it's a project that's been a decade in the making but hungary's prime minister viktor orban is almost there he or his backers are now in control of every domestic media outlet that matters until about 10 days ago index h.-u. was the only major independent outlet left that changed on july 21st when the editor was fired and another 70 journalists showed their support for him by quitting on the spot ever since coming into office back in 2010 viktor orban has steadily chipped away at hungary's for the state numerous outlets have been shut down or seen a drastic change in their editorial lines usually after an order ban ally takes control index was the last one standing but with its editor gone and the majority of its staff looking for work it is now or battens for the take our starting point this week is the index office in budapest. it wasn't a matter of it just a question of when hungary's most popular news site index study chew would lose its independence and be turned into a pro-government platform. this past week that day grew significantly closer. i. said it's. index is editor in ch

stood together behind her and that includes hungary's viktor orbán so she really has no incentive nowo crack down on orbán does she get mean she actually owes him . well she certainly as you said for her election she could have become president of the commission you know without ask for in fact it's one of the ironies that by trying to give the parliament more say over the commission president going to make it more democratic process that will effort to increase the incentive to have the biggest party group you could write to be able to pick the president then increases the incentive to tolerate some very unsavory parties and regimes so that's what the evas done essentially is to. put up with what i call at autocrats in their group to try to be the dominant force in european politics and forget why you see what she's done she in terms of paying back were bought 1st she gave in or bankroll medium large it or folio which he. wanted where he can influence the enlargement process and also since her commission came in they haven't brought any new infringements on these rule of law and demo

melania's father, viktor, is a great soccer fan. barron speaks slovenian through his grandparents, and the father, there's lots of cartoons in slovenia about how much donald looks like melania's father, viktor. they are not debt and they're both about the same age. viktor used to be a really good looking guy. now he's in his 70s. he's more outspoken. i talked to his buddies in slovenia, and they said, you know, he was a car buff growing up. he was brilliant with cars. he could take apart and put together cars. he repaired cars. he was a chauffeur. he was a chauffeur for a mayor in the town. he had the nicest car in town. he loved mercedes. think of it come here's this guy who is a chauffeur and for little time in a tiny little shop after the country became independent, think of it like the farmer chauffeur is now being driven by secret service, has all the cars he wants. it's really an amazing story. >> you talked about how melania trump really talks about her native country, and that -- rarely -- and that is true but i was surprise

and also president putin another case is viktor yuschenko in 2004 he was a ukrainian opposition leader running against moscow's preferred candidate he fell ill after having dinner with ukrainian security officials doctors say he was poisoned with the chemical dioxin he survived going on to become president of ukraine. and activist p.r. to vets a lot of who has ties to russian protest group pussy riot managed to survive what he says was a poisoning attempt in 2018 his theories backed by doctors who treated him in berlin person law says he was targeted because of his activism but it's is more of a. kind of like a warning gesture so as to indicates to other people who might want to go down that path to do. the kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these cases and while it can be almost impossible to prove who's guilty. of and others sure who is to blame. well as i mentioned earlier chancellor angela merkel has been visiting french president and manual mark on for talks in the south of france apart from offering asylum to alexina vonnie the 2 leaders discussed how to revive europe

appear to be pretty resolute people standing their ground there the failure says defense minister viktor says authorities will deploy in minsk to protect monuments implying of course that they would potentially use the army against these demonstrators it sounds to me nick as if the government's tactic is to show a strong hand rather than to comment citizens. well quite in this scene from now to being counterproductive people are outraged that one got voted you've been reading the news in the recent minutes that is new when it came out about an hour ago that the army would now be brought out on the streets essentially to stop again on the home protected so far only rightly. during the protests whether or not those soldiers will really be willing. to get the big question we've already had reports several men do. reporting they refuse to get into it and now it does seem like the issue. on going to think about it if you know very scary time you're in for 3 weeks the only good in the country you don't want them to talk to people looking at them you don't get the tip off and now you see white

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the release of political prisoners among them barred presidential candidate viktor bout article and the husband of opposition leaders at lunna to cannot scar people also gathered at another jail where many who were arrested during the 1st night of unrest that being held. now much of the public angered by the recent directed against security forces for their brutal treatment of protesters and bystanders to voice their discontent demonstrators convene once again in the capital's independence square parties constantine pretty by law was there for us. there is a crowd of protesters here on independence square which is where they've been gathering every evening there are the factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics rallying outside the health ministry which is just off the square so it's already become a tradition of crowds gathering day after day like yesterday there are no special forces out for your interest metal barriers so everything is moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resign or seek of you and so on it's noticea

detention facility in the center of minsk demanding the release of barred presidential candidate viktor baraka as well as that of the husband of the opposition leaders had learned that if enough scar also gathered to another prison where many of those who've been arrested during the 1st night of unrest are held for some are eager to enter the building others asked them to stay karma not chance slogan so as to avoid provoking the security services. and much of the public anger in belarus is directed against security forces for their brutal treatment of protesters and bystanders and to voice their discontent the demonstrators convene once again in the capital's independence square auntie's constantine bailo was there for us. there's a crowd of protesters here on independence square which is where they have been gathering every evening there are the factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics rallying outside the health ministry which is just off the square so it's already become a tradition of crowds gathering day after day like yesterday there are no special forces out her

government is discussing ways to manage internal borders between states and hungary's prime minister viktor orbán says his country will tighten border crossing rules from september the 1st to contain the spread the virus. here in germany a chance for all america has met in berlin with climate activists created to bergen louisa noir bower discussed steps to mitigate the effects of climate change and they also talked about how to keep public attention focused on the climate in spite of concerns about the pandemic. it's been 2 years since we dish climate activists claim to tune bug went on strike from school for the 1st time to call for more action against climate change since then her activism has led to worldwide school strikes but the global current virus pandemic has kept protesters at home a 90 minute meeting with german chancellor angela merkel on thursday provided a chance to refocus attention on the climate change crisis we want people to listen to the science and to act on the science to back in line with the science. that is all we also that's also in our demands that we should estab

and also president putin another case is viktor yuschenko in 2004 he was a ukrainian opposition leader running against moscow's preferred candidate he fell ill after having dinner with ukrainian security officials doctors say he was poisoned with the chemical dioxin he survived going on to become president of ukraine. and activist piaffe to vesa love who has ties to russian protest group percy riot managed to survive what he says was a poisoning attempt in 2018 his theories backed by doctors who treated him in berlin says he was targeted because of his activism. but it's more like. a kind of like a warning gesture so as to indicates to other people who might want to go down that path to do it's the kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these cases and while it can be almost impossible to prove who's guilty there's a lot of and others sure who is to blame. well as i mentioned earlier chancellor angela merkel has been visiting a french president and i know micron for talks in the south of france apart from offering asylum to alexina vonnie the 2 leaders discussed how to revive e

doesn't have a point i mean contrary i mean that you know that's just the rhetoric he gets and what viktor orban the prime minister of hungary is done is used this coronavirus to create the european union's 1st dictatorship i'm he is the power now to go by decree to sideline parliament and there is no need for another election ever until parliament approves that and his party controls parliament this is a dictatorship pure and simple and so you know let's look how that dictatorship is doing i'm a human rights watch has been in the process of studying how garion hospitals and what we found is that while orbán takes the very generous stabilisation funds provided by the european union and uses them to build football stadiums to pay off its cronies i mean quite literally. the hospitals are disaster people need to bring their own toilet paper people are being it was thrown out in the street because they're not currently the coronavirus patient they are you know this illustrates what happens when you have an unaccountable government and that's what that door again is so if you're in stadiums. if

but, again, exactly where, viktor and christi, marco goes that will be a determining factor to a certainds up going. that's why there's a lot of fluctuation in the models. >> we're glad you're on it, thank you. >>> house members are back in washington today. the democrats say they're there to stop what they call a crisis with the postal service. we're going to speak with michigan representative debbie dingell coming up. - hey, can i... - safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. [ heavy breathing ] safebreathe more freely with congpowerful claritin-d.you? claritin-d improves nasal airflow two times more than the leading allergy spray at hour one. [ deep inhale ] claritin-d. get more airflow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> well, the former california police officer known as the golden state killer is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. 74-year-old joseph deangelo terro

in ukraine the idea, the protests were spurred because president viktor yanukovych reneged on the program to sign with the european union. that is what brought people to the streets. here there are no european union flags being waved, no one is discussing nato exsession. what they're doing is just asking for basic democratic and human rights. many people have been beaten and even tortured over the past couple of weeks. that is what is continuing to drive people to the streets. they want to have their voices heard and their votes counted. this is a simple democratic equation. it is not about joining a euro-atlantic treaty organization. in fact, the opposition said they want to maintain a multivector foreign policy. that is, maintaining relations with russia, with whom they have a very strong economic and security agreement. and also integrating a little bit with the west, balancing those two. >> but at the same time, the russians are trying to present this as an effort by some forces in belarus to move to the west or the west to extend its influence. sergey lavrov, the foreign minister sai

then president viktor yushchenko vids well known for his sympathies towards moscow rejected closer ties with the european union in favor of placing ukraine effectively under russia's waning. resulting protests brought hundreds of thousands into my down square in the center of kiev as well as other cities across the country. the russian media called all the protesters neo nazis and pro-government militia supported by snipers were ordered to put down these protests with brute force. 121 demonstrators were killed hundreds more wounded. the carnage quickly turned the tide against you on a covert church and he was forced to flee eventually turning up in moscow. on february 26th 2014 crimean tatars clashed with their russian neighbors outside the parliament in the regional capital simferopol convinced the trust it was planned to grow crimea. and that it had that i just didn't like if it was up to me but the most of which are not built up but you know the school system at the time. just like you got the worst of this is what you. got. to. sit. in the early hours of the following morning c.c.t.

schifrin: turning to covet and the focus we just put on one particular country, hungary, and its leader, viktororban. how did orban take advantage of covid to seize more >> iean, in fact, when the coronavirus arrived in hungary, orban used it to illustrateathat he was a fully in control of his system. in other wordscrhe passed a and an order that said that from for e period as long as he wanted, in fact, he would be able to rule by decree. and a number of hungians said to me,ell, you know, we know this sounds terrible, but a way, orban was simply confirming what we already know, which is the operates functionally already as a dtator. there are no checks and balances on him.as and heimply using the excuse of the coronavirus to rub this in. o >> schifrin: othe aspects, of course, of orban's crackdown is against freedom of the press. and we've seen governments all over the world restrict freedom of the pss. what's the long term impact of some of those measures? >> the instinct to crackdown on the free press and to try and control speech and to channeled in certain directions, i think has always be

my father, viktor, instilled in me a passion for business and travel.ir integrity, compassion and intelligence reflects to this day on me and for my love of family and america. [cheers and applause] from a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect. they taught and showed me values and morals in their daily lives. that is a lesson that i continue to pass along to our son. and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. because -- [applause] because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. [cheers and applause] i am fortunate for my heritage, but also for where it brought me today. i traveled the world while working hard in the incredible arena of fashion. after living and working in milan and paris, i arrived in new york city 20 years ago, and i saw both the

hungary where we know viktor orban on the far right look to. scares a lot of americans that all of the effort and all that we're going through with covid on top of everything else. if they're just going to steal it, it's terrifying to a lot of people. so what would you say to voters that are afraid that we're going to become belarus? >> i think the most important thing is that we have a free press that is actually telling us about the post office. we can be prepared, and i am prepared for worse to happen before the election because donald trump is like a trapped animal. these polls are making him feel like a trapped animal. he feels like he's going to lose so he's striking out more and more. and he's the most dangerous because he looks like he's losing. and that -- and he has a lot of power as president to dictate terms. so that is what the post office strategy is really about. it's to essentially be large-scale voter suppression. now, the most important thing is we're aware of this, we can respond. and the most important for all of us to do is

been that but in terms of finding out what exactly happened i mean i refer you back to the case of viktor yushchenko the former ukrainian president who was poisoned by his own ukrainian security service which has been filtrated by the russians that never really was solved but it took months and months of therapy and up treatment and he still recovering to this day so these are very very horrible things to happen to people who are you know used to being on the front lines and used to being critics now you know mentioning the the interview was set on a ticking off scar and she she has been very vocal really speaking to many different people in the past 24 hours she was saying that she will never forget the violence the arrests the torture that people have suffered since that disputed presidential election but i suppose the fare in the country now is that it might all have been for nothing if president lukashenko continues to take his heels in. yeah and i'm very worried about that because right now for autocrats like you know their bill of russian president lukashenko and for people like put

and so viktor would have been considered here in louisiana what they call a quad ruin one quarter african descendant and one quarter european descendant and enslaved by his own family this is one instance that we know of of that we know of an all of these 54 people over 100 years of ownership of the haydel family, we know there were many people more born here of enslaved mothers and white fathers and this kind of thing was common throughout the south and those children born of those enslaved women belonged to their own family and would not necessarily be treated any better and in many cases, you can read the narratives of where those children would be treated just a little bit worse, because usually, there was a white wife somewhere in there who understood where the children were coming from. the separations between enslaved people and in slavery's were not really there. there was a lot of mixing in terms of sexual assault, in terms of actually ships. certainly here in louisiana, a lot of free people of color existed here because of consensual relationships, where enslaved women would the

much indeed the opposition leader says a peaceful revolution is underway to remove longtime ruler viktor lookers shankara so long as a kind of sky has addressed the european parliament's foreign affairs committee from exile in left the wording here but back in belarus authorities have continued to detain several leading opposition activists protests calling for president on xander looking shanker to step down have been growing ever since the disputed elections earlier this month. they demanded is simple and free and. actually this is the demand of the distance on the streets this is this log on the people on strike in universe factories and cross the contrie been there and was has woken up. a lot of opus zeeshan a new move. the majority now want to be involved has been monitoring the diplomatic activity in the european parliament 1st let's speak to an example story on of this a go for in moscow bring us up to date report the situation is in belarus a. well rob since the last time we spoke or one of the opposition leaders a member of the called nation or council and a leader of the worker