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Monetary election, and the hope was that the militias that actually manage to get to power in 2018 was a slap in the face in those elections just because they were cleaner, but unfortunately, the united states is engaged after the election, we did have a good election in iran, but it didnt result in to a good government. maybe in part because the united states has biggerfish to fry in the region. the return tojcp 08, and the disengagement is not just from washington but to iran has somewhat dise...

This family of four telling me it took five days to cross the checkpoint. have you left any family behind? antonina fighting back tears, saying she left her parents behind. im so sorry. it must be incredibly hard. antonina escaping with her husband and two children, describing the terror of living under russian occupation, saying, "they could shoot at any moment, all it takes is a bad mood." and whit, at this evacuation center here in zaporizhzhia, i just spoke to a maintenance worker at the pla...

>> reporter: so its about 18 months before this will be on the ballot here in los angeles. and expect plenty of mudslinging between now and then. some opponents to the bill, well, they claim that the union is only push as a negotiating tactic, as leverage. the union tells us that is false, they just want to hold the hotels accountable and make sure theyre playing their part in trying to solve this problem here in los angeles which appears to only be getting worse. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >>...

>> reporter: opponents eof housing the hotels fear tourists could be putting off from coming to l.a. >> i wouldnt want my kids around people that im not sure about. i wouldnt want to be in an elevator with somebody who is clearly having a mental break. the idea that you could intermingle homeless folks with paying normal guests, it just doesnt work out. >> we dont want to head backwards into the segregated south but that is kind of the language that theyre talking about. there is a certain class...

Deliberating and working to expand their economic presence and also the military presence over the past 15 years, at least. and china has joined. china actually call themselves near arctic nation. they have strategic interests trust in the region, resources, and fish resources and they have been expanding their scientific presence. also the cooperation between china and russia have expanded. also as a leverage against the west. the and russia have expanded. also as a leverage against the west.�...

Supplies so they dont have this kind of leverage over our allies. >> general, its been a little while since i talked to you about the brutality that the russians have demonstrated in ukraine. but i want to talk to you about these metal cages where pows will be held before trials. these trials are a propaganda exercise that could be in violation of international law. how should the international community address this? just looking at this, its absolutely ridiculous. >> jim it needs to be aggress...

I think that the west perhaps made some tactical gains, but it is losing strategically. one thing that is a clear outcome of those sanctions that the west introduced, is that you lost practically any leverage on russia at all. you know that president putin, even before this conflict, he said once that the west can introduce all the sanctions they can. we had no illusions before, and we will not have any illusions there. six months into the fighting, it has become a grim battle of wills. russian ...

And it was of people getting the access why information. that is the question we have to answer. theres no good answer about donald trump. if he was sentimental about this information, and he wanted it around, its still illegal and he could release at certain point because hes cherry picking intelligence to help him on certain thing, thats illegal and thats using intelligence collection of the united states government for personal gain which raises significant questions. if it was worse than tha...

That some of the documents removed from mar-a-lago are subject to executive privilege. if you start making that argument, you get into the territory where youre saying well these are actually government governments and effectively conceding that, they should have remained at the national archives. they shouldnt be at mar-a-lago in the first place. you have that concession that comes out of that. and one of the bolsters ufc 2701 which concerns government records. >> heres something that i do find...

>> so about 18 months until this is actually on a ballot and expect plenty mudslinging between now and then. some opponents have told us that they think the union is pushing this bill just as a negotiating tactic for leverage. the union themselves tell us that is false, but the union says they want to hold the hotels accountable and make sure that the hotels play their part in tackling a problem that is, frankly, only getting worse. jake? >> nick watt in los angeles, thanks so much. the devast...