w. william blue cross here in berlin now began by asking william whether present button god, what do you want it from these talks while his bite and himself said after this meeting trust. but verify that old almost cliche expression from foreign policy circles. expectations were very low, but it was expected given talks and, and dialogue going into this meeting that this re establishment of military to military contacts. at high level, a direct contacts between the 2 leaders would be re established. um, that's a small step, but it should not be underestimate how important that step is because as we heard in that clip from joe biden, accidents can happen. it wouldn't be the 1st time that 2 countries faced a crisis due to simple miscommunication. so just having that literally a phone call, a way to clear to clarify things is important and is especially important given how differently the united states in china view the world which just opens up that much more possibility for miscommunication. so that alone is something of a success for biden. but again, as he said, a time will tell just ho

w. william, blue cross. they're here in berlin and correspond bobby and chris bob in beijing. thank you very much. you but take a look at a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today. the us house of representatives has passed a temporary spending bill that will keep the government funded until mid january. the bill was passed despite opposition from hard right. members of the republican party. but the new speaker mike johnson was forced to rely on democrats for enough votes to pass the measure. and the leading german journalist 2, wrote a biography of vladimir putin electrically receive more than half a 1000000 euros from sources connected to the russian president. who bout cypert has long been regarded in germany as an independent expert on russia. allegations were made and media reports deciding leaked files of india is capital daily has been grappling with small calls partly by seasonal weather patterns, but made worse by wally celebrations. millions of people have been breathing in polluted air day after day. the government is under increasing pressur

but hey, joins is from beijing, and here in berlin we have the w, william, blue cross. welcome to you. but william will start with you a present button went into this meeting, trying to mend strange ties with china. how far did you get with that? as well as bite it himself said after this meeting trust, but verify that old almost cliche expression from foreign policy circles. expectations were very low, but it was expected given talks and, and dialogue going into this meeting that this re establishment of military to military contacts. at high level, a direct contacts between the 2 leaders would be re established. um, that's a small step, but it should not be underestimate how important that step is because as we heard that cliff from joe biden, accidents can happen, it wouldn't be the 1st time the 2 countries faced the crisis due to simple miscommunication. so just having that literally a phone call away to clear to clarify things is important and especially important given how differently the united states in china view the world which just opens up that much more pos

w. william blue cross reporting that we can get more from alexandra for nomine. who's brussels bureau chase, and is following events at nato headquarters for a final exam plus. so we are seeing sweden still stuck in the nato wasting room, so to speak. do you think that there is any chance of a breakthrough happening out this summit? slow? i think it seems quite unlikely that we are going to see any breakthrough here in brussels. anya, and i've been talking to many diplomats and they told me that they are very disappointed and frustrated over to a case located. just needs to imagine that it was actually planned that during the meeting of may till 4, an minister sweden will be welcomed as a new member of the alliance, and that it's flag will be race alongside those all the other and ne, till members. this is not going to happen. and so many here are, as i said, frustrated and we are hearing sentences like that needs to happen now, or a key needs to deliver sweden has already done everything that was demanded. and the hope is at least that off to a to a piece presid

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william bowes. he is a professor of law and faculty director of the constitutional law institute at the university of chicago law school. we also have with us michael w. mcconnell, the richard and francis mallory professor and director of the constitutional law center at stanford, as well as senior fellow at the hoover institution. fellow at the hoovr institution. from 2002 to 2009 he served on the circuit. >> will was actually my clerk. everything he learned he learned from me. [laughter] >> no doubt. >> can we have the first slide with the text? next slide. thanks. our topic is section three of the 14th amendment which says no person shall be a senator or representative in congress, or hold any office, civil or military, under the uned states or any state who have taken an oath as an officer of any state legislature, or executive officer of any ste, to support the constitution shl ve engaged in insurrection or rebellio against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. but congress may vote by two thirds to remove such disability. the question is what it means for us today. there are two important topics. one about procedure and one