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A really wonderful documentary. >> april 29th l.a. went up in flames. then we had protests all across the country, including here in san francisco. a young lawyer, still in law school, our boss eva patterson told me she said a protest is going on, good to have legal observers there. have you ever been a legal observer at a protest? i said no, maam. she said go down there and observe. >> i have been to many protests and marches and rallies, it was a friday night, i was going to go do this thing a...

A new cnn documentary explores the legacy of the l.a. riots that unfolded on the streets 30 years ago after a jury acquitted four los angeles officers of police brutality. the fire still burns premieres tonight at 11:00 eastern. van jones was a low student at the time when the riots erupted after rodney king was beaten, and the first police assault video to go viral. heres a preview. >> april 29th, l.a. went up in flames. then we had protests all across the country including here in san francisc...

Whole hell of a lot of cops up there and thats ultimately where we got stopped and arre arrested. >> we were done for. they brought out the big plastic bag and poured out plastic handcuffs on the ground and then they brought the city buses, empty city buses. i remember i went up to one of the police officers and said, listen, im a law student. this is the problem, the police not letting us have our rights. >> oh, my goodness. >> 30 years ago i was a young law student, out there being a legal obs...

Comments over the easter weekend about this _ comments over the easter weekend about this policy being ungodly. and shouldnt— about this policy being ungodly. and shouldnt go down well with mps who believe _ shouldnt go down well with mps who believe that the church and politics should _ believe that the church and politics should he — believe that the church and politics should be completely separate domains and its not right at the archbishop of canterbury having running — archbishop of ...

Of east timor�*s independence from indonesia. whats east timor like now 20 years after independence? i spoke to michael leach, who has just returned from east timor after being an observer in the election. yes, look, its a bustling south—east asian society. theres still quite a high level of poverty, but people are very proud of their independence there in timor—leste. its a beautiful developing country with a lot of subsistence agriculture still. very heavily reliant on their oil and gas ...

Weve seen this run—off between two people from that generation, but there are young leaders coming through. there is a sense that this might be the final round of elections this year and next, with the parliamentary elections coming, where they are dominated by that 1975 generation. we are seeing some younger leaders being brought through, but the big question for the older leaders is are they doing enough to mentor and bring through quickly those young leaders? perhaps in this term of the pre...

Make you are statuesque. —— you are statuesque. lets look at this mornings papers. lets have a look at todays front pages. the sunday express leads on comments from boris johnson, defending his premiership. according to the paper, the prime minister has highlighted 10 landmark measures due to become law in the next few days as proof that he is delivering for britain. a different view in the observer. its reporting that senior conservative mps have told the paper mrjohnson should go sooner ra...

What _ halfhearted, they are not exactly what was — halfhearted, they are not exactly what was promised in the animal welfare _ what was promised in the animal welfare bill. but it doesnt mention it rather— welfare bill. but it doesnt mention it rather conveniently. the fact that the — it rather conveniently. the fact that the conservative party have broken — that the conservative party have broken one of their major manifesto pledges _ broken one of their major manifesto pledges was not...

And it just seemed a little off to me and then we find out that when john eastman appeared before the january 6th committee. he took the fifth amendment, when he was asked about his communication with mike lee. he had said in another publication, that him and mike lee were working on something else. we still dont know what that is. so this is seen a little bit off to me ever since that came out. and when these text messages came out, i wish i could say that i was surprised at some of the things ...

Currently operating, theyre still russian soldiers right now are still occupied the largest currently occupied operating nuclear power plant in ukraine which is also the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe. russian soldiers are there now. now we know what they did while they were in chernobyl. how are they doing with the one thats currently operating right now, right? just as were learning the extent to which these guys respect and understand and can be trusted with all things nuclear. ...