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Is clear and almost everybody agrees this democratic primary is all but sure to tell us who will be the next mayor of new york city come general election. its going to take a while to get there when it comes to counting the ballots especially as part of this ranked choice voting and quick refresher. what this is going to do, allow voters an opportunity to pick their top five preferences out of the giant field of candidates here. weve seen multiple people already running for this office, they are...

A follow-on agreement that will make for a longer and stronger agreement. that is the next step that u.s. policy will take alongside our partners in the p-5 plus 1. chris: but isnt it going to be harder to get a deal -- in other words, the sunset will then stay at 2030 which is only nine years from now. is it going to be harder to negotiate a longer, stronger deal when we have lifted our sanctions on iran? >> well, i would say two things about that. the first is that we have proven over the cour...

A follow-on agreement that will make for a longer and stronger agreement. that is the next step that u.s. policy will take alongside our partners in the p-5 plus 1. chris: but isnt it going to be harder to get a deal -- in other words, the sunset will then stay at 2030 which is only nine years from now. is it going to be harder to negotiate a longer, stronger deal when we have lifted our sanctions on iran? >> well, i would say two things about that. the first is that we have proven over the cour...

Sounds. hes holding strong with this pledge to oppose all of bidens agenda with a razor thin majority such as they have, how can democrats be more aggressive in a fight like that, that theyre trying to push back against this level of obstructionism? >> they need to get their house in order, first and foremost. if you cannot present a united front when you know you have a 50 plus 1 majority via vice president harris, what are you going to do? especially when you have folks like mcconnell. he has ...

Slide two here. what they have to do, if we flash forward to slide two. look at this. they have to rank up to five names. the candidate with the lowest numbers are eliminated. then theyre allocated to the next highest choice and what we do is go through all of these different rounds. the process continues until one candidate has 50% plus 1. theres not going to be any candidate with 50% plus 1 in the first round. this is going to go on and on for a number of rounds. >> and lest anybody think some...

And what it serves to do is elevate the russian leader. brian: just getting a glimpse of the back of the head of the united states while is he greeted by the swiss president and looks like they are going to take a quick handshake in front of the doors. ainsley: photo op. >> vladimir putin just went in about five members before. >> we do understand that apparently at some point the president of switzerland is going to be the lone world leader who will make some sort of comment. so, he may be goin...

The bush administration. i remember during george w. bush, it was the longest time that we didnt talk to iran, or we didnt talk to -- even when condi rice first started the iran nuclear talks, under the p5 plus 1, that was a huge deal and i remember covering her in jordan when she had her first face to face with the iranian foreign minister and shook his hand and the reporters all went crazy. but that has lock been now sort of passed over. we dont -- president trump met with kim jong-un. so i do...

They think they have the numbers. they dont care. they just want to ram it through. it doesnt matter what republicans think. ainsley: hows to this play out then? do the democrats? do the progressives get their way and they ram it through or will they work with the republicans? >> i think they will have some photo ops to say we tried with republicans. they will use the budget process called reconciliation. they will not go through the regular budget process where they have hearings and they bring...

The GO has said all students studying in the three classes in government, aided, self-financing and matriculation schools will not have to take a public examination

Andrew Fagan and his band return to venues across the North Island in April to perform songs from his solo and Mockers years, and celebrate acclaimed new album Act Normal. Tour dates are: Fri 9 APR WINE CELLAR Auckland Sat 10 APR JAM FACTORY Tauranga Wed ...