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Well, i mean, first, if you take that 30—year span that you note, i mean, the world has gone from, say, eastern europe being a bunch of communist soviet dictatorships to european union democracies. you know, latin america has gone from being mostly military dictatorships to mostly democracies. so, i mean, the overall trend in many ways is positive. but youre right, there has been this backsliding in recent years. but, you know, what i look at is in a series of countries over the last few years...

The triumph of liberal democracy. and what weve seen over the last 30 years is that many of those assumptions were wrong, and that quite literally, right now, many countries are actively leaning much more toward authoritarianism than they were 15 years ago. yeah. well, i mean, first, if you take that 30—year span that you note, i mean, the world has gone from, say, eastern europe being a bunch of communist soviet dictatorships to european union democracies. you know, latin america has gone fro...

Well, i mean, first, if you take that 30—year span that you note, i mean, the world has gone from, say, eastern europe being a bunch of communist soviet dictatorships to european union democracies. you know, latin america has gone from being mostly military dictatorships to mostly democracies. so, i mean, the overall trend in many ways is positive. but youre right, there has been this backsliding in recent years. but, you know, what i look at is in a series of countries over the last few years...

Hes now investigating this at saakashvilis request. do you have any doubt that this investigation leads back to moscow, to putin? >> we have no doubt at all. this is a story about good versus evil, about the police state versus the free state. remember, saakashvili is the father of democracy in that region. he brought democracy there. there was a nonviolent shift in power for the first time ever in the region when he gave power to the current ruling party, the georgian dream, who is led by -- th...

Will saudi arabia move ahead if the situation on the ground grows worse? theres reasons to be skeptical. will the countries in the arab world that have made peace with israel, like the uae and bahrain, could there be backsliding if things get bad enough, particularly around islamic holy places? i would simply say, once again i fear the middle east will be a source of problematic news. >> in your book, you talk urgently about the significant threat to our democracy. the bill of obligations, ameri...

Its about the story, follow the money. but burisma was being investigated by a ukrainian prosecutor, papa joe openly talked about withholding financial aid if the ukrainian prosecutor wasnt fired. you may have seen it before. but pay close attention to the end of it. >> i said i am leaving in six hours and if the prosecutor isnt fired you are not getting the money. son of a [bleep] he got fired. they made some genuine substantial changes institutionally and with people. in one of the three insti...

You a story. its about the story, follow the money. but burisma was being investigated by a ukrainian prosecutor, papa joe openly talked about withholding financial aid if the ukrainian prosecutor wasnt fired. you may have seen it before. but pay close attention to the end of it. >> i said i am leaving in six hours and if the prosecutor isnt fired you are not getting the money. son of a [bleep] he got fired. they made some genuine substantial changes institutionally and with people. in one of th...

He did all of this to get house leadership. it might be steve scalise. youre dealing with extremists fighting with extremists to be more extremist accordions remissed base. i say this without any hyperbole. youre dealing with folks who are in the republican party. how does a democracy sustain itself in one of the two political parties is committed to radicalization, extremism, conspiracy theories, white supremacy, political violence, and allows people like viktor orban of hungry, who see him and...

Reporting, turning now to another port story thursday was latina equal pay day, eight year the date symbolizes how much longer it takes latinas to earn the same as white non-hispanic men, so for example, to make what white men made last year latinas had to work all of 2021 and through december 8th of 2022. and the fact is this day was marked in december is not good news, this day was marked october 21st, two months earlier than this year, meaning we are backsliding in paying latinas what they ar...

Presidents and prime ministers and finance ministers, and lets be honest, most of them are guys, who keep saying, thats the nice-to-do issue. well get to the girls and womens issues when theres time. no, this is the central issue of our time. if you put a girl or a woman at the center of the agenda. what i know, and i have seen, and we have research, what i know is she will change not just her family, but her community, her society, and her economy around her. and it is the issue of our lifetime...