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Democratic representative Abigail Sandberg from virginia tweeted this bill stands far beyond delivering delay for responding to an urgent crisis. And it has no chance of becoming law. She is right. This bill will die in the senate. This is nothing more than a political stunt in the middle of a national crisis. Joining us now live with the very latest detail is chad pergram, chad. Good evening, jason. They are in the middle of this vote right now and there are 12 bills on the board so the democra...

To date, we havent. In the future, we may wish to. I agree with that. I think that, first of all, the fact that everybody in the audience could control themselves raising their hands gives me some comfort as i walk out the door, but one of the problems with the disconnect that i was alluding to earlier between how science deals with this question and how lawyers deal with this question is that you actually get a fundamental disconnect between the two systems. So you mentioned that lack of emotio...

Of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. I think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will . Well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or left hand contemplated it and were quickly able to act and respond. That to me says, yes, there is. Now what do we want to do about it . Now that we understand that those of us in the audience or up here that like ...

Act on sexual impulses dont. Though we may not know in any particular case whether a person is an automoton, usually you can. The law has a bright line. It says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we dont recognize it. Should we recognize it, thats an interesting question. Should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over...

Audience could control themselves raising their hands gives me some comfort as i walk out the door, but one of the problems with the disconnect that i was alluding to earlier between how science deals with this question and how lawyers deal with this question is that you actually get a fundamental disconnect between the two systems. So you mentioned that lack of emotional control or lack of ability to control your preferences might lead to insanity, but, in fact, in most jurisdictions as you kno...

Shooting. At the press conference hours ago, local police described the incident. What we know right now, we have a suspect who was involved in a threat, armed with a knife. Police officers responded, when they responded, the suspect did not summoned to verbal commands to drop his weapon. He approached both officers and then when he closed within three to four feet of the knife in an overhand grip, the officers fired their weapon. Theres no indication at this point that this shooting is related ...

All of 51 seconds today on address the new muslim terror attack while down in the communist state of cuba. Before i begin, please indulge me. I want to comment on the terrorist attack that has taken place in brussels. The thoughts and the prayers of the American People are with the people of belgium and we stand in solidarity with them, in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally, belgium in bringing to justice t...

Doing and the current president is doing in response to this. So what did president obama have to say about why he took these actions now . Well this extraordinary set of sanctions president obama says was in response to not only the meddling in the u. S. Election but also to months of harassing of the u. S. Diplomats in russia. The president said in a statement, these actions follow repeated, private and public warnings that weve issued to the russian government and are a necessary and appropri...

Its going to be a busy weekend in congress. The government will shut down friday if the government doesnt act. One of the defiant democrats demanding a deal on immigration. At issue daca, the program that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. It was on a discussion on immigration last week that led the president to describe african nations as a less than polite word. Thats what led to calls the president is a racist, a charge he flatly denies. Boris sanchez has the d...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk economy shrinks by over 20 in april, the first full month of lockdown. This is bbc news large swathes of the economy ground with the latest headlines to a halt, in the sharpest for viewers in the uk contraction on record and around the world. The uk economy shrinks by over 20 in april, the first full month of lockdown. It is going to be tough for a few large swathes of the economy ground months but we w...