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In court from Newport, Cwmbran, Tredegar and Abergavenny

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The Ugly Bronze Building Along I-20.

The Ugly Bronze Building Along I-20.

>> well, its an interesting strategy. its probably the only strategy available to these defendants on these facts, and this is, alex, why cases go to trial, when cases arent close, usually they result in guilty pleas on the terms that are the most potentially favorable to defendants. but here, the stories told by both sides are in sharp contrast. the prosecution has a lot of its evidence on video, and theyre already, in opening statement, beginning to play that evidence for the jury, ultimately ...

Q qatar, many hundreds of miles away, also from kuwait. and its not just the migs that will be based outside the country now, no longer inside the country. its also surveillance, right? dro drones have to fly farther. i was speaking with a member of congress who has been briefed on the intelligence there. that means less time over target. you have to fly over here, spend less time on target, to go back, to keep track of the bad guys, in effect. who is fighting alongside the taliban in recent wee...

And force me to do so. the latter is what nixon did in 1974. didnt work out too well for him. >> you know, im not risking the congressional subpoena black mark on me so im going to go and testify. >> exactly. >> kupperman seems to be finding a third way, right? which is, look, i dont want to get in trouble with anybody. help me federal court system, tell me what to do. >> the problem with that is federal courts are not advisory. they wait for concrete cases. they dont just give you advice as to ...

Candidates to qualify for the next democratic presidential debate. they need to qualify by fund-raising numbers and by polling. so far, this whole list of democratic presidential contenders has not yet qualified for the next debate. they are trying to get there. they have got until the middle of the next week to do it. some arent close. some of these folk s may try to gut it out and stay in the race even if they dont make the next debate. a bunch of them likely will not. this is likely to be a c...

Communities, not just geographic, but communities of interest, mormons dont get represented very well. in our calculations, they have little influence because they are concentrated in states that arent close. puerto ricans also have little influence, so i think its not just small states, but small communities who get hurt by the electoral college, so we have to worry about communities across america, not just the communities who live in swing states. i think its good for all americans and this m...