Guest we know that will its happening because of variety of factors. One of which has to do with the Trump Administration authorizing a lot of whats called reinsurance in states, which funnels federal funds to state so they can use those dollars to help them lower premiums. That really helped to lower the premiums across the board. Host yesterday on capitol hill a hearing about the obamacare, the Affordable Care act, the tightal sabotage the Trump Administrations add tack on health care. Can you explain what the democrats who are in charge of that hearing were pointing to as sabotage . Guest the democrats have been very focused heading into 2020 to really bring forth obamacare, the Affordable Care act, to say that they are defenders of the law. Particularly its really popular parts, including rules protecting people with preexisting conditions, allowances for young people to stay on o their Parents Health insurance until the age of 26. They wanted to point out that the Trump Administra
We. Dont. Believe the clubs so i tried to defend myself with my head and told them both my youth and. Media in the us come up with a new catch phrase to denigrate the unconventional views of president ial hopefuls. Thats it for me. Just for you next hour coming up for you just a few moments. In the u. K. Hello and welcome to crossfire poor all things are considered. Elections mean anything anymore well the ukrainians have a new pres. And a new parliament to change comes slowly if at all in ukraine corruption and neo nazis blocked the way forward. Cross talking some real news im joined by my guest robert bridge hes a r. T. Website writer we also have nick like petro he is a professor of Political Science at the university of rhode island and of course were joined by dmitri bob h. Hes a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project originally crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it robert let me go to you 1st
A very forceful press conference designed right out of the gate to lay the blame at irans feet now much of the evidence displayed in there was a large volume of it might be arguably circumstantial thats certainly what iranian leaders are likely to say but the fact is that the sheer volume of information presented will be hard for anyone to ignore be irans enemies or their allies anyone trying to get to the bottom of what happened will find it difficult to ignore the sheer volume of information even though as you said when given the opportunity a saudi spokesman refused to point the finger squarely at iran now what irans government has been saying since the 1st bits of allegations came from the United States that iran was behind the attack on these saudi aramco facilities last week iran has said that that simply isnt the case they completely denied any responsibility and in the last 24 hours both irans foreign minister zarif and irans president Hassan Rouhani have said that the reason t
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Brexit is stress testing britains political and constitutional conventions to the very limit. With Prime Minister borisjohnson apparently intent on ignoring the will of parliament and exiting the eu at the end of october, the eye of the brexit storm is fast approaching. My guest is heidi allen mp, who quit the conservative party in early 2019 and co founded a new pro remain centrist party, but that bid to break the political mould failed. What does her experience tell us about the clarity and coherence of brexits opponents . Heidi allen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You quit the conservative party seven months ago. You clearly wanted to change the dynamic of the Brexit Debate in the united kingdom. Seven months on, are you ready to say you failed . To be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those that jumped was the catalyst that drew us together, those thatjumped at the same time from both labour and conservative but
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Stephen sackur interviews the president of the Jammu And Kashmir peoples movement, shah faesal. Since recording this interview yesterday, there are reports today that mr shah has been detained by the authorities in delhi and prevented from leaving the country. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. When the Indian Government revoked the special autonomous status ofJammu And Kashmir, it knew outrage would follow, which is why delhi has the muslim majority himalayan territory in a form of lockdown. Troops patrol the streets, hundreds of local politicians and activists have been detained, and communication links have been cut. My guest today is shah faesal, leader of the Jammu And Kashmir peoples movement. How will kashmiris channel their anger, and how much support will they get . Shah faesal, in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. There you sit in indias capital, but im sure your thoughts are with the people of kashmir. What are the latest re