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One of the most highly regarded journalists in the philippines is facing charges of some people among them what impact will the trial have on journalism in the digital age of the philippines the trial of journalist maria ressa on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of americas leaders and political system lets get to the bottom line. America prides itself as one of the worlds great de...

And were hearing from San Francisco mayor london breed announcing a program to help find out who has coronavirus its all part of the effort to flatten the curve. And i will tran in san jose at a food bank coronavirus is impacting how they deliver food will have a live interview coming up in just a few minutes or not. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and im James Fletcher it is thursday april 16th President Trump as you heard a moment ago announcing new guidelines potential...

Francisco county reported 2 new deaths and 26 additional cases Alameda County has 13 new deaths today and 74 new cases Contra Costa County reporting 2 additional deaths 15 new cases, 5 more people have died in Santa Clara County where there are 127 new cases and Solano County has one new case well shelter at home orders are necessary to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Its not the safest environment for some specifically those experiencing violence at home like many other Community Organizati...

I am Steve Clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of americas leaders and political system lets get to the bottom line. America prides itself as one of the worlds great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how theyre governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply dont vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last whe...

Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of americas leaders and political system lets get to the bottom line. America prides itself as one of the worlds great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how theyre governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply dont vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last wh...

Itself as one of the worlds great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how theyre governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply dont vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last when it comes to turnout rates in developed countries what does this disengagement mean for the policies and legislation in this country and what does it mean for the future of americas democracy fortunately were joined by pe...

Positions at department of state. He served as u. S. Ambassador to england. And was price he has received several awards. Distinguished civilian service from the chairman of the joint chiefs of chat. To my farleft we have general douglas e. Lute, hes the permanent representative of nato, a position he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 35 year in the u. S. Army. He served for six years in the white house under both president s george w. Bush and obama, in 2007 president bush name...

This country and what does it mean for the future of americas democracy fortunately were joined by people who have the answers to these questions in Miami Florida event alexander a director at the Knight Foundation which published a landmark study on american nonvoters last month named 100000000 project in washington d. C. Ted johnson a senior fellow at the Brennan Center which focuses on reforming the country systems of democracy and justice and in new york Kellan Edmonson the field director of...

Quorum call . The presiding officer no. Mrs. Blackburn we are not. Thank you, mr. President. You know, i have to say last night was an unusually late night here in washington and we were all impatient, our staff was impatient, and the press was impatient. And as we talked to people across the state, what we realized was theyve long been running out of patience. I talked about it for some time on the floor but for the hourly worker, factory worker, songwriter, gig worker, theyve been telling me t...

Peoples republic of china, that leadership in beijing. And weve gone round and round with activists and media on the point, and i shouldnt have to point out that when we say that china is to blame for the spread of the Novel Coronavirus that we call covid19, we do not mean the Chinese People as a whole. But yet we have some that do not want to say this is where it came from. S i think we should stop that and we should move forward with decisions based on fact, with decisions that are based on td...