in his 20s was stabbed multiple times in a jeweller on waterloo street just after 3pm yesterday. times in a jeweller on waterloo streetjust after 3pm yesterday. the teenager and freeman have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police been doing extra patrols appealing for witnesses. the nephew of the actress liz hurley has been stabbed repeatedly in a street in south london by a group of men. miles hurley, a 21—year—old model, was one of two men injured in the knife attack on thursday. he remains in hospital. police say his condition is not life—threatening. the cathedral of notre dame in paris attracts around 13

tell jinping. us what this constitutional change tell us what this constitutional change means for ordinary tell how significant a story is in china by how little coverage it gets and that is certainly the case here, the constitutional change is being given very scant mention bike coming as controlled news sources, alongside massive and heavy censorship of social media, where china to hold the debate, they would argue that xi jinping is no chairman mao, that the country is lastly different, more sophisticated, more wealthy, and the public would never tolerate his level of terror and tyranny. critics would point out that this is now the second largest economy in the world, governments decisions are highly complex, and the concentration of power on this scale in the hands of just one man is fraught with danger. both for the country and for him. the chancellor philip hammond, has rejected calls to announce the end of austerity. has rejected calls to announce speaking two days before he delivers his spring economic statement, he said the country was still heavily in debt, but there was "light a

the second tweets are mostly by an array supporters talking about the second amendment to the us constitution which of course allows americans to legally own guns you can see the uprising hash size are also being used just as equally and a myth that's a vision retired navy seal on the stump is urging both sides to come together saying it's possible to support reasonable gun legislation and the second amendment but as always if you want to know what you think you can get in touch with me or any of us news stories and comments especially about this story coming out of the us well we continue to look at the issue of gun control and gun sales in the u.s. here at al-jazeera and in this particular episode of counting the cost from twenty sixteen in fact the team explores the huge money being made from sales by gun manufacturers and the money which goes from groups such as the n.r.a. a towards political lobbying and even where the number of shootings having already happened not much has changed since twenty sixteen take a look for yourself. france's far right leader marine le pen is attempting to re

given it is written clearly into the us constitution about the right to bare arms, what is realistic titution is ever likely to shift? umm, obviously, we... i do not think in the immediate future we are going to see any change to the second amendment, though it would be a good thing. what would be good to see is a ban on assault rifles, drake do background checks, and limitations on the sale of high—calibre magazine. —— greater background checks. it is lovely to talk to you. thank you. hundreds of thousands of people right across america. it is 6:14. the clocks have gone forward. it is six. remember that. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. more than 3,000 places on midwifery training courses are to be created over the next four years in england as part of plans to meet nhs staffing demands. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the us to demand stricter gun laws, led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month which killed 17 people. washington saw the biggest anti—gun rally for a generation. here's si

process of becoming a pretty good job house lawyer. ,ne of the things that he did he gave us this constitutional right. if the supreme court had been ready, we would have been talking about smith that brought us the constitutional right here he gets lucky in a sense. he was also smart. if he is not preserved his request to a right to counsel, is what -- his case may have not been the vehicle. if he understood that he had a right to take his case all the way to the supreme court, we would not have gideon versus wainwright. we may still have the right to counsel but it would not be gideon's case. susan: he wrote a letter to the supreme court. it was one of many that they received every year. we are going to listen to arthur goldberg about how the justices deal with these kinds of decisions. the letter is written to us from a prisoner. mr. gideon violated a fundamental constitutional right. weaver -- we regarded to be an appeal. we deem it to be an appeal. to alltter is circulated of the justices. so, when the letter was received, it was put on a conference list. cases one of the first that i had t

amendment also calls for inserting she's personal political philosophy into the preamble of the constitution joining us now is the correspondent matteis bolinger in beijing. matthias the constitutional. amendment allows president xi jinping to remain in office forever is he becoming a new mouse a dog. not to something a lot of observers as a comparison a lot of observers have been drawn and the mill of chinese president has been powerful as small as a dome within the since knowledge of don't and there is a cause of personality around teaching about a proposed propaganda department that reminds of the cult of personality around monza don't however have east to politician very. very different personalities and they have a very different style of ruling mao was somebody who liked to incite chaos to. just to get rid of his opponents who relied on spontaneous movements of the masses or as he is some buddy who wants to keep who tries to keep everything under control who heavily relies on the security of parishes and the party of parrots and can you tell us why did the communist party decide to do this and wh

[ ♪ ] >> in this year's student cam competition we ask students to choose a provision of the us constitutionnd create a video illustrating why it's important. students compete to win catch prizes and we receive 2,985 entries from 46 states. the first prize winner for the high school east category goes to: the first prize winners of the high school central category are: the student cam first prize winner to the high school west goes to: >>> the first prize winner from the middle category is: line our judge's special citation for creativity goes to: finally we are happy to announce the grabbed prize winners: >> we are seeing 2,985 videos, from almost 6,000 students in this competition. we are calling to let you know you won grand prize. [ cheering ] >> you know, with this year's topic, it was an open-ended question. we had time to focus in, and when i looked online. i had the contact information for the person who authored the 25th amendment. i thought we have to do this. we have to get in contact with the person. we sent emails, we filmed. we sent more emails and after that everything found a

this is us america, the constitution. and with a he said i almost feel maybe was for cameras and i mean you are saying he didn't mean that. >> no, i didn't say he didn't i mean that no, no maria what i said. >> due process, blowing off due process. >> the third time going to say it. this is in response to that shooter in parkland, and everybody is asking themselves -- and many through grief having buried children, unnecessarily. and tragically they are asking how in god's name does stuff like this an happen the president is saying in the case like this guy up of got to -- play whole cliff at least ywhole clip said why didn't he get -- look what happened in parkland. maria: i want to say something important -- >> also, you maria. maria: you got it. >> we are also a telling people including in our hometown new york telling people if you see something say somebodying, if you see the something, people did see something they did say something expect others to do something, and people who are in a position to do something did a

, it's a little bit of an accident of history that clarence gideon is the person who gave us this constitutional right. if the supreme court had been ready at the time of betts vs. brady we would be talking about smith vs. betts as the person who brought us this constitutional right. but he gets lucky in a sense. but he was also smart. i mean, if he hadn't preserved his request for right to counsel, then his case might not have been the vehicle. and if he hadn't understood that he had the right to file a habeas petition and had a right to take his case all the way to the supreme court, then we wouldn't have gideon against wainwright. we might still have the right to counsel in a different case. but it wouldn't be gideon's case. >> clarens gideon wrote a letter to the supreme court and it was one of many such appeals that the court receives every year. saying what it looks like, handwritten with pencil. and we're going to listen to arthur goldberg, justice of the supreme court, about how the justices do with these kinds of petitions when they get them at the court. let's listen. >> what happened

. >>> president trump is using the second amendment to the constitution, the right to keep and bear armsying cry for conservatives. the president tweeting earlier today, quote, the second amendment will never be repealed. as much as democrats would like to see this happen and despite the words yesterday of former supreme court justice stevens, no way. we need more republicans in 2018 and must always hold the supreme court, close quote. the president is referring to this opinion piece from the former u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens. in it, stevens argues for repealing the second amendment. he says it would give lobbying groups like the nra less power and allow the government to better reform gun control. let's discuss this and more with democratic congressman steve cohn of tennessee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. nice to be with you. >> do you think the second amendment to the constitution should be repealed? >> we need better supreme court judges who can interpret the second amendment in a way that is in keeping with what the american people want. y

in fact, well within what the constitution already grants us, which is the power to declare war. that i power with good reason ws not vested in the -- most accountable to the people of the most regular intervals. the reason this is so important because before we send our young people into ay place where they could die, we want to make sure that an open honest debate is held in public view, not behind closed doors in the pentagon or some other government office building but right here on the singapore and in the house of representatives. -- senate floor. we cannot exercise of power and we cannot claim to be mindful, we cannot be deemed faithful to our oath to both protect and defend the constitution of the united states if we don't look out for our authorities come , e don't make sure that someone else is in exercising authority that was created to this body. that authority belongs not to any one person. it belongs to the people. and if we refuse to take this so today, if we choose instead to table this measure rather than to allow it to, up for a vote on the senateor floor, we ar

thehe constitution is clear. the us congress decides whether we go to war and there is no question in my mind that by aiding saudi arabia in the ways that we are doing that we are assisting in war and we are in a conflict. if members of the senate think think that conflict make sense and is good public policy for the united states of america vote downat our resolution and f you agree with senator lee and me that it is a bad idea to support what i would urge in the strongest possible terms is members of the senate have got to end the abdication of its constitutional responsibility and accept it. vote yes, but no. do not vote to table this resolution and duck the constitutional responsibility that we have. with that, i would yield to my colleague, senator mike lee. >> mr. president. >> senator from utah. >> vista president, the issue we are confronting today is one that deals with the separation of powers outlined in the united states constitution. our system of government was set up in such a way to protect the people fr

case to be made that the use of expropriation without compensation in certain circumstances to advance land reform is entirely consistent with the provisions of our constitutionity to use these provisions in our constitution more effectively and directly to drive land reform. tributes have poured into stephen hawking, who reshape the way we think about the universe and broad theoretical physics to the masses. he died at home in cambridge, england early on wednesday. his work on black holes made him a household name as he overcame his physical challenges. 0ur science editor david shukman looks back at his life. there is nothing like the eureka moment of discovering something no one knew before. stephen hawking had a gift for inspiration, a powerful spirit overcoming an ailing body to allow a mind to roam the cosmos. earning him a place as the most famous scientist in the world. it has been a glorious time to be alive and researching and doing theoretical physics. who else could draw crowds like this? the man who gazed at the stars became one himself. his story poignant and uplifting, his career involved concept so alien and complicated for most it was a strugg

constitutional magnitude. are we at the problem stage yet? where do you situate us as all this unfolds? >> so look, i think the question -- one of the things about the term constitutional crisis is it really doesn't have a fixed meaning which is part of the point of the piece, that we all feel like we are in a really dark and dangerous time, and yet every day the functions of government basically kind of go on as normal. the governance sunrises in the east and sets in the west every day. so it's sort of hard to see an acute crisis moment, and that's why we all talk about it as kind of on the verge of a crisis if the president fires mueller or a crisis if he defies a court order. and this is why i think the term rot or the term we actually come up with at the end is constitutional infection, is kind of a better one because it sort of describes this process of degradation rather than focusing on the acute moment where it all falls apart. >> as you look at the body, the body of government here if we take your infection metaphor, what changed on friday night with that announcement that andre

about a democratic administration where once again congress refused to assert its constitutional responsibilities and let us go back to 1964, to a conflict that began on similarly false premises. pres. lyndon johnson cited an attack on a us ship in the gulf of thompson as a pretext for escalating the us intervention in vietnam and sending more and more and more troops into that quagmire. but we now know from declassified recordings that johnson himself doubted that that ship, the uss matus, had come under fire on august 4, 1964. as we all know, that alleged attack was used to push for the gulf of tonkin resolution authorizing johnson to escalate us military involvement in vietnam. and we now know secretary of defense robert mcnamara misled congress and the public in order to generate support for that resolution. you don't have to believe me. this is what lieutenant commander pat patterson wrote in a paper for the united states naval institute, quote, the evidence suggests a disturbing and delivered attempt by secretary of defense mcnamara to distort the evidence and mislead congress, end of quote. patterson

constitutional responsibility. and that's why this vote this afternoon is important. because we took an oath, each of us, when we became senators to uphold the constitution of the united states against enemies foreign and domestic. and that constitution says that the people of the united states, the ones i represent in illinois, the ones that are represented in oregon or in texas are going to have a voice in this decision through us, through our debate, through our decision. i thank the senators that brought this matter to the floor today. senator lee, a republican senator from the state of utah, senator sanders, democratic senator from vermont, senator murphy, another democratic senator from connecticut have joined in cosponsoring this effort. it really is going to put us to a test to justify what we are doing in yemen today. because what is happening in yemen has been characterized by the united nations as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, and that's saying something. some eight million people are dying of famine in yemen because of this war. some 16 million are in desperate need of humanita

just four words and a sub ordinate clause, or of the press give us constitutional protection.ted these freedoms. use them. >> accuse them. every year the rtthat mattered . don't forget to turn back your clock, and have a great weekend. >>> a stunning shift in the u.s. relationship with north korea. >> no world leader has been willing to meet with kim jong-un and now president trump says he plans to do so without any precondition another the u.s. president spoke with kim jong-un that helps give him credibility in the eyes of the world. >> philadelphia, new york, hartford, up and down the eastern seaboard. >> this house was nearly split in half. >> canceled, canceled, canceled. >> you can see this area completely a big mess. >> it's gone in one day. >> we just want fairness. >> they could roll out in two weeks. >> they know this is a really dumb policy. >> why does someone who had a consensual relationship with president trump back in the day want to discuss this? >> she wants to set the record straight. she wants to be heard. >> the first female mayor had an fair with a married

that rod rosenstein as he indicated before would refuse to do so with i could take us into unchartered constitutional territory and that's something i think most of the folks here in washington to include many strong republican voices are warning against. >> what a story. griff generalins in washington thank you. >>> it's 4: 08. tonight in san francisco, five candidates for mayor will appear at a former in the castro district. they are expected to take part. that forum will be at the castro theater from 7:30 until 9 p.m. it will focus on neighborhoods, communities and issues facing the lgbtq community. >>> time is 4:08. chp investigating the death last night of a person on the 580 freeway at the fruitvale avenue off-ramp eastbound before 8:45. a body was found by the chp on the road after the chp was called about a crash. so far there are no details about either the victim or that crash. the off-ramp has reopened. the investigation continues. >>> it's 4:09. the chp says a weekend freeway shooting near hercules that injured a woman and a young girl was road range. a car with # people in it was going e