A president s judicial nominee but it created a new rule of the mcconnell rule absolutely no hearing or no vote for a nominee in Election Year period no coffee 7 outs and Many Republican senators agreed with him including the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who at the time said quote verbatim heres what he said quote i want you to use my words against me if theres a republican president in 2060. And a vacancy occurs in the last year of the 1st term you can say Lindsey Graham said lets let the next president whoever it might be make the nomination continue to quote and you could use my words against me and youd be absolutely right and of quote. Well in our other top stories irans president has warned of a crushing response to the u. S. After it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions has an rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washingtons latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to
A government controlled areas go to the polls the vote comes in the white of new International Sanctions and where protests against the assad regime within its own stronghold. And the u. A. E. Launches the arab worlds 1st mission to mars proclaims to provide the 1st complete picture of the red planets atmosphere. American held welcome europes leaders are still divided a proposed 750000000000 euro coronavirus rescue plan a summit in brussels with all 27 heads of state present has stretched into a 4th day and still theres no breakthrough a new states are split on how much money should be distributed as free grants and how much as loans that will have to be paid. Hit Southern States including italy and spain a sinking substantial payments but i could have socalled frugal know the night nations 5 as ones and more checks on how the money is to be spent. The day has been tense and there is little sign yet of any compromise i still cant say whether a solution will be found there is a lot of g
With many people saying the poorest are suffering from lockdowns alexy obrien has more. In ecuador they marched in defiance of the lockdown angry over government cuts to jobs and salaries brought in to tackle the pandemic. The mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection but these protesters believe the stakes are too high and there are more we have no fear of contagion on the contrary we were afraid of the hunger that our comrades and hundreds of family members who live jobless will go through. This anger too in chile where demonstrators have pleaded for help saying they dont have enough food. This is not legal but its the only way to make them listen to us to protest and to create barricades chiles president Sebastian Pinera has warned the Health System is reaching its limits theres been a rapid increase in infections in recent days with a new Field Hospital opened to help ease the strain on facilities. Hospitals in brazil are also ove
Prodemocracy slogans and insults at them emotional others not everyone is against them though. Im from china and i support the police screams this woman whos from the mainland the protest is intended target was hong kongs Legislative Assembly but a heavy security presence prevented their attempts to reach the building inside legislators were debating a bill that would punish those who disrespect the National Anthem. This is what supporters of the bill want to stop the booing that drowned out the march of the volunteers before a recent football match those convicted under the planned law would face a fine of more than 6 and a half 1000. 00 and up to 3 years in jail there were many arrests on wednesday with at least one as young as 14 years old detentions that could now Risk University and Career Prospects opponents of this National Anthem will call it another float on the funds freedom and he comes ahead of a move by Chinas Parliament to impose a new National Security law on this city.
A curfew was supposed to look like few people on the street few cars in relative quiet but it was a far cry from that just hours ago. Police and demonstrators faced off in an area they have been trading control of a night ago the police controlled an intersection behind me and then demonstrators took it over in the day well in the evening the police came back in force marching toward the protesters shooting pellets and firing tear gas it all took about 15 minutes to disperse the crowd we spoke to some of the protesters and this is what they had to say they treated state drawing gas so lets not go. As a ripple it got picked up in the. Right. You know we need our justice we need our justice the city would not rest until we get out just no justice no peace does that mean we are one officer has been arrested and charged with murder but there were 4 officers involved in the arrest of george floyd that ended in his death now the crowd says they want to stay out here in the streets of minneap